23 CFR § 636.107 - May contracting agencies use geographic preference in Federal-aid design-build or public-private partnership projects?

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title: "23 CFR § 636.107 - May contracting agencies use geographic preference in Federal-aid design-build or public-private partnership projects?"
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "636.107"
section_name: "May contracting agencies use geographic preference in Federal-aid design-build or public-private partnership projects?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS"
part_number: "636"
part_name: "DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 1503 of Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144; Sec. 1307 of Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 107; 23 U.S.C. 101, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 119, 128, and 315; 49 CFR 1.48(b)."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 75926, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
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# 636.107 May contracting agencies use geographic preference in Federal-aid design-build or public-private partnership projects?

No. Contracting agencies must not use geographic preferences (including contractual provisions, preferences or incentives for hiring, contracting, proposing, or bidding) on Federal-aid highway projects, even though the contracting agency may be subject to statutorily or administratively imposed in-State or local geographical preferences in the evaluation and award of such projects.

[72 FR 45336, Aug. 14, 2007]