# Iowa — governmental entities, public improvements — Competitive 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

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Iowa _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** governmental entities (cities, counties, school districts and other public bodies) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** public improvements _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** one hundred thousand dollars _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $100,000, or the adjusted threshold published under Iowa Code § 314.1B _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** none stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** adjusted competitive bid threshold established under Iowa Code § 314.1B _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Iowa Code § 26.3(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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

## Source

- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/26.3.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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