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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1819 By: McBride
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public buildings and public works;
amending 61 O.S. 2011, Sections 104, as last amended
by Section 1, Chapter 40, O.S .L. 2017 and 110, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 219, O.S.L. 2018 (61
O.S. Supp. 2020, Sections 104 and 110), which relate
to the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974;
modifying bid notices and opening of bids; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 61 O.S. 2011, Section 104, as last
amended by Section 1, Chapter 40, O.S.L. 2017 (61 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 104), is amended to read as follows:
Section 104. All proposals to award public construction
contracts shall be made equally and uniformly known by the awarding
public agency to all prospective bidders and the public in the
following manner:
1. Notice Public notice thereof shall be given by publication
in a newspaper of general circulation and published in the county
where the work, or the major part of it, is to be done , such written
or electronic means. Such notice by publication to be published in
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two consecutive weekly issues of the newspap er, with the first
publication thereof to be shall be accessible to the public at least
twenty-one (21) ten (10) days prior to the date set for opening
bids; and
2. Notice thereof shall be sent to one in -state trade or
construction publication for their u se and information whenever the
estimated cost of the contract exceeds Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00); provided, however, this section shall not be construed
to require the publication of the notice in such trade or
construction publication or the req uirement to provide the notice to
more than one in-state trade or construction publication or to any
out-of-state trade or construction publications.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 61 O.S. 2011, Section 110, as
amended by Section 1, Chapte r 219, O.S.L. 2018 (61 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 110), is amended to read as follows:
Section 110. A. Except as provided by subsection B of this
section, all All bids shall be sealed and opened only at the time
and place mentioned in the bidding documents , and read aloud in the
presence of an administrative officer of the awarding public agency.
Such bid opening shall be open to the public and to all bidders .
B. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma
Turnpike Authority shall be exempt from the requirements provided in
subsection A of this section, if the The awarding agency shall
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electronically publishes the bids publish the tabulation sheet on
the website of the agency.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective Novem ber 1, 2021.
58-1-5686 LRB 01/15/21