Opinion No.

The Honorable Dennis Young State Representative P.O. Box 1835 Texarkana, AR 75504

Dear Representative Young:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the award of a contract by a school district to a vendor upon competitive bidding. All purchases of commodities by school districts, except those commodities specifically exempted, must be made by soliciting bids whenever the estimated purchase price equals or exceeds $5,000. A.C.A. §6-21-304(a)(1) (Repl. 1993).

Correspondence attached to your request indicates that competitive bids were submitted to the Texarkana Arkansas…