HB471 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, all portions of a public works project are required to be bid and otherwise comply with the public works law

This bill would allow for certain exceptions for contracting for the purchase and installation of heating or air conditioning units or systems for county, municipal, and local school board entities when the purchase and installation of the units or systems have been competitively bid pursuant to the purchasing cooperative sponsored by the National Association of Counties and the National League of Cities or their successor organizations and the bid process has been approved by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts

To amend Sections 39-1-5 and 39-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide an exception to the public works law for certain contracts for the purchase and installation of heating or air conditioning units or systems that have been competitively bid pursuant to the purchasing cooperative sponsored by the National Association of Counties and National League of Cities, or their successor organizations, if the bid process has been approved by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.