ROH §2-17.4
City must tell council when bids are too high
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗When the city gets bids for a building project and all bids cost more than the city expected, the agency in charge can decide not to build it. If it does, it must tell the council the project name, the city's cost estimate, each bid amount, and how much the lowest bid went over the estimate.
state agencies
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Notice of bid results
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Whenever the city receives bids for a capital improvement project, one or more of which bids exceed the city’s estimate of the project’s cost, and the user agency decides not to proceed with the project, the user agency shall notify the council of the following as soon as the user agency determines not to award the contract because of insufficient funds:
(1) The name of the project;
(2) The city’s estimate of the project’s cost;
(3) The dollar amount of each bid received for the project; and
(4) The amount and percentage by which the lowest bid exceeds the city’s estimate of the project’s cost.
(b) For the purpose of this section, “user agency” means the city agency for which the project is being built.
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