§ 16-6-116 — Payment to contractor; substantial completion; final completion; required notices

(a) When any public work is let by contract, the public
entity under whose direction or supervision the work is being
carried on and conducted shall:
(i) Issue a certificate of substantial completion
after determination that the public work, or designated portion
thereof the public entity agrees to accept separately, is
substantially complete;
(ii) Upon issuance of a certificate of substantial
completion, cause notice to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation, published nearest the point at which the
work is being carried on, once a week for two (2) consecutive
weeks, and posted on the state procurement website or the public
entity's official website. The notice shall set forth in
substance that the public entity has accepted the work, or
designated portion thereof, as substantially complete according
to the contract and associated documents and that the general
contractor is entitled to payment as provided in paragraph (iii)
of this subsection upon the forty-first day (and the notice
shall specify the exact date) after the notice was first
published and posted. If the contract provides for multiple
substantial completions, this paragraph shall apply to each
substantial completion designated in the contract;
(iii) Upon the forty-first day after the notice
required under paragraph (ii) of this subsection was first
published and posted, the public entity under whose direction or
supervision the work has been carried on shall pay to the
general contractor any payment retained by the public entity
under W.S. 16-6-702(b) together with any other amount due under
the contract, less any amount withheld for the portion of the
public work that is incomplete or not completed in accordance
with the contract and associated documents;
(iv) Issue a certificate of final completion after
determination that the contract is fully performed and all
portions of the public work are acceptable under the contract
and associated documents. Any amounts withheld under paragraph
(iii) of this subsection for the portion of the public work that
was determined incomplete or not in accordance with the contract
and associated documents and due under the contract shall be
paid to the general contractor. The public entity shall post
the date of final completion for the public work on the state
procurement website or the public entity's official website.
(b) This section does not relieve the general contractor
and the sureties on his bond from any claims for work or labor
done or materials or supplies furnished in the execution of the
contract.
(c) The public entity shall provide written notice of the
requirements of this section in the project specifications.