§ 8. — Opening bids.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC8]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8. Opening bids
Whenever proposals for supplies have been solicited, the parties
responding to such solicitation shall be duly notified of the time and
place of opening the bids, and be permitted to be present either in
person or by attorney, and a record of each bid shall then and there be
made.
(R.S. Sec. 3710.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 3710 derived from Res. Jan. 31, 1868, No. 8, 15 Stat. 246.
Exemption of Functions
Functions authorized by Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
as exempt, see Ex. Ord. No. 11223, eff. May 12, 1965, 30 F.R. 6635, set
out as a note under section 2393 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and
Intercourse.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 252, 260 of this title.