Section 107 - Check, bond or irrevocable letter of credit to accompany bidA. A bidder on a public construction contract exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or a construction management trade contract or subcontract exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) shall accompany the bid with:1. A certified check, cashier's check or bid bond equal to five percent (5%) of the bid, which shall be deposited with the awarding public agency as a guaranty; or2. An irrevocable letter of credit containing terms the Office of Management and Enterprise Services prescribes, issued by a financial institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation for the benefit of the state, on behalf of the awarding public agency, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the bid. The awarding public agency shall deposit the irrevocable letter of credit with the Office.B. The cost of republication of the notice to bidders, actual expenses incurred by reason of the bidder's default and the difference between the low bid of the defaulting bidder and the amount of the bid of the bidder to whom the contract is subsequently awarded, but not to exceed the amount of the certified check, cashier's check, bid bond or irrevocable letter of credit may, at the discretion of the awarding public agency, be forfeited to the awarding public agency in the event the apparently successful bidder fails to execute the contract or fails to provide the required bonds or irrevocable letters of credit and insurance to the awarding public agency.C. The public agency shall, upon receipt of notice from the awarding public agency, return a certified or cashier's check, bid bond, or irrevocable letter of credit to the successful bidder on execution and delivery of the contract and required bonds or irrevocable letters of credit and insurance. Checks of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them in accordance with the terms of the bid solicitation.D. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to prevent the awarding public agency or the courts from exonerating the bidder and other parties to the bid security document from liability upon a timely showing that the bidder committed what the courts have determined under the common law to be an excusable bidding error and for that reason it would not be equitable to enforce the bid security.Okla. Stat. tit. 61, § 107
Amended by Laws 2022 , c. 238, s. 19, eff. 11/1/2022.Amended by Laws 2021 , c. 340, s. 6, eff. 11/1/2021.Laws 1974, HB 1665, c. 298, § 7, emerg. eff. 8/1/1974; Amended by Laws 1975, HB 1251, c. 266, § 6, emerg. eff. 6/5/1975; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1585, c. 110, § 2, emerg. eff. 4/9/1986; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 689, c. 239, § 2, emerg. eff. 5/19/1992; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 414, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. 6/3/1993; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 242, c. 156, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1995; Amended by Laws 1998 , SB 27, c. 365, § 3, emerg. eff. 7/1/1998; Amended by Laws 2000 , SB 1172, c. 363, § 9, emerg. eff. 6/6/2000; Amended by Laws 2002 , HB 2874, c. 294, § 15, eff. 11/1/2002; Amended by Laws 2006 , SB 558, c. 271, § 16, emerg. eff. 7/1/2006; Amended by Laws 2012 , HB 3079, c. 304, § 313.