18-5-305. Insufficient bids -- withdrawal -- reissue. (1) If the total number of small businesses responding to the invitation to bid and considered capable of meeting the specifications and terms of the invitation to bid is less than three or if a department determines that acceptance of the best bid will result in the payment of an unreasonable price, the department shall reject all bids and withdraw the designation of small business set-aside.
     (2) If a department withdraws the designation of small business set-aside, it shall notify the bidders of the reason why the bids were rejected. Invitations to bid containing the same or rewritten specifications and terms shall then be reissued under the Montana Small Business Purchasing Act, without the designation of small business set-aside.

     History: En. 82-1933 by Sec. 5, Ch. 204, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 82-1933.