New Jersey § 32:8-3

§ 32:8-3.

a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, in the exercise of its authority

to make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance

of its duties and the execution of its powers, shall adopt standing operating rules

and procedures requiring that, except as hereinafter provided, no contract on behalf

of the commission shall be entered into for the doing of any work, or for the hiring

of equipment or vehicles, where the sum to be expended exceeds $10,000 unless the

commission shall first publicly advertise for bids therefor, and requiring that the

commission award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, however,

that such advertising shall not be required where the contract to be entered into

is one for the furnishing or performing services of a professional nature or for the

supplying of any product or the rendering of any service by a public utility subject

to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania or the Board of Public Utilities of this State and tariffs and schedules

of the charges, made, charged, or exacted by the public utility for any such products

to be supplied or services to be rendered are filed with the appropriate boards. This subsection shall not prevent the commission from having any work done by its

own employees, nor shall it apply to repairs, or to the furnishing of materials, supplies

or labor, or the hiring of equipment or vehicles, when the safety or protection of

its or other public property or the public convenience require, or the exigency of

the commission's service will not admit of such advertisement. In such case the commission shall, by resolution, passed by the affirmative vote

of a majority of its members, declare the exigency or emergency to exist, and set

forth in the resolution the nature thereof and the approximate amount to be so expended. b. The commission may annually adjust the threshold amount in direct proportion to

the rise or fall of the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York

City and Philadelphia areas as reported by the United States Department of Labor.