CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6075

Chapter 88, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



COMPETITIVE BID LIMITS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the Senate March 13, 2007
  YEAS 46   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 4, 2007
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6075 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 18, 2007, 9:59 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 18, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6075
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senator Haugen

Read first time 02/19/2007.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to increasing competitive bid limits for the purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies; and reenacting and amending RCW 36.32.245.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 36.32.245 and 1993 c 233 s 1 and 1993 c 198 s 7 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) No contract for the purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies may be entered into by the county legislative authority or by any elected or appointed officer of the county until after bids have been submitted to the county. Bid specifications shall be in writing and shall be filed with the clerk of the county legislative authority for public inspection. An advertisement shall be published in the official newspaper of the county stating the time and place where bids will be opened, the time after which bids will not be received, the materials, equipment, supplies, or services to be purchased, and that the specifications may be seen at the office of the clerk of the county legislative authority. The advertisement shall be published at least once at least thirteen days prior to the last date upon which bids will be received.
     (2) The bids shall be in writing and filed with the clerk. The bids shall be opened and read in public at the time and place named in the advertisement. Contracts requiring competitive bidding under this section may be awarded only to the lowest responsible bidder. Immediately after the award is made, the bid quotations shall be recorded and open to public inspection and shall be available by telephone inquiry. Any or all bids may be rejected for good cause.
     (3) For advertisement and formal sealed bidding to be dispensed with as to purchases between ((two)) five thousand ((five hundred)) and twenty-five thousand dollars, the county legislative authority must use the uniform process to award contracts as provided in RCW 39.04.190. Advertisement and formal sealed bidding may be dispensed with as to purchases of less than ((two)) five thousand ((five hundred)) dollars upon the order of the county legislative authority.
     (4) This section does not apply to performance-based contracts, as defined in RCW 39.35A.020(((3))) (4), that are negotiated under chapter 39.35A RCW; or contracts and purchases for the printing of election ballots, voting machine labels, and all other election material containing the names of candidates and ballot titles.
     (5) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the legislative authority of any county from allowing for preferential purchase of products made from recycled materials or products that may be recycled or reused.
     (6) This section does not apply to contracting for public defender services by a county.


         Passed by the Senate March 13, 2007.
         Passed by the House April 4, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 18, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 18, 2007.