La. Admin. Code tit. 34 § V-519

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section V-519 - Receipt, Opening and Recording of Bids [Formerly LAC 34:I.519]

A. Receipt. Upon receipt, all bids and modifications will be time-stamped but not opened. They shall be stored in a secure place until bid opening time.

B. Opening and Recording

1. Bids and modifications shall be opened publicly, in the presence of one or more witnesses, at the time and place designated in the invitation for bids. The names of the bidders and the bid price shall be read aloud or otherwise made available and shall be recorded.

2. The opened bids shall be available for public inspection, in accordance with R.S. 44.Chapter I.

C. Postponed Openings-Exceptions. In the event that bids are scheduled to be opened on a day that is a federal holiday, or if the governor by proclamation creates an unscheduled holiday, or for any cause that exists that creates a nonworking day, bids scheduled to be opened on that day shall be opened on the next working day at the same address and time specified in the invitation for bids.

La. Admin. Code tit. 34, § V-519

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of State Purchasing, LR 8:329 (July 1992), amended LR 21:566 (June 1995), repromulgated LR 40:1351 (July 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1581.