CHAPTER 347
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 158
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 69, TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend §6907, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by striking it in its entirety
and by substituting In lieu thereof the following:
"The bids shall be publicly opened at the time and place specified and the contract shall be awarded within 30 days thereafter by the agency or a representative delegated by the agency, except that in the case of a public school district and its board the contract shall be awarded within 60 days thereafter, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the agency, to the lowest responsible vendor unless, in the opinion of the agency or its delegated representative, the interest of the State or the contracting county shall be better served by the awarding of the contract to some other vendor, which may then be done, provided the agency shall set down in Its minutes the reason or reasons for granting the contract to the person other than the lowest responsible vendor, and clearly describing how the interest of the State or the contracting county shall be better served by awarding the contract to other than the lowest vendor. In determining how the interest of the State or contracting county is better served In making an award to other than the lowest responsible vendor, the agency may take Into consideration unsatisfactory performances on any previously awarded contract by the vendor being rejected. If 2 or more responsible vendors shall bid an equal amount and such amount shall be the lowest bid, the agency or its delegated representative may award the contract to any 1 of them. The agency or its delegated representative may reject all bids."
Approved July 12, 1988.