House
Study
Bill
108
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
VANDER
LINDEN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
the
contract
bidding
process
for
public
1
improvement
projects
and
its
application
to
certain
2
government
entities.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
26.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2015,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
“Governmental
entity”
means
the
state,
political
3
subdivisions
of
the
state,
public
school
corporations,
and
all
4
officers,
boards,
or
commissions
empowered
by
law
to
enter
5
into
contracts
for
the
construction
of
public
improvements,
6
excluding
the
state
board
of
regents
and
the
state
department
7
of
transportation.
“Governmental
entity”
includes
the
state
8
board
of
regents
as
provided
in
section
26.4A.
9
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
26.4A
State
board
of
regents.
10
The
state
board
of
regents
shall
comply
with
this
chapter
11
when
advertising
for
bids
and
selecting
the
lowest
responsible
12
bidder
under
section
262.34,
subsection
1.
13
Sec.
3.
Section
26.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2015,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
2.
The
notice
to
bidders
may
provide
that
bids
will
be
16
received
The
governmental
entity
shall
notify
bidders
that
the
17
governmental
entity
will
accept
bids
for
the
furnishing
of
all
18
labor
and
materials
and
furnishing
or
installing
equipment
19
under
one
contract
,
or
and
shall
notify
bidders
whether
the
20
governmental
entity
will
accept
optional
bids
for
parts
thereof
21
in
separate
sections.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
Currently,
the
state
board
of
regents
is
exempted
from
Code
26
chapter
26,
the
Iowa
Construction
Bidding
Procedures
Act,
27
through
a
specific
exemption
in
the
Code
chapter’s
definition
28
of
“governmental
entity”.
This
bill
requires
the
state
board
29
of
regents
to
comply
with
this
Code
chapter
when
advertising
30
for
bids
and
selecting
the
lowest
responsible
bidder
as
31
governed
by
Code
section
262.34,
subsection
1.
32
The
bill
requires
governmental
entities
seeking
to
contract
33
for
a
public
improvement
project
to
notify
bidders
that
bids
34
covering
all
labor
and
materials
related
to
the
project
will
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be
accepted,
but
also
authorizes
government
entities
to
allow
1
bidders
to
submit
separate
bids
for
separate
portions
of
the
2
project.
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