Opening of bids—Generally; bid opening committee.
Omaha Municipal Code § 10-105
in effectSec. 10-105. - Opening of bids—Generally; bid opening committee.
All bids and proposed contracts in the amount of $50,000.00 or more, except those requiring an immediate purchase as provided in section 5.16 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956, as amended, shall be forwarded unopened to the city clerk and shall be publicly opened on Wednesday, at 11:00 a.m., in the legislative chamber of the Omaha-Douglas Civic Center, before a three-member committee composed of the purchasing agent from the finance department or his or her authorized representative, the city attorney or an assistant city attorney, and the city clerk or his or her authorized representative. Bids and proposed contracts may be received by the city clerk in electronic format if submitted through an electronic bidding system designated by the purchasing agent. Bids or proposed contracts received in an electronic format shall be publicly opened in the same manner as bids received in paper form. If such chambers are otherwise occupied at 11:00 a.m. the day of the bid opening, the opening may be in another room of the civic center designated by the bid opening committee. The exact day, date, and time of the public opening of such bids shall be specified in the advertisements and instructions to bidders. After bids have been opened, as above provided, they shall be tabulated forthwith by the purchasing agent or buyer, and such tabulation shall be forwarded to the city council. All bids received by the bid opening committee before 11:00 a.m. on the date of bid opening shall be read at the public opening regardless of whether or not the specifications or bonding requirements appear to be met; except that if no bid security is submitted, the bid shall not be read. If the bid or bid bond appears defective on its face, the bid opening committee may note that the bid is subject to rejection and the apparent reason(s). Any bids received by the city clerk after 11:00 a.m. on the day the bid is to be read will be returned to the bidder unopened.
(Code 1980, § 10-105; Ord. No. 33564, § 3, 6-6-95; Ord. No. 34925, § 2, 6-22-99; Ord. No. 43185, § 1, 11-8-22; Ord. No. 44094, § 1, 12-17-24)
Source: City of Omaha, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ne/omaha/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIMUCO_CH10FI_ARTIVBIPR_DIV1GE_S10-105OPBIENBIOPCOFetched: 10/28/2026