A. Prior to an award of a contract exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for construction or repair of a public or private building, structure, or improvement on public real property, the person that receives the award shall furnish a bond with good and sufficient sureties payable to the state in a sum not less […]
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974”. Added by Laws 1974, c. 298, § 1, operative Aug. 1, 1974.
As used in the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974: 1. “Awarding public agency” means the public agency which solicits and receives sealed bids on a particular public construction contract; 2. “Bidding documents” means the bid notice, instruction to bidders, plans and specifications, bidding form, bidding instructions, general conditions, special conditions and all other written […]
A. Unless otherwise provided by law, all public construction contracts exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or construction management trade contracts or subcontracts exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) shall be let and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, by open competitive bidding after solicitation for sealed bids, in accordance with the provisions of the Public […]
The governing body of any political subdivision of this state may duly appoint as its agent any individual or individual of a legal entity, with whom the political subdivision has duly entered into a public contract pursuant to law, to make purchases necessary for carrying out the public contract. Added by Laws 1981, c. 243, […]
Nothing in the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 shall be construed to prohibit a school district from erecting a building or making improvements on a force account basis. Added by Laws 1999, c. 86, § 2, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 238, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
For purposes of the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974, contracts not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) entered into solely for right-of-way clearance by the Transportation Commission and the Oklahoma Transportation Authority for the exclusive purpose of demolition and removal of buildings, foundations, slab floors, stem walls, steps, brush, shrubs, brickbats […]
NOTE: This section, from Laws 2009, c. 273, § 1, expired July 1, 2011. Laws 2009, c. 273, § 5 provides: “Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall cease to have the force and effect of law on July 1, 2011.”
For purposes of the provisions of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974, contracts entered into solely for projects and activities by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation relating to fish and wildlife conservation shall be let and awarded using the competitive bidding process as set forth in the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974. […]
A. When a state agency accepts a services contract, whether bid or no-bid, it shall list the city, state, and country in which the services will be provided. Any contract the state awards that is not strictly awarded by the lowest price and is awarded to a company not preparing and producing the services in […]
All proposals to award public construction contracts shall be made equally and uniformly known by the awarding public agency to all prospective bidders and the public in the following manner: 1. Notice thereof shall be given electronically and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation and published in the county where the work, or […]
All bid notices shall set forth the following information: 1. The character of the proposed public construction contract in sufficient details that all bidders shall know exactly what their obligation will be, either in the bid notice itself or by reference to bidding documents available to the public; and 2. The name of the officer, […]
Complete bidding documents regarding a proposed public construction contract shall be available to the public at least twenty (20) days prior to the date set for opening bids. The awarding public agency, or its agent, may require a reasonable deposit for each set of bidding documents; provided, that such deposit shall not exceed the actual […]
A. A bidder on a public construction contract exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or a construction management trade contract or subcontract exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) shall accompany the bid with: 1. A certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond equal to five percent (5%) of the bid, which shall be deposited with the […]
Each bidder shall accompany the bid with a written statement under oath disclosing the following information: 1. The nature of any partnership, joint venture or other business relationships then in effect or which existed within one (1) year prior to the date of such statement with the architect, engineer or other party to the project; […]
Any bid received after the time set for opening of bids shall not be opened or considered by the awarding public agency. Added by Laws 1974, c. 298, § 9, operative Aug. 1, 1974. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 238, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
A. Unless otherwise provided for by law, all plans and specifications for the erection of public buildings by this state, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or for any building erected through the use of public funds shall provide facilities for people with disabilities. Such facilities shall conform with the codes and standards adopted […]
Bids whether submitted in paper or electronic format shall be opened only at the time and place listed in the bidding documents. Paper bids shall be opened in the presence of an administrative officer of the awarding public agency and be read aloud at the time of opening. Such bid opening shall be open to […]
The awarding of a contract to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders shall be made within thirty (30) days after the opening of bids unless the governing body of the awarding public agency, by formal recorded action and for good cause shown, provides for a reasonable extension of that period, which extension period shall not […]
All bids, both successful and unsuccessful, and all contracts and required bonds shall be placed on file and maintained by the awarding public agency for a period of five (5) years from the date of opening of bids or for a period of three (3) years from the date of completion of the contract, whichever […]
