The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SB 271 Original 2022 Regular Session Womack
Present law (R.S. 38:2211) requires any public entity advertising for public work to use only the
Louisiana Uniform Bid Form and specifically provides for the required information and
documentation to be submitted by a bidder.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law voids any additional requirements for information requested by a public entity and
prohibits the additional requirements from being considered in the award of the contract.
Present law requires all bidders' information on public bids to be made available upon request, either
no sooner than fourteen days following the bid opening or after the recommendation of award by the
public entity or the design professional, whichever occurs first, with the requester responsible for
payment of reasonable reproduction costs.
Proposed law shortens the request time from no sooner than fourteen days to no sooner than seven
days following the bid opening and otherwise retains present law.
Proposed law defines "working days" as the days Monday through Friday, excluding recognized
holidays.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 38:2212(B)(2) and (H); adds R.S. 38:2211(A)(15))