Supreme Court rules no-bid contracts legal at state level
Posted on December 11th, 2008 by Janet Wilson
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning that a state law allowing no-bid contracts on some state construction projects is constitutional.
The court affirmed a Pulaski County circuit court ruling that the 2001 law applying to contracts of $5 million or more does not violate the state constitution.
The circuit court ruled against a group of contractors who said the law violated a section of the constitution that says building and bridge contracts “in any county” must be competitively bid.
The Supreme Court ruling was 6-0 and said the constitution’s language applied only to county construction, not state projects.
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