Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:11-13.2

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
21. A contracting unit may reject all bids for any of the following reasons:

a. The lowest bid substantially exceeds the cost estimates for the goods or services;

b. The lowest bid substantially exceeds the contracting unit’s appropriation for the goods or services;

c. The governing body of the contracting unit decides to abandon the project for provision or performance of the goods or services;

d. The contracting unit wants to substantially revise the specifications for the goods or services;

e. The purposes or provisions or both of P.L.1971, c.198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.) are being violated;

f. The governing body of the contracting unit decides to use the State authorized contract pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C. 40A:11-12).

L.1999,c.440,s.21.