The agency having charge of the receipt of bids and the award of contracts for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of any highway, may require, for any highway contract letting, that each bidder shall file with said agency a statement showing the bidder's financial standing, equipment, and experience in the execution of like or similar work. Said statements shall be on standard forms prepared by the department and shall be filed with said agency previous to the letting at which such bidder expects to bid. The agency may, in advance of the letting, notify the bidder as to the amount and the nature of the work for which the bidder is deemed qualified to bid.
In the award of contracts for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of any highway, the agency having charge of awarding such contracts shall give due consideration not only to the prices bid but also to the mechanical or other equipment and the financial responsibility and experience in the performance of like or similar contracts. The agency may reject any or all bids, or may let by private contract or build by day labor, at a cost not in excess of the lowest bid received. Upon the completion of any contract or project on either the farm-to-market or secondary road system, the county engineer shall file with the county auditor a statement showing the total cost thereof with certificate that said work has been done in accordance with the plans and specifications. All contracts shall be in writing and shall be secured by a bond for the faithful performance thereof as provided by law.
[S13, § 1527-s18; C24, § 4651, 4700; C27, 31, 35, § 4644-c41, 4651, 4755-b11; C39, § 4644.39, 4651, 4686.15, 4755.11; C46, § 309.57, 310.15, 313.11; C50, § 308A.10, 309.39; C54, § 309.39, 314.1; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 314.1]
Referred to in § 314.14, 331.341
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