73.2 - ADVERTISEMENTS FOR BIDS -- FORM.
73.2 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR BIDS -- FORM.
1. a. All requests hereafter made for bids and proposals for
materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other needed articles
to be purchased at public expense, shall be made in general terms and
by general specifications and not by brand, trade name, or other
individual mark.
b. All such requests and bids shall contain a paragraph in
easily legible print, reading as follows:
"By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be given to
products and provisions grown and coal produced within the state of
Iowa."
2. In addition to any method of advertisement required by law,
any executive branch agency, the general assembly, and the judicial
branch shall advertise any request for bids and proposals on the
official state internet site operated by the department of
administrative services. An electronic link to an internet site
maintained by an executive branch agency, the general assembly, or
the judicial branch on which requests for bids and proposals for that
agency or for the general assembly or judicial branch are posted
satisfies the requirements of this subsection. Section History: Early Form
[C27, 31, 35, § 1171-b2; C39, § 1171.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 73.2] Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1072, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2008 Acts, ch
1032, §163
Referred to in § 8A.311