RS 17:128: Contracts; bids

When required so to do by existing state law, all contracts for public works or for materials and supplies ordered by the Orleans Parish School Board shall be advertised by the board in accordance therewith. The board shall have the right to appoint, by proper resolution, a committee consisting of three or more of its employees to publicly open all bids at the time and place specified in the advertisement, outside of the presence of the board. The committee shall then tabulate all bids so received, and furnish the board with said written tabulation. The board shall then let the contract, or reject all bids, within the time specified in the advertisement.