Section 223.001 - Contract Requiring Competitive Bids(a) This section applies only to a highway that is part of the state highway system.(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 223.042(c), the department shall submit for competitive bids each contract for:(1) the improvement of a highway;(2) materials to be used in the construction or maintenance of a highway; or(3) traffic control or safety devices to be used on a highway.(c) The department may award a contract described by Subsection (b)(2) or (3) as a purchase of goods under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government Code, except as provided by Subsection (d), if the department: (1) estimates that the contract will be within an amount for which purchasing authority has been delegated to state agencies under statute or rules adopted by the comptroller; and(2) determines that the competitive bidding procedure in this chapter is not practical.(d) An award under Subsection (c) for a contract described by Subsection (b)(2) must be made to the lowest responsive bidder.(e) After the award of a contract described by Subsection (c), the department shall post on the department's Internet website the bid tabulation for that contract.Tex. Transp. Code § 223.001
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 394 (S.B. 1270), Sec. 1, eff. June 7, 2021Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 431 (S.B. 1092), Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 2019 Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.