§ 48:207 — Emergency purchases; no bids necessary

§207. Emergency purchases; no bids necessary
A. When recommended by the assistant secretary for project delivery, the assistant
secretaries, or the executive directors of the various offices and divisions of the department
and when in the opinion of the secretary the best interest of the state will be served,
emergency purchases of commodities, materials, supplies, equipment and miscellany, or
purchases or leases of noncompetitive or patented articles, devices, equipment, or
commodities may be negotiated and made without requesting bids. However, the essential
documents authorizing these purchases or leases shall have written on their face the explicit
reasons supporting the necessity for these leases or purchases.
B. When sections of highway, the component parts thereof, or any facility under the
control of the department are damaged, obstructed, or destroyed by storms, floods, collisions,
or other occurrences of violence, so as to impede or interrupt the normal use of the highway
or facility, the secretary may make, or authorize to be made, without requesting bids, such
emergency purchases as are required to temporarily repair the highway or facility until
permanent repairs can be made. Such temporary repairs shall be held to the minimum
necessary and plans shall immediately be started for the permanent rehabilitation of the
highway or facility.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1979, No. 413, §6, eff. July 11, 1979; Acts 1984, No. 625, §1; Acts 2025, No. 380, §1.