48-2986. Award of contract; bond; letting of
work without advertising for bids
A. At the time and place specified in the advertisement the board shall meet and
consider the bids and shall within a reasonable time thereafter accept or reject all or
any portion of any bid, or may reject all bids, and shall return deposits of unsuccessful
bidders. The board may thereafter proceed to readvertise for such portions of the
proposed project as to which no bid was accepted, or the board may proceed to perform the
work so advertised under its own direction and supervision.
B. The board shall enter into contracts according to the bids as accepted and shall
require from each person with whom a contract is made such bond or bonds as required
under title 34, chapter 2, article 2. Upon the bond being given and approved, prior
deposits of the principal shall be returned.
C. The work performed under any contract authorized and executed pursuant to this
chapter shall be performed under the direction and to the satisfaction of the district
engineer and by the terms of the contract shall be paid for in cash.
D. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the district
from letting any work required by it without first advertising for bids when the
estimated cost of the work does not exceed thirty thousand dollars for construction,
thirty thousand dollars for materials or thirty thousand dollars for services and the
total amount of the contract does not exceed thirty thousand dollars or when an emergency
exists as determined by the board of directors of the district.
E. The dollar amounts prescribed in subsection D shall be deemed adjusted on July 1
each year based on the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban
consumers, United States city average, that is published by the United States department
of labor, bureau of labor statistics, with July 1, 2010 as the base year for making that
determination.
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