§ 32-2-62. Advertising of Nonnegotiated Construction Contracts; Approval of Negotiated Construction Contracts; Factors to Be Considered by Board for Priority of Projects
The advertising of all nonnegotiated department construction contracts shall have the prior approval of the board. When the board is not in session, the commissioner may approve negotiated construction contracts. In determining public roads most in need of work and also the type, class, width, location, and order of priority of each project, the board […]
§ 32-2-63. Authority of Commissioner to Execute Contracts and Authority Lease Agreements
The commissioner shall have full authority to execute contracts and authority lease agreements on behalf of the department whenever such contracts or agreements have been approved in accordance with this title. History. Code 1933, § 95A-804, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.
§ 32-2-64. Required Letting of Contracts by Public Bid; Posting Bid on Department Website Sufficient
Except as authorized by subsection (d) of Code Section 32-2-61, all department construction and maintenance contracts shall be let by public bid. For purposes of this Code section, posting a bid on the department’s website shall satisfy the public bid requirement. History. Ga. L. 1949, p. 372, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-805, enacted by […]
§ 32-2-65. Advertising for Bids
On all contracts required to be let by public bid, the commissioner shall advertise for competitive bids for at least two weeks; the public advertisement shall be inserted once a week in such newspapers or other publications, or both, as will ensure adequate publicity, the first insertion to be at least two weeks prior to […]
§ 32-2-66. Prequalifications of Contractors and Subcontractors
In order to establish a list of reliable persons qualified to bid on a department contract or to subcontract with such persons and to ensure that the contract may be awarded to the lowest reliable bidder, the department may adopt and publish in print or electronically uniform and reasonable rules and regulations which may include […]
§ 32-2-67. Payment by Bidder to Cover Costs
A bidder shall be required to pay to the department a reasonable sum sufficient to cover the cost to the department of copies of the bid proposal form of the department, the standard specifications of the department, and the plans of the contract if such plans are required because the particular contract calls for construction. […]
§ 32-2-68. Proposal Guaranty by Bidder
No bid for capital construction or capital maintenance will be considered by the department unless it is accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a certified check or other acceptable security payable to the treasurer of the department for an amount deemed by the department to be in the public interest and necessary […]
§ 32-2-69. Bidding Process and Award of Contract
Except as authorized by Code Sections 32-2-79, 32-2-80, and 32-2-82, the department shall award contracts to the lowest reliable bidder, provided that the department shall have the right to reject any and all such bids whether such right is reserved in the public notice or not and, in such case, the department may readvertise, perform […]