Section 1230-U. Contracts

All  contracts for construction or purchase of
  supplies, materials or equipment shall be let by the water board,  shall
  be  made  in  conformity  with  the applicable provisions of section one
  hundred three of the general  municipal  law  and  section  one  hundred
  thirty-five  of  the  state  finance  law.  For  the purposes of article
  fifteen-A of the executive law only, the authority and the  water  board
  shall  each  be  deemed  a  state  agency  as  that term is used in such
  article,  and  its  contracts  for  procurement,  design,  construction,
  services  and  materials  shall  be  deemed  state  contracts within the
  meaning of that term as set forth  in  such  article.  All  construction
  contracts  shall  be  let in accordance with the provisions of state law
  pertaining to prevailing wages, labor standards and working  hours.  The
  water board may, in its discretion, assign contracts for supervision and
  coordination  to  the  successful bidder for any subdivision of work for
  which the water board receives bids. The water board shall not award any
  construction contract except to the lowest bidder who, in  its  opinion,
  is  qualified  to  perform  the work required and who is responsible and
  reliable. The water board may, however, reject any or all bids or  waive
  any informality in a bid if it believes that the public interest will be
  promoted  thereby.  The  water  board  may  reject  any  bid  if, in its
  judgment, the business and  technical  organization,  plant,  resources,
  financial standing, or experience of the bidder justifies such rejection
  in  view  of  the  work  to be performed. Nothing in this title shall be
  construed to limit or diminish the power of the water board  to  do  any
  construction  directly by the officers, employees or agents of the water
  board.