# Wisconsin — cities — 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 Wisconsin, state and entity type is Wisconsin — cities; entity type is cities (board of public works); spending category is general public construction (higher figure); public highway construction (lower figure); formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is For general public construction contract bidding, $50,000; threshold (normalised) is $50,000 for general public construction; $25,000 for public highway construction, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** Wisconsin — cities _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Wisconsin _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** cities (board of public works) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** general public construction (higher figure); public highway construction (lower figure) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** For general public construction contract bidding, $50,000. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $50,000 for general public construction; $25,000 for public highway construction _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** separate, lower notice thresholds: $10,000 for general public construction notice, $5,000 for highway construction notice _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** no adjustment mechanism stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Wis. Stat. § 62.15(1)(c) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> For general public construction contract bidding, $50,000.

## Source

- https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/62/I/15

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