This Idaho lawmaker wants to ease requirements for public notice on some IT contracts

Idaho has more than 900 taxing districts including 44 counties, 100-plus cities, 100-plus school districts and smaller districts, such as sewer, cemetery, library and others.

Under state law, when one of these entities wants to purchase or lease goods or services in excess of $50,000, it must go to competitive bid. But that might change when it comes to IT contracts under new legislation brought forward by Rep. Jerald Raymond, R-Menan.

Right now, if the bid’s value is between $50,000 and $100,000, the entity must contact no fewer than three vendors to solicit the bid.

If the value is more than $100,000, the vendor must publish two legal notices soliciting the bid in the “official newspaper” of record for that taxing district.

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