{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-227.609","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.609","heading":"Procurement process — notice — responsive bids, processing fee prohibited.","body":"1. The commission shall use a competitive procurement process to form a public-private partnership under sections 227.600 to 227.669 and may proceed with a project under sections 227.600 to 227.669 only if the commission issues a request for proposals for the financing, development, and/or operation of the project on the commission's own initiative or in response to a request for approval submitted by a potential private partner under section 227.606.\n2. The commission shall publish a public notice of the commission's request for proposals, including any deadline for submission of such proposals. The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in:\n(1) A newspaper of general circulation in the city where the proposed project is located;\n(2) At least one construction industry trade publication that is nationally distributed; and\n(3) Such other publications or manner as the commission may determine.\n3. The material and information required for submission by a potential private partner to be responsive to the commission's request for proposal shall be set forth in the proposal. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of section 227.606, the commission shall not charge a processing and review fee.","path":["Title XIV - ROADS AND WATERWAYS","Chapter 227 - State Highway System"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=227.609","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"9ffd63d011b67703d701f8feb96d9ad6c67c6effbed2241ab0b7889c31629c17","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-227.606","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-227.612"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}