KRS 176.130: Certificates of eligibility for contractors -- Application -- When necessary.

(1) Every person who seeks to procure, bid upon, or offer to bid upon any contract with

the department for the construction or maintenance of any public road or any

section thereof, before procuring a proposal form or submitting any bid to obtain

such contract, shall procure a certificate of eligibility from the department to bid on

such work.

(2) All applications for a certificate of eligibility shall be made to the departme nt in

writing, and the department shall act upon the application within thirty (30) days

after the application is filed.

(3) A certificate of eligibility is not necessary where the department purchases

equipment, material and supplies directly, except in t he case of the purchase of

crushed stone in lots of more than one thousand (1,000) tons, or bituminous

materials in tank car lots.