The Buy Indiana application is completed electronically through your Bidder’s Registration. To get started, please ensure you have created a Bidder Profile.
Click the Bidder Profile Registration web page link for detailed instructions and additional information.
**Important Note:**
When submitting your Buy Indiana application, please ensure that all attached documentation is dated within one year of your application date. Documentation older than one year will not be accepted. If you run into a problem and need help, click on the “Submit a Request for Assistance” link.
IDOA is committed to revitalizing Indiana's economy. A key component of this endeavor is for state government to invest in and support those firms that have made, and continue to make, significant economic investment in Indiana. The Buy Indiana initiative, established by Executive Order 05-05, sets a goal for state agencies to procure 90 cents ($.90) of each dollar from Indiana businesses.
Defining a Buy Indiana Business
An entity qualifies for the Buy Indiana designation if it meets any one of the five conditions:
- A business that is registered with the Indiana Secretary of State as a domestic business
- A business that pays a majority of its payroll (in dollar volume) to residents of Indiana
- A business that employs Indiana residents as a majority of its employees
- A business that makes significant capital investments in Indiana as defined below
- A business that has a substantial positive economic impact on Indiana as defined below
Significant Capital Investment
Any company that can demonstrate a minimum capital investment in Indiana of $5 million or more in plant and/or equipment or annual lease payments in Indiana of $2.5 million or more shall qualify for the Buy Indiana designation.
You must include with your Buy Indiana application evidence showing for real property and equipment:
- The total purchase price of the real property and equipment.
- Official documentation of the value of capital expenditures.
- Copies of
- purchase agreements and
- Department of Local Government Finance assessment records.
For leases you must provide official documentation showing the total lease payments for the past 12 months.
Substantial Positive Economic Impact on Indiana
Any company that is in the top 500 companies for remitting Indiana unemployment, withholding, corporate income, or retail sales taxes shall qualify for the Buy Indiana designation.
Procurement Methods and Basis for Award
Bids - follows the process set forth in statute - I.C. 5-22-15-20.5
Depending on the size of the state's purchase, the Buy Indiana designation is applied as follows:
1% on purchase of $1 million and up
3% on 500,000 to $1 million purchases
5% on purchases valued at less than 500,000
Request for Proposals and Professional Services - uses a revised scoring system for determining the award as follows:
Management Assessment/Quality | 45 pts. |
Price | 35 pts. |
Buy Indiana Company | 5 pts. |
Veteran's Business Enterprise | 5 pts. |
MWBE Requirement 5 pts. each for Women and Minority participation | 10 pts. |
Total | 100 pts. |