Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 730 - Department of Transportation
Chapter 20 - Acquisition and Disposal of Properties
Subchapter 3 - Improvement Removal and Contract
Section 730:20-3-1 - Processes for right-of-way improvement removal contracts below $50,000.00

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 730:20-3-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) In accordance with 61 O.S. § 103.5, contracts not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) entered into solely for right-of-way clearance projects by the Transportation Commission shall not be considered as public construction contracts and are not required to be competitively bid. Right-of-way clearance contracts not required to be competitively bid pertain exclusively to:

(1) demolition and removal of buildings

(2) foundations

(3) slab floors

(4) stem walls

(5) steps

(6) brush

(7) shrubs

(8) brickbats or stone and all rubbish

(9) scrap Iron

(10) fencing

(11) debris

(12) installation of new right-of-way fencing.

(b) Contracts not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) entered into solely for right-of-way clearance, as described in this section, shall be used only upon the written approval of the Department's Chief of Right-of-Way & Utilities Division prior to initiation. The needs to utilize non-competitive bids are as follows:

(1) Specific Needs. When specialized expertise is required and is only available from a highly qualified single source, a fair and reasonable fee will be negotiated with a specific contractor who is specially equipped to meet a specific need for a project.

(2) Emergency Needs. When public need will not permit the delay resulting from competitive solicitation, a fair and reasonable fee will be negotiated with a contractor in the issuance of an emergency project, such as emergency demolition, fencing, hardship acquisition, and/or public safety.

Added at 29 Ok Reg 568, eff 5-11-12

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