A purchase may be proposed on a lump-sum or unit price basis. If the county chooses to use unit pricing in its notice, the information furnished bidders must specify the approximate quantities estimated on the best available information, but the compensation paid the bidder must be based on the actual quantities purchased.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 262.028
LUMP-SUM OR UNIT PRICE METHOD
Known as the County Purchasing Act
The act spans §§ 262.021 to 262.037 (27 sections).
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.