PRINTER'S NO. 3004
No. 2358 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY IRVIS AND MEBUS, APRIL 11, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, APRIL 11, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104), entitled "An
2 act regulating the letting of certain contracts for the
3 erection, construction, and alteration of public buildings,"
4 increasing the minimum bid requirement.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1, act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104),
8 entitled "An act regulating the letting of certain contracts for
9 the erection, construction, and alteration of public buildings,"
10 amended September 1, 1967 (P.L.296, No.124), is amended to read:
11 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter in the
12 preparation of specifications for the erection, construction,
13 and alteration of any public building, when the entire cost of
14 such work shall exceed [one thousand five hundred dollars] five
15 thousand dollars, it shall be the duty of the architect,
16 engineer, or other person preparing such specifications, to
17 prepare separate specifications for the plumbing, heating,
18 ventilating, and electrical work; and it shall be the duty of
19 the person or persons authorized to enter into contracts for the
1 erection, construction, or alteration of such public buildings
2 to receive separate bids upon each of the said branches of work,
3 and to award the contract for the same to the lowest responsible
4 bidder for each of said branches.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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