1. A. It shall be a felony for any official or employee of a public agency to disclose the terms of a bid submitted in response to a bid notice issued by a public agency in advance of the time set for opening of all bids so submitted, and the proceedings shall be rendered void.
2. B. It shall be a felony for any official or employee of a public agency to provide, or for any other person to solicit or possess or receive, information which is to be contained in a bid notice of a public agency in advance of the date on which said bid notice is to be made equally and uniformly known to all prospective bidders and the public, and the proceedings shall be rendered void. The estimate of the actual cost of the project shall not be considered confidential and shall be available to the public in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
3. C. It shall be a felony for any official or employee of a public agency to withhold or impede the distribution of information contained in a bid notice of a public agency after notice of the bid has been given, unless the solicitation of bids has been withdrawn or the particular information in question has been deleted or replaced through alteration of the bid notice and said withdrawal or alteration has been made equally and uniformly known.
4. D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of this section, a public agency may conduct preliminary procurement activities for the purpose of developing accurate specifications, determining appropriate materials, and estimating project costs. Such activities may include, but are not limited to, market research, requests for information, vendor outreach, product demonstrations, site visits, and pre-bid industry engagement.

Laws 1974, HB 1665, c. 298, § 16, emerg. eff. August 1, 1974; Amended by Laws 1976, HB 1681, c. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1976; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 689, c. 239, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 517 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, HB 1471, c. 341, § 2, eff. November 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1100, c. 66, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, HB 2874, c. 294, § 19, eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2006, SB 558, c. 271, § 21, emerg. eff. July 1, 2006 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 543, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2026, HB 3418, c. 254, § 9, eff. November 1, 2027 (superseded document available).