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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 2026-08-19.

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
none stated in this section our reading
Indexation
adjusted competitive bid threshold established under Iowa Code § 314.1B our reading
Statutory citation
Iowa Code § 26.3(1) our reading
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DatasetCompetitive bid thresholds for local government by US state — the dollar amount at which a city, county or school district must formally bid, with statutory citations

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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 2026-08-19

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