(a) A registered professional surveyor shall not submit
or request, orally or in writing, a competitive bid to perform professional
surveying services for a governmental entity unless specifically authorized
by state law and shall report to the board any requests from governmental
entities and/or their representatives that request a bid or cost and/or
pricing information or any other information from which pricing or
cost can be derived prior to selection based on demonstrated competence
and qualifications to perform the services.
(b) For the purposes of this section, competitive bidding
to perform surveying services includes, but is not limited to, the
submission of any monetary cost information in the initial step of
selecting qualified surveyors. Cost information or other information
from which cost can be derived must not be submitted until the second
step of negotiating a contract at a fair and reasonable cost.
(c) This section does not prohibit competitive bidding
in the private sector.
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