---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 6103"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "6103"
heading: "Opening of bids"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/6103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Other Advertising and Contract Provisions"
  - "Chapter 61 — Advertising"
---

# §6103. Opening of bids


Whenever proposals for supplies have been solicited, the parties responding to the solicitation shall be notified of the time and place of the opening of the bids, and be permitted to be present either in [person](/usc/41/6501.md?p=2) or by attorney. A record of each bid shall be made at the time and place of the opening of the bids.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3803.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6103 | 41:8. | R.S. § 3710. |