{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-180.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 180.060","heading":"Advertising -- Opening of bids -- Letting of contracts.","body":"(1) The department shall formulate a general plan for advertising, which plan shall be\nfiled in the office of the department and be available to any person inquiring\ntherefor.\n(2) All competitive bids received under the terms of this chapter shall be opened an d\nread publicly by representatives of the department at a designated place, day, and\nhour, all of which shall be announced in the advertising relative thereto. At the time\nthe bids are opened, the department shall announce the department's engineer's\nestimate and make it a part of the department's records pertaining to the letting of\nany contract for which bids were received. Each bid, together with the name of the\nbidder and the department's engineer's estimate, shall be recorded and be open to\npublic inspection.\n(3) All bridges and approaches or substantial portions thereof when built by contract\nshall be let to the lowest and best bidder after advertisement, and after the\npreparation of detailed plans and specifications, which shall be submitted to all\nprospective bidders in ample time before a contract is awarded.\n(4) The commission may reject any and all bids made either for material, for\nconstruction or for the bonds or any one (1) or more of them.","path":["KRS Chapter 180"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=5537","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:31Z","sha256":"b7207588f96831413da3d3c9bbde324d9da7bddf1e44c5f54a603770d78d8ecd","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-180.050","next":"us-ky/krs-180.070"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}