GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1565*

Short Title:  Minimum Bid Computation Clarified.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Fitch, Bowen; and H. Hunter.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 4, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING THE COMPUTATION OF THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF BIDS REQUIRED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-132(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	For purposes of contracts bid in the alternative between the separate-prime and single-prime contracts, pursuant to G.S. 143-128(b), each single-prime bid shall constitute a competitive bid in each of the four subdivisions or branches of work listed in G.S. 143-128(a), and each full set of separate-prime bids shall constitute a competitive single-prime bid in meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.  If there are at least three single-prime bids but there is not at least one full set of separate-prime bids, no separate-prime bids shall be opened."
Sec. 2.  The State Building Commission shall develop guidelines no later than October 1, 1992, governing the opening of bids pursuant to this act.  These guidelines shall be distributed to all public bodies subject to this act.  The guidelines shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective October 1, 1992.  The remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.