O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-10-7 (2019)

Letting of construction contracts by competitive bids

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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All contracts of the authority for the construction of any project authorized by this article shall be let to the reliable bidder submitting the lowest sealed bid upon plans and specifications approved by the department, as set forth in Code Sections 32-2-64 through 32-2-72. However, subject to the restriction on the subletting of negotiated contracts as contained in Code Section 32-2-61, the authority may contract with any county or other political subdivision of the state for the construction of any project situated wholly or partly within such subdivision, upon agreed terms; but the work provided for by such contract shall be at unit prices which shall not exceed the average of the unit prices submitted in the immediately preceding 60 days by competitive bidders for similar work to the department or the authority, whichever may be lower, as determined and averaged by the chief engineer or his or her designated subordinate.

History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 124, § 9; Ga. L. 1961, p. 3, § 5; Ga. L. 1967, p. 385, § 5; Code 1933, § 95A-1205, enacted by Ga. L.

1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1994, p. 591, § 9.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Right in submitting proposal for bids on public work to require bid on unit basis, with reservation to public authorities of right to determine amount or extent of work, 79 A.L.R. 225. Right or duty of public authorities to require single bid or to let single contract for entire improvement or for two or more separate improvements, 123 A.L.R. 577. Contract for personal services as within requirement of submission of bids as condition of public contract, 15 A.L.R.3d 733.

Requirement that public contract be awarded on competitive bidding as applicable to contract for public utility, 81 A.L.R.3d 979. Right of bidder for state or municipal contract to rescind bid on ground that bid was based upon his own mistake or that of his employee, 2 A.L.R.4th 991. Right of public authorities to reject all bids for public work or contract, 52 A.L.R.4th 186.