The commissioner is empowered to employ an architect after competition among three or more architects of the state, on the basis of the best design submitted, and to contract for the construction of a building with the lowest and best bidder among three or more bidders, after notice in two consecutive issues of any Santa Fe or Albuquerque, New Mexico, newspaper not less than twenty days before the day of letting. The commissioner may either let the work in one entire contract or to different contractors, as the commissioner may deem advisable. The commissioner may reject any or all bids and call for new bids. The commissioner may require a performance bond with surety in an amount he deems necessary from bidders.
History: 1953 Comp., § 7-14-5, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 5.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For Procurement Code, see 13-1-28 NMSA 1978 et seq.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 12 - Land Office Building
Section 19-12-1 - Short title.
Section 19-12-3 - [Total cost of acquisition and construction; appropriation.]
Section 19-12-5 - Commissioner's power to provide for construction and maintenance; disbursements.
Section 19-12-6 - [Interest in contracts by commissioner or his agents prohibited.]
Section 19-12-7 - [Location of building; style of architecture.]
Section 19-12-7.1 - Name of land office building.
Section 19-12-9 - [Debentures; signed by commissioner; seal affixed.]
Section 19-12-10 - [Funds derived from sale of debentures; disposition.]
Section 19-12-12 - Contract for maintenance.
Section 19-12-13 - [Acceptance of gift, or loan, from federal government authorized.]