.365 Competitive sealed bidding.
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45A.365 Competitive sealed bidding.
(1)
All contracts or purchases shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding, except
as otherwise provided by KRS 45A.370 to 45A.385 and for the purchase of
wholesale electric power by municipal utilities as provided in KRS 96.901(1).
(2)
The invitation for bids shall state that the award shall be made on the basis of the
lowest bid price or the lowest evaluated bid price. If the latter is used, the objective
measurable criteria to be utilized shall be set forth in the invitation for bids.
(3)
Adequate public notice of the invitation for bids shall be given prior to the date set
forth for the opening of bids. The notice may include posting on the Internet or
publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the local jurisdiction not less
than seven (7) days before the date set for the opening of the bids. The public notice
shall include the time and place the bids will be opened and the time and place
where the specifications may be obtained.
(4)
The bids shall be opened publicly at the time and place designated in the invitation
for bids. Each bid, together with the name of the bidder, shall be recorded and be
open to public inspection. Electronic bid opening and posting of the required
information for public viewing shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
(5)
A contract shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the
responsive and responsible bidder whose bid is either the lowest bid price or the
lowest evaluated bid price.
(6)
The local public agency may allow the withdrawal of a bid where there is a patent
error on the face of the bid document, or where the bidder presents sufficient
evidence, substantiated by bid worksheets, that the bid was based upon an error in
the formulation of the bid price.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 510, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 110, sec. 74, effective January 1, 1980.