Okla. Stat. tit. 61, § 61-116: Disclosure of terms of bids - Public agency engineering
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estimates.
A. Any disclosure by an employee of a public agency of the
terms of a bid submitted in response to a bid notice issued by a
public agency in advance of the time set for opening of all bids so
submitted shall be unlawful. It shall also be unlawful for any
person to solicit, possess or receive information which is to be
contained in a bid notice of a public agency, for use in preparing a
bid, in advance of the date on which said bid notice is to be made
equally and uniformly known to all prospective bidders and the
public, and it shall further be unlawful for any employee of a
public agency to withhold or impede the distribution of said
information after notice of the bid has been given, unless the
solicitation of bids has been withdrawn or the particular
information in question has been deleted or replaced through
alteration of the bid notice and said withdrawal or alteration has
been made equally and uniformly known. Any violation of this
subsection shall be a Class D1 felony offense punishable by
imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section
20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall render the
proceedings void and require solicitation and award anew.
B. The estimate of the actual cost of the project made by the
public agency, construction manager or consultant for the agency
shall not be considered confidential and shall be available to the
public in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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