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SB1318

In contracts, further providing for regulation of contracts; in contracts, further providing for contracts or purchases in excess of base amount of $18,500, for contracts or purchases not in excess of base amount of $18,500, for contracts or purchases not requiring advertising or bidding, for evasion of advertising requirements and for separate bids for plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work, elevators and escalators; in general provisions relating to area government and intergovernmental cooperation, further providing for bids for certain joint purchases, for written or telephonic price quotations required and for division of transactions provided; in parking authorities, further providing for competition in award of contracts; in municipal authorities, further providing for competition in award of contracts; and making an editorial change.

Introduced·5/1/26
Introduced Text

Pennsylvania SB1318 amends contract regulations for city, borough, and municipal authority purchases, adjusting the base amount for advertising and.

Pennsylvania SB1318 modifies the base amount for advertising and bidding requirements in city, borough, and municipal authority contracts. It sets the base amount at $100,000, subject to adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. Contracts or purchases not exceeding this base amount do not require advertising or bidding. For contracts exceeding this amount, advertising and competitive bidding are mandated. The bill also requires written or telephonic price quotations from at least three qualified contractors for contracts between $50,000 and $100,000.

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Local Government Committee
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History

May 1

Senate

Referred to Local Government