Government procurement legislation offers preference to majority Ugandan-owned firms in relation to works and services.
"3. Interpretation.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— [...]
“foreign	provider” means	a provider whose business is not registered in Uganda; [...]
“national provider” means a provider registered in Uganda and wholly owned and controlled by Ugandans; [...]
“resident provider” means a provider registered in Uganda who is not a national provider;
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50. Preference and reservation
Subject to the economic and social policies of Government and the international obligations of Government, preference shall be given to domestically manufactured goods and Ugandan contractors and Ugandan consultants, in order to promote their development, by giving them a competitive advantage when competing for public procurement contracts, with foreign manufactured goods, foreign contractors or foreign consultants.
To promote particular sectors within specified geographic areas, specified public procurement contracts or parts of a contract shall be subject to reservation schemes.
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59A. Preference schemes. 
(1) Preference schemes shall be applied— (a) in respect of goods, works and non-consultancy services, where the open domestic or open international bidding methods are used, with a specified margin of preference being added during the financial comparison stage of the evaluation process to the evaluated price of the bid which does not qualify for preference; and (b) in respect of consultancy services, for the quality and cost based selection method and the least cost selection method, where proposals are invited from both national and foreign consultants, with	a specified margin of preference being added to the evaluated price of the foreign proposal, during the financial comparison stage of the evaluation process.
(2) The margin of preference specified in subsection (1) shall— 
(a) be based on only the price and shall be added to the evaluated price of a bid which does not qualify for preference or to the evaluated price of a bid of a foreign proposal;
(b) in respect of goods that qualify as domestically manufactured goods, be related to the percentage of the labour, raw material and components of the goods that originate from Uganda; and 
(c) in respect of works and services— (i) be proportional to the percentage of the share capital of the contractor or consultant, where the consultant is	a firm owned by Government or by Ugandans; or (ii) be based on only the price and shall be added to the evaluated price of a bid which does not qualify for preference or to the evaluated price of a bid of a foreign proposal, if the consultant is a Ugandan citizen. 
(3) A procuring and disposing entity shall when procuring goods, works or services under this section, grant a margin of preference— 
(a) of fifteen percent, in respect of goods; and
(b) of seven percent, in respect of works or services. 
(4) Goods qualify for preference, as domestically manufactured goods, under subsection (2) (b) where— 
(a) where the labour or value addition to the good is more than thirty percent of the ex-works of the goods; and 
(b) the production facility in which the goods are to be manufactured, assembled or processed is in Uganda and is engaged in the manufacturing, assembling or processing of the goods at the time of submission of the bid. 
(5) A contractor and a consultant qualify for preference as a Ugandan contractor or a Ugandan consultant under subsection (2) (c) where— 
(a) the contractor or consultant is incorporated or registered in Uganda; 
(b) the contractor or consultant if an individual, is a Ugandan citizen; 
(c) the contractor or consultant if a company registered in Uganda, more than fifty percent of the capital of the contractor or consultant is owned by Ugandan citizens; and 
(d) the contractor or consultant if a legal entity, more than fifty percent of the capital of the contractor or consultant is owned by the Government or by a procuring and disposing entity. 
(6) A contractor or consultant who qualifies as such under subsection (5) (d) shall be— 
(a)  legally and financially autonomous;
(b) established as a commercial venture; and 
(c) authorised by a competent authority or a professional body to operate as a contractor or to perform services as a consultant.
(7) A procuring and disposing entity shall, when procuring works or services under a joint venture or under an association between a Ugandan contractor and a foreign partner or between a Ugandan consultant and a foreign partner, grant a margin of preference of four percent for the works or services. 
(8) A joint venture or an association between a Ugandan contractor and a foreign partner or between a Ugandan consultant and a foreign partner shall be eligible for preference where— 
(a) the joint venture is registered in Uganda; 
(b) the Ugandan contractor or Ugandan consultant in the joint venture qualifies for preference under subsection (5); or
(c) the Ugandan contractor or Ugandan consultant demonstrates a beneficiary interest of more than fifty percent in the joint venture as demonstrated by the profit and loss sharing provisions of the joint venture agreement
59B. Reservation schemes. 
(1) In accordance with section 50 (2), the Authority shall, in consultation with a competent authority, and the relevant stakeholders, specify the public procurement contracts to be subject to a reservation scheme and shall designate the particular sectors, within a specified geographical area, that are eligible to participate in the reservation scheme. 
(2) A public procurement contract shall be subject to a reservation scheme in order to— (a)  (b)  (c)	(d)  (3) promote the use of local expertise and materials; promote the participation of local communities or local Organisations including registered small and medium enterprises and business ventures; apply specific technologies;or promote the participation of registered associations of women, youth and persons with disabilities, respectively.
(3) A procuring and disposing entity that intends to make a procurement under a reservation scheme shall— (a) (b) apply to the Authority for permission to use alternative procurement procedures and documents and shall in the application indicate the contract packages, specifications and contracting processes to be included in the bidding documents; and deal with only the providers that are eligible to participate in a reservation scheme, in accordance with this section. 
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82. Restricted domestic bidding.
(1) Restricted domestic bidding is the procurement method where bids are obtained by direct invitation without open advertisement. (2) Restricted domestic bidding is used to obtain competition and value for money to the extent possible, where the value or circumstances do not justify or permit the open bidding procedure. 
83. Restricted international bidding. (1) Restricted international bidding is the procurement procedure where bids are obtained by direct invitation without open advertisement and the invited bidders include foreign providers. (2) Restricted international bidding shall be used to obtain competition and value for money to the extent possible where the value or circumstances do not justify or permit an open bidding method and the short listed bidders include foreign providers. [...]" (Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003, as amended)

Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003, as amended
[<a href="https://old.ulii.org/system/files/legislation/act/2002/2003/public%20procurement%20and%20disposal%20of%20public%20assets%20Act%202003.pdf">Act</a>],[<a href="https://old.ulii.org/ug/legislation/act/2015/11-3">Amend</a>]