A. For the purposes of this section:

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(1)     “business” means a commercial enterprise carried on for the purpose of selling goods or services, including growing, producing, processing or distributing agricultural products;

(2)     “formal bid process” means a competitive bid process;

(3)     “formal request for proposals process” means a competitive proposal process, including a competitive qualifications-based proposal process;

(4)     “Native American resident business” means a business that has a valid Native American resident business certificate issued by the taxation and revenue department pursuant to Section 13-1-22 N.M. Stat. Ann. but does not include a Native American resident veteran business;

(5)     “Native American resident veteran business” means a business that has a valid Native American resident veteran business certificate issued by the taxation and revenue department pursuant to Section 13-1-22 N.M. Stat. Ann.;

(6)     “public body” means a department, commission, council, board, committee, institution, legislative body, agency, government corporation, educational institution or official of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the government of the state or a political subdivision of the state and the agencies, instrumentalities and institutions thereof, including two-year post-secondary educational institutions, school districts, local school boards and all municipalities, including home-rule municipalities;

(7)     “recycled content goods” means supplies and materials composed twenty- five percent or more of recycled materials; provided that the recycled materials content meets or exceeds the minimum content standards required by bid specifications;

(8)     “resident business” means a business that has a valid resident business certificate issued by the taxation and revenue department pursuant to Section 13-1-22 N.M. Stat. Ann. but does not include a resident veteran business; and

(9)     “resident veteran business” means a business that has a valid resident veteran business certificate issued by the taxation and revenue department pursuant to Section 13-1-22 N.M. Stat. Ann..

B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, when a public body makes a purchase using a formal bid process, the public body shall deem a bid submitted by a:

(1)     resident business or Native American resident business to be eight percent lower than the bid actually submitted; or

(2)     resident veteran business or Native American resident veteran business with annual gross revenues of up to six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the preceding tax year to be ten percent lower than the bid actually submitted.

C. When a public body makes a purchase using a formal bid process and the bids are received for both recycled content goods and nonrecycled content goods, the public body shall deem:

(1)     bids submitted for recycled content goods from any business, except a resident veteran business or Native American resident veteran business, to be eight percent lower than the bids actually submitted; or

(2)     bids submitted for recycled content goods from a resident veteran business or Native American resident veteran business with annual gross revenues of up to six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the preceding tax year to be ten percent lower than the bids actually submitted.

D. When a public body makes a purchase using a formal request for proposals process, not including contracts awarded on a point-based system, the public body shall award an additional:

(1)     eight percent of the total weight of all the factors used in evaluating the proposals to a resident business or Native American resident business; and

(2)     ten percent of the total weight of all the factors used in evaluating the proposals to a resident veteran business or Native American resident veteran business that has annual gross revenues of up to six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the preceding tax year.

E. When a public body makes a purchase using a formal request for proposals process, and the contract is awarded based on a point-based system, the public body shall award additional points equivalent to:

(1)     eight percent of the total possible points to a resident business or Native American resident business; or

(2)     ten percent of the total possible points to a resident veteran business or Native American resident veteran business that has annual gross revenues of up to six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the preceding tax year.

F. When a joint bid or joint proposal is submitted by a combination of resident veteran, Native American resident veteran, resident, Native American resident or nonresident businesses, the preference provided pursuant to Subsection B, C, D or E of this section shall be calculated in proportion to the percentage of the contract, based on the dollar amount of the goods or services provided under the contract, that will be performed by each business as specified in the joint bid or proposal.

G. A person shall not benefit from the provisions of this section based on more than one business concurrently.

H. A public body shall not award a business both a resident business preference and a resident veteran business preference or a Native American resident business preference and a Native American resident veteran business preference.

I. The procedures provided in Sections 13-1-172 through 13-1-183 N.M. Stat. Ann. or in an applicable purchasing ordinance apply to a protest to a public body concerning the awarding of a contract in violation of this section.

J. This section shall not apply when the expenditure includes federal funds for a specific purchase.