§ 515. — Contracts for project; guaranty of cost.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC515]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11--BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER II--ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
Sec. 515. Contracts for project; guaranty of cost
After approval of such general plans and specifications by the
Secretary, and after notification of such approval, the bridge owner
shall, in such manner and within such times as the Secretary may
prescribe, take bids for the alteration of such bridge in accordance
with such general plans and specifications. All bids, including any bid
for all or part of the project submitted by the bridge owner, shall be
submitted to the Secretary, together with a recommendation by the bridge
owner as to the most competent bid or bids, and at the same time the
bridge owner shall submit to the Secretary a written guaranty that the
total cost of the project, including the cost of such work as is to be
performed by the bridge owner and not included in the work to be
performed by contract, shall not exceed the sum stated in said guaranty.
The Secretary may direct the bridge owner to reject all bids and to take
new bids, or may authorize the bridge owner to proceed with the project,
by contract, or partly by contract and partly by the bridge owner, or
wholly by the bridge owner. Upon such authorization and fixing of the
proportionate shares of the cost as provided in section 516 of this
title, the bridge owner shall, within a reasonable time to be prescribed
by the Secretary, proceed with the work of alteration; and the cost
thereof shall be borne by the United States and by the bridge owner, as
provided in sections 516 and 517 of this title: Provided, That where
funds have been appropriated for part only of a project, the bridge
owner may take bids for part only of the work. In the event the bridge
owner proceeds with the alteration through the taking of successive
partial bids, the bridge owner shall, if required by the Secretary,
submit a revised guaranty of cost after bids are accepted for successive
parts of the work.
(June 21, 1940, ch. 409, Sec. 5, 54 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 85-640,
Sec. 1(a), (b), Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat. 595.)
Amendments
1958--Pub. L. 85-640 struck out provisions which required bridge
owner to take bids within 90 days after notification of approval of
general plans and specifications, and inserted provisions permitting the
taking of partial bids where funds have been appropriated for part of a
project, and requiring the bridge owner, if requested, to submit a
revised guaranty of cost.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 516, 522 of this title.
