68-408a. Bids; electronic submission. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to implement electronic submission of sealed bids as a procurement process accessible by highway construction contractors and other qualified contractors for highway projects. Prior to implementing such procurement process, the secretary of transportation shall adopt any policies and procedures which are necessary for the acceptance of sealed bids by electronic on-line submission.
The secretary of transportation may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
(b) The secretary of transportation shall not acquire any goods or services through any process of reverse auctioning.
(c) As used in this section, "sealed bids" may include a procurement process following procedures approved by the secretary of transportation in which bids are received electronically over the internet.
History: L. 2001, ch. 212, ยง 2; May 31.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges
68-401 Acceptance of federal aid.
68-402 Same; contracts; disbursements of moneys.
68-402c Federal aid; limitation on high type pavement inapplicable.
68-404 Powers and duties of secretary of transportation.
68-404a Construction and maintenance of certain highways traversing federal property.
68-404b Detention dams on Fort Riley military reservation to protect Ogden from flood waters.
68-406a Inclusion of certain unimproved links of county road into state highway system.
68-407 Duties and authority of secretary of transportation; bids, where received; contracts.
68-408 Letting of contracts; time and place; notice.
68-408a Bids; electronic submission.
68-409 Plans and specifications; display.
68-411 Partial payment on contracts; regulations for withholding.
68-412 Designation and improvement of city streets as connecting links; apportionment of costs.
68-412a Acquisition of right-of-way for streets as connecting links in cities.
68-413a Same; conveyance of title to oil and gas in place to present landowners; exceptions.
68-416 State highway fund; apportionment; city connecting links; use of funds.
68-416a Maintenance of city connecting links.
68-419a Design defects; exempting contractor from liability in certain cases.
68-422 Erection of signs and markers.
68-422a Erection of signs; unlawful acts.
68-423e Same; acquisitions of rights-of-way; eminent domain.
68-423f Same; rules and regulations for use.
68-439 Same; repayment of funds.
68-444 Kyle Thornburg and Kylie Jobe believe act; DUI memorial signage program.