# Minnesota — all municipalities — 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 Minnesota, state and entity type is Minnesota — all municipalities; entity type is all municipalities (the Uniform Municipal Contracting Law supersedes inconsistent entity-specific laws); spending category is all contracts for the purchase or sale of supplies, materials, equipment, and the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of real or personal property; formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is estimated to exceed $175,000; threshold (normalised) is $175,000, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** Minnesota — all municipalities _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** all municipalities (the Uniform Municipal Contracting Law supersedes inconsistent entity-specific laws) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** all contracts for the purchase or sale of supplies, materials, equipment, and the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of real or personal property _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** estimated to exceed $175,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $175,000 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** over $25,000 but not over $175,000: sealed bids or direct negotiation on two or more quotations; $25,000 or less: quotation or open market _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** no adjustment mechanism stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Minn. Stat. § 471.345, subd. 3 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> If the amount of the contract is estimated to exceed $175,000, sealed bids shall be solicited by public notice in the manner and subject to the requirements of the law governing contracts by the particular municipality or class thereof.

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/471.345

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