RSA 21-I:81 Competitive Bidding.
Title: I - THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter: 21-I - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
No project subject to the competitive bidding requirements of RSA 21-I:80 shall be awarded to any independent contractor except:
I. If the commissioner decides that the bid of the lowest bidder should be accepted, he or she shall prepare a contract of acceptance of the lowest bid within 60 days from the opening of bids. He or she shall execute the contract in the name of the state. After the contract is executed by the lowest bidder, the form of it approved by the attorney general, and the availability of funds approved by the commissioner of administrative services, he or she shall transmit the contract to the governor and council. Upon approval by the governor and council, it shall become a valid contract of the state.
II. The state reserves the right to reject any and