N.M. Admin. Code § 1.4.2.6
Section 13-1-22 NMSA 1978 is titled "resident business and manufacturer certification; application; information" and states in relevant part, "no resident business or resident manufacturer, as those terms are defined in Section 13-1-21 NMSA 1978, shall be given any preference in the awarding of contracts for furnishing materials or services to a state agency, unless the resident business or resident manufacturer shall have qualified with the state purchasing agent as a resident business or resident manufacturer, or both, by making application to the state purchasing agent and receiving from him a certification number." Therefore, the objective of this rule is to establish a process for a resident business or resident manufacturer to attain a certification number.
N.M. Admin. Code § 1.4.2.6