Oklahoma § 61-116 - Disclosure of terms of bids - Public agency engineering

§ 61-116. Disclosure of terms of bids - Public agency engineering

estimates.

A. Any disclosure by an employee of a public agency of the

terms of a bid submitted in response to a bid notice issued by a

public agency in advance of the time set for opening of all bids so

submitted shall be unlawful. It shall also be unlawful for any

person to solicit, possess or receive information which is to be

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 61. Public Buildings and Public Works

contained in a bid notice of a public agency, for use in preparing a

bid, in advance of the date on which said bid notice is to be made

equally and uniformly known to all prospective bidders and the

public, and it shall further be unlawful for any employee of a

public agency to withhold or impede the distribution of said

information after notice of the bid has been given, unless the

solicitation of bids has been withdrawn or the particular

information in question has been deleted or replaced through

alteration of the bid notice and said withdrawal or alteration has

been made equally and uniformly known. Any violation of this

subsection shall be a Class D1 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall render the

proceedings void and require solicitation and award anew.

B. The estimate of the actual cost of the project made by the

public agency, construction manager or consultant for the agency

shall not be considered confidential and shall be available to the

public in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 298, § 16, operative Aug. 1, 1974. Amended

by Laws 1976, c. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1976; Laws 1992, c.

239, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 517, eff.

July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 341, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000,

c. 66, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 294, § 19,

eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2006, c. 271, § 21, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws

2025, c. 486, § 543, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 517 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.