Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the awarding of contracts for public improvement projects
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 6, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the awarding of contracts for public improvement projects. The bill provides that if a governmental entity states in a notice that the governmental entity is accepting bids or quotations for multiple parts of a project for public improvement, then the entity shall accept bids or quotations for any combination of parts of the project, including bids or quotations for the whole project. Under the bill, the governmental entity shall award a contract or multiple contracts to the combination of bidders or contractors that minimizes the total cost of the award.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 6, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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