2005 Minnesota Statutes - 116A.13 — Letting contract.

     116A.13 Letting contract.  


    Subdivision 1.    After order is filed.  After the filing of the 
 order ordering the 
 improvement, the auditor and the county board, in the instance 
 of a county system, and the auditors of the respective counties, 
 or a majority of them, in the instance of a judicial system, 
 shall proceed to let the job of constructing the system.  In 
 judicial systems the auditors shall hold the letting at the 
 office of the auditor of the county in which the proceedings are 
 pending.  


    Subd. 2.    Appeals.  If it shall appear at the expiration of 30 
 days 
 from the filing of the order ordering the improvement, that one 
 or more appeals have been taken involving the question of 
 damages, no contract shall be let until the appeals have been 
 determined, unless ordered by the board or court.  Application 
 for such order may be made by the auditor or auditors or any 
 interested person.  If application be made by some person other 
 than an auditor, then the auditor or auditors shall be given 
 five days' notice of hearing upon such application.  


    Subd. 3.    Notice.  The auditor of the county in which the 
 proceedings are pending shall give notice of the letting of the 
 contract by publication in a newspaper in such county stating 
 the time and place where the contract shall be let.  When the 
 estimated cost of construction is more than $3,000, the auditor 
 shall also advertise such letting in a trade paper.  Such notice 
 shall state the approximate amount of work and the estimated 
 cost thereof and shall invite bids for the work as one job or in 
 sections.  The right shall be reserved to reject any and all 
 bids.  The notice shall require that each bid be accompanied by 
 a certified check or a bond furnished by an approved surety 
 bonding corporation payable to the auditor or auditors for not 
 less than ten percent of the bid, as security that the bidder 
 will enter into a contract and give a bond as required by 
 section 116A.15.  


    Subd. 4.    Engineer's approval.  The engineer shall attend the 
 letting and no bid 
 shall be accepted without the engineer's approval as to 
 compliance with plans and specifications.  


    Subd. 5.    How job may be let.  The job may be let in one job, 
 or in sections, or 
 separately for labor and material, and shall be let to the 
 lowest responsible bidder or bidders therefor.  


    Subd. 6.    Maximum amount.  Bids shall not be entertained which 
 in the 
 aggregate exceed by more than 30 percent the total estimated 
 cost of construction.  


    Subd. 7.    Parties to contract.  The auditor, with such chair, 
 or auditors, as the 
 case may be, shall contract, in the name of the county, or in 
 the names of the respective counties, each acting by and through 
 its auditor, with the party to whom such work or any part 
 thereof is let, requiring that party to construct the same in 
 the time and manner and according to the plans and 
 specifications and the contract provisions as set forth in 
 sections 116A.01 to 116A.26.  


    HIST: 1971 c 916 s 13 subds 1-7; 1986 c 444