Idaho Code § 67-5711 (2026)

Construction, alteration, equipping, furnishing and repair of public buildings and works. 

The director of the department of administration, or his designee, of the state of Idaho is authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the permanent building fund advisory council, to provide or secure all plans and specifications for, to let all contracts for, and to have charge of and supervision of the construction, alteration, equipping and furnishing, repair, maintenance, other than preventive maintenance, of any and all buildings, and improvements of public works of the state of Idaho, the cost of which construction, alteration, equipping and furnishing, repair, maintenance, other than preventive maintenance, exceeds the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for labor, materials and equipment, which sum shall exclude design costs, bid advertising and related bidding expenses, provided that the director or his designee and the permanent building fund advisory council shall, in the letting of contracts under this section, comply with the procedure for the calling of bids provided in section 67-5711C, Idaho Code; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the construction, alteration, equipping or furnishing or repair or maintenance, other than preventive maintenance, of public buildings under the jurisdiction and control of the board of regents of the university of Idaho; provided further, that the bidding procedures required by this section and section 67-5711C, Idaho Code, shall not apply to performance contracts as provided in section 67-5711D, Idaho Code; provided further, that public works for the Idaho transportation department, the department of fish and game, the department of parks and recreation, the department of lands, and the department of water resources and the water resource board, except for administrative office buildings and all associated improvements, are exempt from the provisions of this section that relate to the administration and review of such projects by the director of the department of administration or his designee and by the permanent building fund advisory council. This exemption shall not relieve the Idaho transportation department, the department of fish and game, the department of parks and recreation, the department of lands, and the department of water resources and the water resource board in the letting of contracts for public works from complying with the procedures of section 67-5711C, Idaho Code, related to the advertising and bidding for contracts. The permanent building fund advisory council may adopt rules consistent with existing law, including rules for a program of inspection and maintenance, to carry out the provisions of this chapter.