RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 774 (SB 271) 2022 Regular Session Womack
Existing 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.
New law retains existing law.
New 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
unless it is mandated by state or federal requirements.
Prior law required 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.
New law shortens the request time from no sooner than fourteen days to no sooner than nine
working days following the bid opening.
New law defines "working days" as the days Monday through Friday, excluding recognized
holidays and declared emergencies.
Effective June 20, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 38:2212(B)(2) and (H); adds R.S. 38:2211(A)(15))