Tex. Transp. Code § 256.107 · Subchapter C. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIRED FOR CONTRACTS FUNDED BY GRANTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a county that enters into a contract for a transportation infrastructure project that involves construction or maintenance of roads and is funded by a grant under this subchapter shall:
(1) advertise for bids for the contract in a manner prescribed by law;
(2) receive competitive bids for the contract, publicly open the bids, and read aloud the names of the bidders and their bids; and
(3) award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.
(b) In advertising for bids under Subsection (a), a county shall prepare a request for competitive bids that includes construction documents, estimated budget, project scope, estimated project completion date, and other information that a bidder may require to submit a bid.
(c) Not later than the seventh day after the date a contract described by Subsection (a) is awarded, the county that awarded the contract shall document the basis of its selection and shall make the evaluations public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.256.htm
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