separate bids upon each of the said branches of work, and to
award the contract for the same to the lowest responsible bidder
for each of said branches.
Every contract for the construction, reconstruction,
alteration, repair, improvement or maintenance of public works
shall comply with the provisions of the act of March 3, 1978
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the "Steel Products Procurement Act."
(b) Adjustments to the threshold specified under subsection
(a) shall be made as follows:
(1) The Department of Labor and Industry shall determine the
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers: All Items (CPI-U) for the United States City Average
as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, for the twelve-month period ending September
30, 2021, and for each successive twelve-month period
thereafter.
(2) If the Department of Labor and Industry determines that
there is no positive percentage change, no adjustment to the
threshold amount shall occur for the relevant time period.
(3) The following apply:
(i) If the Department of Labor and Industry determines that
there is a positive percentage change in the first year the
determination is made under paragraph (1), the positive
percentage change shall be multiplied by the threshold amount,
and the product shall be added to the base threshold amount, and
the sum shall be the preliminary adjusted amount.
(ii) The preliminary adjusted amount shall be rounded to the
nearest one hundred dollars to determine the final adjusted
threshold amount for purposes of subsection (a).
(4) In each successive year in which there is a positive
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