180.060 Advertising -- Opening of bids -- Letting of contracts. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 180.060 Advertising -- Opening of bids -- Letting of contracts. (1) The department shall formulate a general plan for advertising, which plan shall be filed in the office of the department and be available to any person inquiring
therefor. (2) All competitive bids received under the terms of this chapter shall be opened and read publicly by representatives of the department at a designated place, day, and
hour, all of which shall be announced in the advertising relative thereto. At the time
the bids are opened, the department shall announce the department's engineer's
estimate and make it a part of the department's records pertaining to the letting of
any contract for which bids were received. Each bid, together with the name of the
bidder and the department's engineer's estimate, shall be recorded and be open to
public inspection. (3) All bridges and approaches or substantial portions thereof when built by contract shall be let to the lowest and best bidder after advertisement, and after the
preparation of detailed plans and specifications, which shall be submitted to all
prospective bidders in ample time before a contract is awarded. (4) The commission may reject any and all bids made either for material, for construction or for the bonds or any one (1) or more of them. Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 278, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4356s-
9, 4356s-11.