73-101. Public lettings; how conducted. Whenever the State of Nebraska, or any department or any agency thereof, any county board, county clerk, county highway superintendent, the mayor and city council or commissioner of any municipality, any entity created pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act, or the officers of any […]
73-101.01. Resident bidder, defined; preference. When a public contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference over a nonresident bidder from a state which gives or requires a preference to bidders from that state. The preference shall be equal to the preference given or required […]
73-101.02. Resident bidder; preference; exception. The provisions of section 73-101.01 shall not apply to any contract for any project upon which federal funds would be withheld because of the provisions of sections 73-101.01 and 73-101.02. Source Laws 1967, c. 471, § 2, p. 1466.
73-102. Fair labor standards; statement of compliance required. All governing authorities of the State of Nebraska, and governmental subdivisions thereof, and every person acting as purchasing agent for the State of Nebraska, or any governmental subdivision thereof, shall, in awarding contracts for public works, require all contractors bidding on public works to file with such […]
73-103. Fair labor standards; low bidder; disqualification. A showing in a public hearing by interested parties, to the satisfaction of the awarding authority, that any contractor bidding upon public works, and having filed the statement as required by section 73-102, has not complied with fair labor standards in the pursuit of his business or occupation, […]
73-104. Fair labor standards, defined. Fair labor standards, as used in sections 73-102 and 73-103 shall be construed to mean such a scale of wages and conditions of employment as are paid and maintained by at least fifty percent of the contractors in the same business or field of endeavor as the contractor filing such […]
73-105. Violations; penalties. Any officer or person who may be in charge of any such bids prior to the time fixed for the simultaneous opening, who shall open prior to such time, or otherwise disclose to any bidder the contents, amount or other details of any rival bid, shall be guilty of a Class IV […]
73-106. School district; construction, remodeling, or repair of building; advertise for bids; applicability. (1) Whenever any public school district in the state expends public funds for the construction, remodeling, or repair of any school-owned building or for site improvements, other than those expenditures authorized by section 81-829.51 for emergency expenditures or section 79-10,104 for facilities […]
73-107. Resident disabled veteran or business located in designated enterprise zone; preference; contract not in compliance with section; null and void. (1) When a state contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, a resident disabled veteran or a business located in a designated enterprise zone under the Enterprise Zone Act shall be […]
73-201. Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) Article IV, section 6, of the Constitution of Nebraska requires that the affairs of the state be economically and efficiently administered and thereby imposes a duty to expend no more for any service than it is worth; (2) The types and provisions of contracts executed on behalf […]
73-202. Terms, defined. For purposes of sections 73-201 to 73-204: (1) Contingent fee means any fee, whether commission, percentage, brokerage, finder’s fee, or contingent fee or otherwise denominated, which is a percentage or portion of the amount or value recovered, obtained, or involved; (2) Contingent fee contract means any contract or agreement which provides for […]
73-203. Contingent fee contract; executed by state; void; exception. Any contingent fee contract of any kind whatsoever reasonably anticipated to result in the payment of a contingent fee or fees in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars per annum executed by the state or by any person on behalf of the state after September 9, 1995, […]
73-204. Contingent fee contract; executed by constitutional agency; void; exception. Any contingent fee contract of any kind whatsoever reasonably anticipated to result in the payment of a contingent fee or fees in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars per annum executed by (1) the University of Nebraska, (2) the Nebraska state colleges, or (3) any other […]
73-205. Technology access clause; requirements. (1) The Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Nebraska Information Technology Commission, and the Chief Information Officer, in consultation with other state agencies and after at least one public hearing, shall develop a technology access clause to be included in all contracts entered into by state agencies on […]
73-301. Director of Administrative Services; duties. The Director of Administrative Services shall review and approve or disapprove any contract for personal services between a private entity and any state agency, other than (1) the University of Nebraska, (2) the Nebraska state colleges, and (3) any other board, commission, or agency established by the Constitution of […]
73-302. State agency; duties. (1) A state agency that seeks to enter into a contract described in section 73-301 with a private entity shall submit the following information to the Director of Administrative Services: (a) The proposed contract, (b) a review of the long-term actual cost savings, (c) the measurable goals for improving the quality […]
73-303. State agency; displaced state employees; plan of assistance. A state agency that seeks to enter into a contract described in section 73-301 shall also submit to the Director of Administrative Services a formal plan of assistance to the state employees of such state agency who will be displaced by such contract. The plan shall […]
73-304. Director of Administrative Services; approve contract; when. The Director of Administrative Services may approve a proposed contract if: (1) The potential economic advantage of contracting is not outweighed by the public’s interest in having the particular services performed directly by the state agency; (2) The contract does not adversely affect the state’s affirmative action […]
73-305. Director of Administrative Services; report required. The Director of Administrative Services shall, within forty-five days after receipt of the information described in sections 73-302 and 73-303 from the state agency, prepare a report detailing why the proposed contract was approved or disapproved. The report shall be delivered electronically to the chairperson of the Appropriations […]
73-306. Rules and regulations. The Department of Administrative Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 73-301 to 73-305. Such rules and regulations shall apply to the Director of Administrative Services in carrying out his or her duties pursuant to such sections. Source Laws 1995, LB 519, § 10.
