Bradbury Municipal Code Ch. 8 Public Project Contracts

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State Law reference— Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, Public Contracts Code § 22000 et seq.

The purpose of this chapter is to allow contracts for construction of public projects to be awarded through informal bidding procedures in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (Public Contracts Code § 22000 et seq.).

(Prior Code, § 2800)

For the purpose of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following definitions shall apply:

City Manager means the City Manager or the designee thereof.

Commission means the California Uniform Construction Accounting Commission.

Public project shall have the meaning set forth in Public Contracts Code § 22002, as that statute now exists or may be amended in the future.

(Prior Code, § 2801)

Public projects of $30,000.00, or in such amounts as may be established by State law, may performed by City employees by force account, by negotiated contract or by purchase order. Public projects of $175,000.00, or in such amounts as may be established by State law, may be let to contract by informal procedures as set forth in this chapter. Public projects of more than $175,000.00, or in such amounts as may be established by State law, shall, except as provided in Section 2.08.080, be let by formal bidding procedure in accordance with the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.

(Prior Code, § 2802; Ord. No. 325, § 1, 8-21-2012)

The City Manager shall maintain a list of qualified contractors identified according to categories of work. Such list shall comply with the minimum criteria for development of such list, as determined from time to time by the Commission.

(Prior Code, § 2803)

With respect to public projects let to contract by informal procedures, unless the product or service is proprietary, the City Manager shall mail a notice inviting informal bids to either:

(1) All contractors on the list for the category of work being bid;

(2) All construction trade journals specified by the Commission pursuant to Public Contracts Code § 22036; or

(3) All contractors on the list for the category of work being bid and all construction trade journals specified by the Commission pursuant to Public Contracts Code § 22036.

All mailing of notices pursuant to this section shall be completed not less than ten calendar days before bids are due.

(Prior Code, § 2804)

The notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general terms, how to obtain more detailed information about the project, and shall state the time and place for the submission of bids.

(Prior Code, § 2805)

The City Manager is hereby delegated the authority to award contracts pursuant to this chapter. This authority shall vest solely in the City Manager, and shall not vest in any designee thereof.

(Prior Code, § 2806)

This section shall govern the award of contracts when all bids received are in excess of $175,000.00. The City Council may, by passage of a resolution by four-fifths vote, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder in such amount as established by the California Public Contracts Code, if it determines the City's cost estimate was reasonable.

(Prior Code, § 2807; Ord. No. 325, § 2, 8-21-2012)

State Law reference— Governing body of a public agency that elects to become subject to the uniform construction accounting procedures under the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act may award contract for a public project at $187,500.00 or less to the lowest responsible bidder by adoption of resolution by a four-fifths vote if all bids received are in excess of $175,000.00 and the governing body determines the cost estimate of the public project was reasonable, Public Contracts Code § 22034.