73.19 - NEGOTIATED PRICE OR BID CONTRACT. - Iowa Statutes

73.19 NEGOTIATED PRICE OR BID CONTRACT. In awarding a contract under the targeted small business procurement goal program, a director of an agency or department, or community college, area education agency, or school district, having purchasing authority may use either a negotiated price or bid contract procedure. A director of an agency or department, or community college, area education agency, or school district, using a negotiated contract shall consider any targeted small business engaged in that business. The director of the department of economic development or the director of the department of management may assist in the negotiation of a contract price under this section. Surety bonds guaranteed by the United States small business administration are acceptable security for a construction award under this section.          Section History: Recent Form 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 835; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §9; 91 Acts, ch 267, §225 Referred to in § 8A.311, 10A.104, 11.46, 12E.12, 15.108, 97B.7A