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It shall be the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that its agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations and other institutional bodies shall promote that their goods and services procurement processes be within the framework of procurement conditions and mechanisms that allow the local industry to offer their goods and services under flexible, fair and highly participatory circumstances.\nBy virtue thereof, it is hereby declared as the public policy of the Commonwealth within the regulatory framework of the procurement processes of all its entities, to consider and include the multiple award contract mechanism as one of the additional procurement instruments to be utilized, thus allowing its adoption and use when the circumstances of the adjudication and the best interests of the adjudicating entity recommend its use and implementation.\nHistory —Nov. 30, 2006, No. 253, § 1.