P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4503
Municipalities are authorized to acquire new or used heavy equipment by regular purchase outside of Puerto Rico when its price abroad, including freight, haulage, insurance and any other charges required to import it into the country is less than that on the local market, and the equipment to be acquired is not deemed to be a Puerto Rican product pursuant to Act No. 42 of August 5, 1989, known as “Government of Puerto Rico Preferential Purchasing Act”.
For every purchase made under the provisions of this section, at least three (3) quotations shall be obtained from accredited suppliers or dealers outside of Puerto Rico. These quotations shall be submitted to the determination of the Bidding Board, together with the quotations of three (3) local suppliers, and the purchase authorization shall be made in view of the prices in such quotations, in a like manner as if it had been made by public bidding.
The Commissioner shall establish by regulation, the minimum requirements that the municipalities should exact from suppliers abroad, as well as the procedures and norms that shall govern the purchase of heavy equipment outside of Puerto Rico.
To the effects of this section, “heavy equipment” shall mean construction, earth-moving and paving equipment, vehicles and machinery for the collection and disposal of solid waste, ambulances, fire engines, cranes, school transportation vehicles, special vehicles for the transportation of disabled or elderly persons, and others of a similar nature, excluding parts and accessories thereof.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 11.003; Oct. 29, 1992, No. 84, § 43; renumbered as § 10.003 on Jan. 10, 1999, No. 30, § 3.