46 USC App 1193: Competitive bidding
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46 USC App 1193: Competitive bidding Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 46-AppendixCHAPTER 27-MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936SUBCHAPTER VII-PRIVATE CHARTER OPERATION
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§1193. Competitive bidding

(a) Construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of vessels

No contract for the building of a new vessel, or for the reconditioning or reconstruction of any other vessel, shall be made by the Secretary of Transportation with any private shipbuilder, except after due advertisement and upon sealed competitive bids.

(b) Requirements

All contracts for the construction, reconditioning, or reconstruction of a vessel or vessels by a private shipbuilder under authority of this subchapter shall be subject to all the provisions and requirements prescribed in subchapter V of this chapter with respect to contracts with a private shipbuilder for the construction of vessels under authority of said subchapter.

(c) Opening of bids

All bids required by the Secretary of Transportation for the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of vessels, and for the chartering of the Secretary's vessels hereinafter provided for, shall be opened at the time, hour, and place stated in the advertisement for bids, and all interested persons, including representatives of the press, shall be permitted to attend, and the results of such bidding shall be publicly announced.

(June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VII, §703, 49 Stat. 2008 ; Pub. L. 97–31, §12(105), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 163 .)

Amendments

1981-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–31, §12(105)(A), substituted "Secretary of Transportation" for "Commission". For prior transfers of functions of the Commission, meaning the United States Maritime Commission, see Transfer of Functions note below.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–31, §12(105), substituted "Secretary of Transportation" for "Commission" and "Secretary's" for "Commission's". For prior transfers of functions of the Commission, meaning the United States Maritime Commission, see Transfer of Functions note below.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of United States Maritime Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1949, Reorg. Plan No. 21 of 1950, and Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961, set out under section 1111 of this Appendix.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1196 of this Appendix.