Bid openings are held in Austin each month and are conducted by the CST. CST prints a bid sheet for each project to let. The bid sheet is a list, by project, of bidders who have pulled proposals. All conditions of bid acceptance must be reviewed at the opening of each bid.

These conditions include any of the following:

Bid totals are read at bid opening. Unofficial lowest bid received for each contract is announced, but all bids will be analyzed by CST before the TTC announces award to the verified lowest responsive bid.