Iowa — governmental entities, public improvements
For Iowa, state and entity type is Iowa — governmental entities, public improvements; entity type is governmental entities (cities, counties, school districts and other public bodies); spending category is public improvements; formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is one hundred thousand dollars; threshold (normalised) is $100,000, or the adjusted threshold published under Iowa Code § 314.1B, recorded from its source on 2026-09-25.
- State and entity type
- Iowa — governmental entities, public improvements our reading
- State
- Iowa our reading
- Entity type
- governmental entities (cities, counties, school districts and other public bodies) our reading
- Spending category
- public improvements our reading
- Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute)
- one hundred thousand dollars verified
- Threshold (normalised)
- $100,000, or the adjusted threshold published under Iowa Code § 314.1B our reading
- Informal quote tier
- above $36,000 for a city or school district under fifty thousand population and any other governmental entity, $51,000 for a city, school district or aviation authority of fifty thousand or more, or $67,000 for a county, and below the section 26.3 bid threshold: competitive quotations, with a good faith effort to obtain quotations from at least two contractors regularly engaged in such work (Iowa Code § 26.14) our reading
- Indexation
- adjusted competitive bid threshold established under Iowa Code § 314.1B our reading
- Statutory citation
- Iowa Code § 26.3(1) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
If the estimated total cost of a public improvement exceeds the competitive bid threshold of one hundred thousand dollars, or the adjusted competitive bid threshold established in section 314.1B, the governmental entity shall advertise for sealed bids for the proposed public improvement
— legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Informal quote tier
26.14 Competitive quotations for public improvement contracts. 1. Competitive quotations shall be required for a public improvement having an estimated total cost that exceeds the applicable threshold amount provided in this section, but is less than the competitive bid threshold established in section 26.3. 2. Unless the threshold amounts are adjusted pursuant to section 314.1B, the following threshold amounts shall apply: a. Sixty-seven thousand dollars for a county, including a county hospital. b. Fifty-one thousand dollars for a city having a population of fifty thousand or more. c. Fifty-one thousand dollars for a school district having a population of fifty thousand or more. d. Fifty-one thousand dollars for an aviation authority created within a city having a population of fifty thousand or more. e. Thirty-six thousand dollars for a city having a population of less than fifty thousand, for a school district having a population of less than fifty thousand, and for any other governmental entity. f. The threshold amount applied to a city applies to a city hospital. 3. a. When a competitive quotation is required, the governmental entity shall make a good faith effort to obtain quotations for the work from at least two contractors regularly engaged in such work prior to letting a contract.
— all from legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Sources
- legis.iowa.govhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/26.3.pdf
- legis.iowa.govhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/26.14.pdf