§ 37-24-101 — Construction - bids - advertising

Colorado § 37-24-101

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 37: Water and
• Art.: Construction of System

Text

After adopting a plan for a
drainage system and providing for the payment of the same, or a designated part
thereof by assessment or bonds, the board of directors shall give notice, by
publication not less than twenty days prior to the date of opening proposals in a
newspaper published in the county where the office of the drainage district is kept
and in such other newspaper as may be deemed advisable, calling for bids for the
construction of said work or any portion thereof; if less than the whole, then the
portion of said system to be constructed shall be described in the notice. The notice
shall set forth where the plans and specifications may be seen and that sealed
proposals will be received at the office of the drainage district and a contract let to
the lowest responsible bidder, giving the time and place for opening the proposals,
which, at said time and place, shall be opened in public. The board of directors may
enter into a contract with the lowest responsible bidder for the construction of the
whole or any portion of the work mentioned in the notice, or may reject any and all
bids and readvertise for proposals, or may proceed to construct the work under the
supervision of the board of directors, and in that event all material shall be
purchased from the lowest responsible bidders after proposals have been invited
and notice thereof published.

Legislative History

Source: L. 11: p. 323, � 59. C.L. � 2173. CSA: C. 57, � 74. CRS 53: � 47-5-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 47-5-1.