When professional services are required to be contracted for, public notice shall be given by the state agency or state institution of higher education if the basic construction cost of the project is estimated by the state agency or state institution of higher education to be more than one million dollars or if the fee for professional services is estimated to exceed one hundred thousand dollars. The public notice shall be given at least fifteen days prior to the selection of the three or more most highly qualified persons by the principal representative pursuant to section 24-30-1403 (2), and, except for projects under the supervision of the department of transportation, the public notice shall be given no later than eight weeks after the date on which the appropriation for the project becomes law. The public notice shall be given by publication at least once in one or more daily newspapers of general circulation in this state or in an electronic medium approved by the executive director of the department of personnel. The public notice shall contain a general description of the proposed project and shall indicate the procedure by which interested persons may apply for consideration for the contract.
Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 893, § 1, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1026, § 2, effective April 27. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 814, § 1, effective
July 1; entire section amended, p. 1060, § 19, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 962, § 1, effective May 21. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-290), ch. 374, p. 2040, § 5, effective August 5. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1181), ch. 351, p. 1622, § 8, effective June 7. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1387), ch. 378, p. 1840, § 40, effective June 6.
Editor's note: Amendments to this section by Senate Bill 91-28 and House Bill 91-1198 were harmonized.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1387, see section 1 of chapter 378, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.