Indiana § 20-25-4-3 School building improvements; bidding procedure

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-25-4-3 — School building improvements; bidding procedure

Indiana § 20-25-4-3

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 25INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Ch. 4General Administrative Provisions

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Ind. Code § 20-25-4-3 (2026).

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(a)This section does not apply if the board by formal vote elects to:

(1)build;

(2)enlarge;

(3)make alterations to; or

(4)make improvements to; a school or building owned by the board if the project described in subdivisions (1) through (4) will cost not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and the board intends to complete the project using its own employees.

(b)If subsection (a) does not apply and the board determines to:

(1)build;

(2)enlarge;

(3)make alterations to; or

(4)make improvements to; a school or building owned by the board, the cost of which is estimated to be more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the business manager or other board designated employee shall advertise for bids in the manner provided in subsection (c).

(c)The advertisements for bids must

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(a) This section does not apply if the board by
formal vote elects to:
(1) build;
(2) enlarge;
(3) make alterations to; or
(4) make improvements to;
a school or building owned by the board if the project described in
subdivisions (1) through (4) will cost not more than fifteen thousand
dollars ($15,000) and the board intends to complete the project using
its own employees.
(b) If subsection (a) does not apply and the board determines to:
(1) build;
(2) enlarge;
(3) make alterations to; or
(4) make improvements to;
a school or building owned by the board, the cost of which is estimated
to be more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the business manager
or other board designated employee shall advertise for bids in the
manner provided in subsection (c).
(c) The advertisements for bids must be placed as follows:
(1) One (1) advertisement must be placed each week for three (3)
weeks.
(2) The first advertisement must be placed at least twenty-one
(21) days before the bids are opened.
(3) The advertisement must be placed in two (2) newspapers of
general circulation in the city.
The board shall enter in full in the minutes that advertisements for bids
have been placed under this subsection.
(d) If bids are taken under this section, a bid must be:
(1) enclosed by the bidder in an envelope sealed by the bidder;
and
(2) presented at a meeting of the board or the bid committee of the
board at the time and place fixed by the advertisement.
A bid may not be received after the time established in the
advertisement.
(e) The business manager at the hour established in the
advertisements and in the presence of the board or the bid committee
shall open all the bids. The bids must then be publicly read by a
designated employee and be immediately entered in full in the records
of the board.
(f) The board shall, by general rules, specify the condition of each
bid, and only the lowest and best bids from responsible bidders may be
accepted. The board may, if the board has reason to suspect collusion
among bidders, reject the bids of all bidders involved in the collusion.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-16.]