{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-91-23","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-91-23","heading":"Prohibition of disqualification of otherwise qualified bidder from bid or proposal or prequalification based upon lack of previous experience; conditions.","body":"In awarding contracts based upon sealed competitive bids or sealed competitive proposals, no responsible bidder shall be disqualified from a bid or proposal or denied prequalification based upon:\n(1) A lack of previous experience with a job of the size for which the bid or proposal is being sought if:\n(A) The bid or proposal is not more than 30 percent greater in scope or cost from the responsible bidder’s previous experience in jobs;\n(B) The responsible bidder has experience in performing the work for which bids or proposals are sought; and\n(C) The responsible bidder is capable of being bonded by a surety which meets the qualifications of the bid documents for a bid bond, a performance bond, and a payment bond as required for the scope of the work for which the bid or proposal is being sought; or\n(2) A lack of previous experience with the construction delivery method to be used for the job for which the bid or proposal is being sought.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties, Municipal Corporations, and Other Governmental Entities","CHAPTER 91 Public Works Bidding","Article 2 Contracting and Bidding Requirements"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"3a2c086c71bb13839fb01c781e1c6cf20df4001c5429099d18ea7271daa959c8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-91-22","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-91-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}