O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-2-64 (2019)

Required letting of contracts by public bid; posting bid on department website sufficient

✓ 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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Except as authorized by subsection (d) of Code Section 32-2-61, all department construction and maintenance contracts shall be let by public bid. For purposes of this Code section, posting a bid on the department’s website shall satisfy the public bid requirement.

History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 372, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-805, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1343, § 2/HB 817.

Annotations

Cross references. - Letting of contracts by Department of Administrative Services by public bid, § 50-5-67.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under Ga. L. 1950, p. 62, as amended, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section. Judicial notice that construction be done by independent contractor not required. - In a suit by a property

owner for damage to property caused by highway construction, the requirement that competitive bids be taken on highway maintenance and construction contracts does not require the court to take judicial notice of the fact that the construction was done by an independent contractor. Richmond County v. Williams, 109 Ga. App. 670, 137 S.E.2d 343 (1964) (decided under former Ga. L. 1950, p. 62, as amended).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Contract for personal services as within requirement of submission of bids as condition of public contract, 15 A.L.R.3d 733.

Authority of state, municipality, or other governmental entity to accept late bids for public works contracts, 49 A.L.R.5th 747.