2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 17 CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
17-533 Waterworks; construction; bids.

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;
R.S.1943, § 17-533.

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).