Texas Transportation Code 223.013 – Electronic Bidding System
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(a) The department may establish an electronic bidding system for highway construction and maintenance contracts.
(b) The system must permit a qualified vendor to electronically submit a bid, including any contract, signature, or verification of a guaranty check by a financial institution.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 223.013
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(c) That part of § 223.004(a) requiring a bid to be opened at a public hearing of the commission does not apply to an electronically submitted bid. A copy of each electronically submitted bid shall be publicly posted within 48 hours after bids are opened.
(d) After the electronic bidding system is established, the department shall take the actions necessary to recover the department’s costs of manually processing bids from a person who does not submit an electronic bid.