(a) At the time and place specified in the notice to contractors, the governing body or the board of county commissioners shall examine all bids received and, without unnecessary delay, award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who will perform the work and furnish the materials which have been selected and perform all the conditions imposed by the governing body or the board, as prescribed in the resolution for work and the notice for proposals.
(b) The aggregate amount of the contract shall not exceed the aggregate estimate of cost submitted by the engineer for the improvement and, in the event of any excess in cost over the engineer's estimate, such excess shall be void and no assessments for such excess levied.
(c) In the event any acquisition of site is necessary, the award of the contract may be made before or after the time such eminent domain proceedings as may be required are completed.
(d) The governing body or board of county commissioners shall have the right to award a contract for all or a portion of such limited access facility, or to reject any or all bids, and to readvertise for such further bids as in its judgment are desirable.
Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1311, operative July 1, 1968.
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