Alabama § 23-8-6 Approved Contractors and Suppliers; Bidding

Alabama Statutes

§ 23-8-6 — Approved Contractors and Suppliers; Bidding

Alabama § 23-8-6

Title 23Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries

Ch. 8Rebuild Alabama Act

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Ala. Code § 23-8-6 (2026).

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(a)All county and municipal projects let to contract shall utilize contractors and material suppliers listed on the ALDOT’s list of approved contractors and suppliers. ALDOT’s list of approved contractors and material suppliers shall include the ALDOT’s Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise List. Beginning October 1, 2020, and October 1 of every other year, each county and municipality shall provide a list of all contractors who have been awarded projects under this section to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no bidding shall be required by the county for asphalt or other road construction or repair materials if the county has an annual contrac

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(a) All county and municipal projects let to contract shall utilize contractors and material suppliers listed on the ALDOT’s list of approved contractors and suppliers. ALDOT’s list of approved contractors and material suppliers shall include the ALDOT’s Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise List. Beginning October 1, 2020, and October 1 of every other year, each county and municipality shall provide a list of all contractors who have been awarded projects under this section to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no bidding shall be required by the county for asphalt or other road construction or repair materials if the county has an annual contract for providing such materials.
(b) For all municipal projects, the appropriate plans and bid opening date shall be published in electronic form no later than the tenth day of the month preceding the bid opening on a website maintained for that purpose by the Alabama League of Municipalities.
(c) The bidding procedures approved by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, as authorized in Section 40-17-371(c)(2)d., may be used for any county road and bridge project otherwise subject to Chapter 2 of Title 39.
(d) Bids for county and municipal contracts awarded under this section shall only be awarded in accordance with Section 39-2-6 during a regularly-scheduled meeting of the governmental body of the county or municipality, as the case may be. Immediately after the completion of each project, the publication notifications required by subsection (f) of Section 39-1-1, shall be satisfied by posting on the same website utilized for the posting of specifications and notice of bid openings.