181.01 PUBLICATION OF NOTICE; PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.
   When publication of notice of competitive bidding is required the notice shall be published once each week for a minimum of two consecutive weeks, the last publication to be at least eight days preceding the day for the opening of bids. The contracting authority for any expenditure for which competitive bidding is required is hereby authorized to cause the publication of notice of such bidding. Such notice shall be published in a publication published as frequently as once a week which is circulated generally within the City. In addition thereto, such notice may be published in any trade or professional journal, and may be sent directly to potentially interested parties. The contracting authority shall determine which contracts shall be bid and awarded on a single contract basis and which contracts shall be bid and awarded using separate contracts for each trade involved in the work. Copies of the plans, details, bills of material and specifications shall be open to public inspection at all business hours between the day of first publication and the day for opening the bids, at the office of the department where the bids are received and at such other place as may be designated in such notice.