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Los Angeles - November 2 0 , 1953 80-11 Mr. L. R. Maag - Las Vegas: R e f e rring to your letter of November 19th, your file W-26, attaching drafts of Invitation to Bid, Proposal and Bid, form of Contract, and f o r m of s p e c i ­fications: F r o m a legal standpoint, I do not see any objection to the drafts submitted, but I think this is prima r i l y an engineering matter, which subject you are more familiar with than I am. As you know, the E n g i ­neering Department p r e s u m a b l y has had considerable experience in sending out invitations to bid on all kinds of jobs, and I suggest you get in touch with that department if you think you need any further information. I also suggest that after you have finally satisfied yourself as to the form of the bid and the proposal, that y o u take it up with Mr. M o n t g o m e r y 1s m a n when he is next in Las Vegas, af tep we have received a reply to our letter criticizing their demand that we secure bids. I think if the District is the one who wants the bids, their advice should be secured as to the nature of invitation and f o r m of proposal. The contract attached is our customary contract, and I assume the specifications are the ones we have h e r e t o ­fore used; and, as I have stated, from a legal standpoint I have no suggestions to make. Bennet-t