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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1379
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C 059 L 89
State of Washington 51st Legislature 1989 Regular Session
By House Committee on Capital Facilities & Financing (originally sponsored by Representatives H. Sommers, Sayan, Silver, Brekke, Fuhrman, Holland, May, Winsley, Betrozoff, Wolfe, Schoon, Miller, Horn, Phillips and Ballard; by request of Legislative Budget Committee)
Read first time 2/20/89.
AN ACT Relating to bids on public construction contracts; and adding a new section to chapter 39.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 39.04 RCW to read as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 39.04.010, a state contracting authority is authorized to negotiate an adjustment to a bid price, based upon agreed changes to the contract plans and specifications, with a low responsive bidder under the following conditions:
(1) All bids for a state public works project involving buildings and any associated building utilities and appendants exceed the available funds, as certified by the appropriate fiscal officer;
(2) The apparent low responsive bid does not exceed the available funds by: (a) Five percent on projects valued under one million dollars; (b) the greater of fifty thousand dollars or two and one-half percent for projects valued between one million dollars and five million dollars; or (c) the greater of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars or one percent for projects valued over five million dollars; and
(3) The negotiated adjustment will bring the bid price within the amount of available funds.