(a)This section applies whenever a public
work project is estimated to cost less than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000). Except as provided in subsection (g) for local boards of
aviation commissioners and local airport authorities, if a contract is to
be awarded, the board may proceed under section 4 of this chapter or
under subsection (b) or (c).
(b)The board must proceed under the following provisions:
(1)The board shall invite quotes from at least three (3) persons
known to deal in the class of work proposed to be done by either
of the following:
(A)Mailing them a notice stating that plans and specifications
are on file in a specified office. The notice must be mailed not
less than seven (7) days before the time fixed for receiving
quotes. The board may not require a person to submit
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(a) This section applies whenever a public
work project is estimated to cost less than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000). Except as provided in subsection (g) for local boards of
aviation commissioners and local airport authorities, if a contract is to
be awarded, the board may proceed under section 4 of this chapter or
under subsection (b) or (c).
(b) The board must proceed under the following provisions:
(1) The board shall invite quotes from at least three (3) persons
known to deal in the class of work proposed to be done by either
of the following:
(A) Mailing them a notice stating that plans and specifications
are on file in a specified office. The notice must be mailed not
less than seven (7) days before the time fixed for receiving
quotes. The board may not require a person to submit a quote
before the meeting at which quotes are to be received. The
meeting for receiving quotes must be open to the public. All
quotes received shall be opened publicly and read aloud at the
time and place designated and not before.
(B) Soliciting at least three (3) quotes by telephone, facsimile
transmission, or electronic mail. The seven (7) day waiting
period required by clause (A) does not apply to quotes solicited
under this clause. A quote received under this clause shall be
reported to the board during the public meeting at which the
contract is considered. The name of each person submitting a
quote, and the amount of each quote, shall be read aloud at the
public meeting.
(2) The board shall award the contract for the public work to the
lowest responsible and responsive quoter.
(3) The board may reject all quotes submitted.
(4) If the board rejects all quotes under subdivision (3), the board
may negotiate and enter into agreements for the work in the open
market without inviting or receiving quotes if the board
establishes in writing the reasons for rejecting the quotes.
(c) The board may not proceed under subsection (b) for the
resurfacing (as defined in IC 8-14-2-1) of a road, street, or bridge,
unless:
(1) the weight or volume of the materials in the project is capable
of accurate measurement and verification; and
(2) the specifications define the geographic points at which the
project begins and ends.
(d) For the purposes of this section, if contiguous sections of a road,
street, or bridge are to be resurfaced in a calendar year, all of the work
shall be considered to comprise a single public work project.
(e) The board may purchase or lease supplies in the manner
provided in IC 5-22 and perform the public work by means of its own
workforce without awarding a public work contract.
(f) Before the board may perform any work under this section by
means of its own workforce, the political subdivision or agency must
have a group of employees on its staff who are capable of performing
the construction, maintenance, and repair applicable to that work.
(g) This subsection applies to local boards of aviation
commissioners operating under IC 8-22-2 and local airport authorities
operating under IC 8-22-3. If the contract is to be awarded by a board
to which this subsection applies, or to a designee of the board under
subsection (h), the board or its designee may proceed under section 4
of this chapter or under the following provisions. The board or its
designee may invite quotes from at least three (3) persons known to
deal in the class of work proposed to be done by mailing the persons a
copy of the plans and specifications for the work not less than seven (7)
days before the time fixed for receiving quotes. If the board or its
designee receives a satisfactory quote, the board or its designee shall
award the contract to the lowest responsible and responsive quoter for
the class of work required. The board or its designee may reject all
quotes submitted and, if no valid quotes are received for the class of
work, contract for the work without further invitations for quotes.
(h) The board may delegate its authority to award a contract for a
public works project that is estimated to cost less than fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000) to the airport personnel in charge of airport public
works projects.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-16-1
part; Part new.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.57, SEC.38. Amended by Acts
1981, P.L.56, SEC.5; P.L.329-1985, SEC.19; P.L.85-1991, SEC.4;
P.L.21-1995, SEC.147; P.L.82-1995, SEC.17; P.L.49-1997, SEC.76;
P.L.195-2007, SEC.8; P.L.172-2011, SEC.141; P.L.17-2012, SEC.4;
P.L.67-2012, SEC.4; P.L.72-2018, SEC.16.