2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 17-533 — Waterworks; construction; bids.

Section 17-533
Waterworks; construction; bids.

All contracts for the construction of any such work, or any part thereof, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, and upon not less than twenty days' published notice of the terms and conditions upon which the contract is to be let having been given by publication in a newspaper published in said city or village, and if no newspaper is published therein, then in some newspaper published in the county; PROVIDED, in all cases the council or board of trustees, as the case may be, shall have the right to reject any and all bids that may not be satisfactory to them.

Source:

Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XV, p. 177

Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XV, p. 167

Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XV, p. 296

Laws 1893, c. 8, § 1, p. 133

Laws 1903, c. 21, § 1, p. 250

Laws 1905, c. 30, § 1, p. 256

Laws 1907, c. 17, § 1, p. 127

R.S.1913, § 5119

Laws 1917, c. 103, § 1, p. 271

Laws 1919, c. 48, § 1, p. 137

Laws 1919, c. 52, § 1, p. 151

Laws 1919, c. 46, § 2, p. 131

C.S.1922, § 4292

Laws 1925, c. 41, § 1, p. 157

C.S.1929, § 17-441

Laws 1935, c. 34, § 1, p. 142

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-441

Annotations:

Estimate of costs must be made and submitted by city engineer before council can make contract and such estimate cannot be raised by the engineer after the bids have been opened. Murphy v. City of Plattsmouth, 78 Neb. 163, 110 N.W. 749 (1907).

City is only authorized to contract after advertising for bids and with only such persons as tender a bid in response to such advertisement. Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. City of North Bend, 68 Neb. 560, 94 N.W. 537 (1903).

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska