Bill Text: IA SF2279 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act regarding electronic submission of bids for public improvement contracts. (Formerly SSB 3119.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-21 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 814. [SF2279 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2279-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
REGARDING
ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION
OF
BIDS
FOR
PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENT
CONTRACTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
26.7,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
The
time
,
and
place
,
and
manner
for
filing
sealed
proposals.
Sec.
2.
Section
26.7,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
The
notice
to
bidders
may
provide
that
bids
may
be
received
in
an
electronic
format
as
determined
by
the
governmental
entity.
Sec.
3.
Section
26.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
The
date
and
time
that
each
bid
is
received
by
the
governmental
entity,
together
with
the
name
of
the
person
receiving
the
bid,
shall
be
recorded
on
the
envelope
containing
the
bid.
If
bids
are
received
in
an
electronic
format
as
provided
in
section
26.7,
the
governmental
entity
shall
electronically
record
the
date
and
time
each
bid
is
received.
All
bids
received
after
the
deadlines
for
submission
of
bids
as
stated
in
the
project
specifications
shall
not
be
considered
and
shall
be
returned
to
the
late
bidder
unopened.
The
governmental
entity
shall
open,
announce
the
amount
of
the
bids,
and
file
all
proposals
received,
at
the
time
and
Senate
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p.
2
place
specified
in
the
notice
to
bidders.
The
governmental
entity
may,
by
resolution,
award
the
contract
for
the
public
improvement
to
the
bidder
submitting
the
lowest
responsive,
responsible
bid,
determined
as
provided
in
section
26.9
,
or
the
governmental
entity
may
reject
all
bids
received,
fix
a
new
date
for
receiving
bids,
and
order
publication
of
a
new
notice
to
bidders.
The
governmental
entity
shall
retain
the
bid
security
furnished
by
the
successful
bidder
until
the
approved
contract
form
has
been
executed,
a
bond
has
been
filed
by
the
bidder
guaranteeing
the
performance
of
the
contract,
and
the
contract
and
bond
have
been
approved
by
the
governmental
entity.
The
provisions
of
chapter
573
,
where
applicable,
apply
to
contracts
awarded
under
this
chapter
.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2279,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
