All contracts of the authority for the construction of any project authorized by this article shall be let to the reliable bidder submitting the lowest sealed bid upon plans and specifications approved by the department, except as otherwise provided for projects authorized under any provisions of Code Sections 32-2-78 through 32-2-81. The procedures for letting such bids shall conform to those prescribed for the department in Code Sections 32-2-64 through 32-2-72 and 32-2-78 through 32-2-81.
(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 302, § 13; Code 1933, § 95A-1242, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 760, § 4/SB 183.)
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added ", except as otherwise provided for projects authorized under any provisions of Code Sections 32-2-78 through 32-2-81" at the end of the first sentence, and added "and 32-2-78 through 32-2-81" at the end of the second sentence.
Law reviews.- For annual survey on administrative law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 15 (2017).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
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- Right or duty of public authorities to require single bid or to let single contract for entire improvement or for two or more separate improvements, 123 A.L.R. 577.
Contract for personal services as within requirement of submission of bids as condition of public contract, 15 A.L.R.3d 733.
Requirement that public contract be awarded on competitive bidding as applicable to contract for public utility, 80 A.L.R.3d 979.
Right of bidder for state or municipal contract to rescind bid on ground that bid was based upon his own mistake or that of his employee, 2 A.L.R.4th 991.
Encroachment of trees, shrubbery, or other vegetation across boundary line, 65 A.L.R.4th 603.