SB 2830 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Public bid requirements for local governing authorities and state agencies; increase minimum expenditure amounts.

SB 2830 increases the spending thresholds requiring competitive bidding for purchases by Mississippi state agencies and local governments. It raises the minimum amount for mandatory competitive bidding from $15,000 to $25,000 and the threshold for full advertising from $75,000 to $100,000. Purchases under $25,000 no longer require competitive bids, while those between $25,000 and $100,000 must still obtain at least two competitive written bids but not public advertising. This change directly affects all local governing authorities and state agencies making procurement purchases, reducing administrative requirements for smaller contracts.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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As Introduced → Current version · 10 edits

MAJOR

This bill increases the threshold amounts for public bidding requirements, raising the limit for purchases that do not require competitive bids from $5,000 to $15,000. It also adds new requirements for reverse auctions as the primary method for receiving bids, establishes emergency purchase procedures for health and safety situations, and expands various exemptions from bidding requirements for specific categories like IT products, library materials, and certain construction contracts.

Scope change

The bill applies to all state agencies and local governing authorities but includes specific exemptions for schools, hospitals, and certain specialized purchases that were not clearly distinguished in the original version.

REQUIREMENT

Increased the threshold for purchases that do not require competitive bids from $5,000 to $15,000

Raised the threshold for purchases requiring competitive bids without advertising from $15,000 to $75,000

Added requirement for reverse auctions as the primary method for receiving bids, with exceptions for construction and certain educational purchases

Added emergency purchase procedures that allow purchases without competitive bidding when health or safety is threatened

Added requirements for posting contract award information on a designated web page within one working day

Added requirement for federal fund procurement to comply with federal Uniform Administrative Requirements

Added provisions for construction project negotiations when bids are within 10% of allocated funds

Added provisions for term contracts allowing purchases up to 60 months in advance

EXEMPTIONS

Added new exemptions for IT products, library materials, energy efficiency services, and various specialized government purchases

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that individual state institutions of higher learning and public schools have certain exemptions from reverse auction requirements

Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

51–0

Passed

Total votes 51

Feb 6, 2025

D Democratic16

16 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican35

35 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To House

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

upper

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors