2005 West Virginia Code - §18-2A-2. — Request for samples and bids; deposit by bidder; selection, approval and publication of multiple list.

§18-2A-2. Request for samples and bids; deposit by bidder; selection, approval and publication of multiple list.
Prior to each adoption year, and not later than the first day of August, the state board by written request or otherwise shall ask the various vendors of textbooks, instructional materials, learning technologies or any combination thereof to submit samples and prices on items deemed appropriate by the state board of education to teach the curriculum in the public elementary and secondary schools of the state for the current adoption period.
All bids or proposals shall be under seal, and each bidder shall deposit in the state treasury such sum of money as the state board may designate, such deposit to be not less than one thousand dollars, and not more than three thousand dollars; and such deposit shall be forfeited to the general school fund if such bidder shall fail or refuse to make and execute such contract and bond as are herein required in case of acceptance of all or part of the vendor's bid, and otherwise shall be returned to such bidder after the contract has been made. The state board of education reserves the right to set the sum of money a vendor is required to deposit in the state treasury upon submitting a bid: Provided,