Government Procurement Act Article 44

Where a foreign supplier’s tender is the lowest bid according to the principle of contract award prescribed in Article 52, an entity conducting a particular procurement may, except otherwise prohibited by the treaties or agreements to which this nation is a party, award by preference to a local supplier which supplies property with at least 50 percent value added locally, or supplies construction work or service locally, provided that the awarded price shall not exceed the aforementioned lowest bid by a certain percentage.The scope, percentage, and implementing regulations for the preference prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the responsible entity together with the relevant competent entities, provided that no preference shall be given except for policies of employment or industrial development, and there shall be no percentage exceeding 3 percent or period of preference exceeding five years.