{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-45a.400","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 45A.400","heading":"Prequalification of bidders and offerors.","body":"Suppliers may be prequalified as responsible prospective contractors for particular types\nof supplies, services, and construction. No supplier shall be prequalified as a responsible\nprospective contractor until the supplier provides the local public agency  with a sworn\nstatement made under penalty of perjury that he has not knowingly violated any provision\nof the campaign finance laws of the Commonwealth and that the award of a contract to\nthe supplier will not violate any provision of the campaign finance laws of the\nCommonwealth. \"Knowingly\" means, with respect to conduct or to a circumstance\ndescribed by a statute defining an offense, that a person is aware or should have been\naware that his conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists. Solic itation\nmailing lists of potential contractors of such supplies, services, and construction shall\ninclude, but shall not be limited to, such prequalified prospective contractors.\nPrequalification shall not foreclose a written determination:\n(1) Between the time of bid opening or receipt of offers in the making of an award that\na prequalified prospective contractor is not responsible; or\n(2) That a prospective contractor who is not prequalified at the time of bid opening or\nreceipt of offers is responsible.","path":["KRS Chapter 45A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=22414","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:07Z","sha256":"b46f8a1d282ae132a210d3a613e29f568c5dc23323b9d9352eeff60ac8bf1c2b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-45a.395","next":"us-ky/krs-45a.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}