26.7 - NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
26.7 NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
1. The notice to bidders shall adequately notify a potential
bidder of a proposed bid and shall include the following items:
a. The time and place for filing sealed proposals.
b. The time and place sealed proposals will be opened and
considered on behalf of the governmental entity.
c. The general nature of the public improvement on which bids
are requested.
d. In general terms, when the work must be commenced and
completed.
e. That each bidder shall accompany the bid with a bid
security as defined in section 26.8 and as specified by the
governmental entity.
f. Any further information which the governmental entity
deems pertinent.
2. The notice to bidders may provide that bids will be received
for the furnishing of all labor and materials and furnishing or
installing equipment under one contract, or for parts thereof in
separate sections.
3. On public improvements to be financed wholly or partially by
special assessments against benefited property, the governmental
entity, in the notice to bidders, may request aggregate bids for all
projects included in any resolution of necessity, notwithstanding
variations in the sizes of the improvements and notwithstanding that
some parts of the improvements are assessable and some nonassessable,
and may award the contract to the lowest responsive, responsible
bidder submitting the lowest aggregate bid. Section History: Recent Form
2006 Acts, ch 1017, §7, 42, 43
Referred to in § 26.3, 314.1