{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-26.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 26.5","heading":"Prohibited contracts.","body":"If the estimated total cost of a public improvement exceeds the competitive bid threshold of one hundred thousand dollars, or as established in section 314.1B, a governmental entity shall not divide the public improvement project into separate parts, regardless of intent, if a resulting part of the public improvement project is not let in accordance with section 26.3.","path":["Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)","Chapter 26 - PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BIDDING"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/26.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:00Z","sha256":"57c6628378d611d8ee9bffe99f97bcad9a615c25b8ddcf59c214f93c1a2401f7","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-26.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-26.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}