Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 555 amends the Transportation Code to provide that if the lowest bidder for a maintenance contract involving less than $100,000 withdraws its bid before the contract is awarded or fails to execute the contract, the director of the Texas Department of Transportation may recommend to the Texas Transportation Commission that the maintenance contract be awarded to the next lowest bidder, and the commission may award the contract to the second lowest bidder if the bidder accepts the unit bid prices of the lowest bidder. The act requires the commission to adopt rules governing the withdrawal of bids and the award of a maintenance contract to the second lowest bidder.