314.14 Contracts set aside for small businesses.
Notwithstanding section 314.1, there may be set aside contracts for bidding by prequalified small businesses a percentage of the total annual dollar amount of public contracts let by the department. The annual dollar amount set aside for bidding by prequalified small businesses shall not exceed ten percent of the total dollar amount of highway construction contracts let by the department and transit dollars administered by the department. The director may estimate the set-aside amount at the beginning of each fiscal year and a suit shall not be brought by any party as a result of this estimate. Set-aside contracts will be awarded to the lowest responsible prequalified small business. This section shall not be construed as limiting the department’s right to refuse any or all small business bids.
84 Acts, ch 1229, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §111, 112; 2010 Acts, ch 1098, §3
Disadvantaged business enterprise funding reauthorized in section 1101(b) of the federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), approved December 4, 2015, Pub. L. No. 114–94; see also
49 C.F.R. pt. 26
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 314 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR HIGHWAYS
Section 314.1 - Bidding procedures — basis for awarding contracts.
Section 314.1A - Detailed cost accountings by cities and counties — rules.
Section 314.1B - Bid threshold subcommittees — adjustments — notice.
Section 314.2 - Interest in contract prohibited.
Section 314.3 - Claims — approval and payment.
Section 314.4 - Partial payments.
Section 314.5 - Extensions in certain cities.
Section 314.6 - Highways along city limits.
Section 314.7 - Trees — ingress or egress — drainage.
Section 314.8 - Government markers preserved.
Section 314.9 - Entering private property.
Section 314.10 - State-line highways.
Section 314.11 - Use of bridges by utility companies.
Section 314.12 - Borrow pits — topsoil preserved.
Section 314.12A - Preservation of topsoil in highway construction.
Section 314.13A - Contract assessment — socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
Section 314.14 - Contracts set aside for small businesses.
Section 314.15 - Disadvantaged business enterprises — rules.
Section 314.16 - Interstate 80 — route designation.
Section 314.17 - Mowing on interstates, primary highways, and secondary roads.
Section 314.18 - Responsibility for bridge inspection.
Section 314.19 - Reseeding open ditches.
Section 314.20 - Utility easements on highway right-of-way.
Section 314.21 - Living roadway trust fund.
Section 314.22 - Integrated roadside vegetation management.
Section 314.23 - Environmental protection.
Section 314.24 - Natural and historic preservation.
Section 314.25 - Green space provided.
Section 314.26 - Schwengel Bridge.
Section 314.27 - Refreshments at rest areas on certain holidays.
Section 314.28 - Keep Iowa beautiful fund.
Section 314.29 - Dick Drake Way.
Section 314.30 - Cattle guards.
Section 314.31 - Iowa medal of honor highway — signs purchased and installed by private entities.