Section 9-655 - Construction of facilities. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-655. Construction of facilities.
 

(a)  Authority to begin construction.- After the hearing processes required in § 9-648 or § 9-649 of this subtitle are complete, a sanitary district may begin construction on a project that has been approved under either of those sections. 

(b)  When bid solicitation required.- The sanitary commission shall follow the bid solicitation procedure of this section for any construction work on the project, unless the cost will be $5,000 or less. 

(c)  Solicitation for parts of project.- The sanitary commission may solicit bids for all or part of the project for which bids are sought. 

(d)  Advertising solicitation of bids on construction contracts.- Whenever the sanitary commission solicits bids under this section for construction contracts, the sanitary commission shall advertise the solicitation in each member county in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation in the county. 

(e)  Additional advertising permitted.- In addition to the advertising required by subsection (d) of this section, the sanitary commission may advertise the solicitation in other newspapers or technical journals. 

(f)  Acceptance of bid.- If the sanitary commission awards a contract in response to bids received under this section, the sanitary commission shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. 

(g)  Rejection of bids.- If the sanitary commission determines that the prices quoted in any bid are unreasonable or unbalanced, it may reject the bid. 

(h)  Action following rejection of bids.- If the sanitary commission rejects all the bids, the sanitary commission may: 

(1) Readvertise; or 

(2) Do the project or any part of it with its own temporary or permanent employees. 

(i)  Additional terms of contract.- The sanitary commission may include in the contract additional conditions and requirements for: 

(1) Performance bonds; 

(2) Penalties; and 

(3) Liquidated damages. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 656; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 1988, ch. 6, § 1.]