Marin County Municipal Code Ch. 01.02 Bidding Procedures

Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the Section 22000, et seq., of the Public Contract Code shall be controlling.

(1) Public projects, as defined by the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act and in accordance with limits listed in Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code, may be let to contract by informal procedures as set forth in Section 22032, et seq., of the Public Contract Code.

(2) A list of contractors shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 22034 of the Public Contract Code and criteria promulgated from time to time by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission.

(3) Where a public project is to be performed which is subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a notice inviting informal bids shall be mailed to all contractors for the category of work to be bid, as shown on the list developed in accordance with Section 1.02.010(2), and to all construction trade journals as specified by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission in accordance with Section 22036 of the Public Contract Code. Additional contractors and/or construction trade journals may be notified at the discretion of the District, provided, however, if there is no list of qualified contractors maintained by the District for the particular category of work to be performed, the notice inviting bids shall be sent only to the construction trade journals specified by the Commission.

(4) If the product or service is proprietary in nature such that it can be obtained only from a certain contractor or contractors, the notice inviting informal bids may be sent exclusively to such contractor or contractors.

(5) The mailing of notices to contractors and construction trade journals shall be completed not less than ten calendar days before bids are due.

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

(7) Authority to award informal contracts is hereby delegated to the general manager.

(8) In accordance with Section 22034(f) of the Public Contract Code, or its statutory successor, if all bids received are in excess of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), the board may, by adoption of a resolution by a four-fifths vote, award the contract at one hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($137,500) or less to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the General Manager was reasonable.

(Ord. No. 18, § I, 2006)

Editor's note— The provisions of Ord. No. 18, § I, adopted Aug. 1, 2006, have been renumbered from § 1.02.010 to § 01.02.010 in order to conform with the appendix style, and incorporated as a new Ch. 01.02 entitled "Bidding Procedures" at the editor's discretion. Said provisions are otherwise unedited and codified as adopted.

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