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Committee advances DOT bill allowing short, public bid-opening delays
Summary
The Senate Industry and Business Committee voted to recommend passage of Senate Bill 2063, an agency bill from the North Dakota Department of Transportation that would let the DOT postpone advertised highway bid openings up to 21 days by publishing a public notice rather than restarting the 21‑day advertisement process.
The Senate Industry and Business Committee voted to recommend passage of Senate Bill 2063 after hearing from the North Dakota Department of Transportation about a change to how the agency handles delayed highway construction bid openings.
The bill would amend state law to allow the DOT to postpone a scheduled public bid opening for up to 21 days by publishing a public notice and keeping the project active on the bid site, instead of removing the project and re‑advertising for a new 21‑day period.
Senate chairman Barta opened the hearing and the DOT's deputy director for engineering, Matt Lindeman, told the committee the change is intended to reduce months of delay in narrow…
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