San Anselmo Municipal Code Ch. 10 Public Bidding

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 1084, § 1, adopted Jan. 8, 2013, amended Chapter 10 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Chapter 10, §§ 2-10.01—2-10.06, pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. 969, eff. September 7, 1995; and Ord. 1057, eff. Sept. 28, 2007.

The Town Council does hereby elect to become subject to the uniform construction cost accounting procedures set forth in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (Public Contract Code Sections 22000 et seq.), as amended from time to time by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission. The terms referred to herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 1, 1-8-2013)

Public projects, as defined by Public Contract Code section 22002 and in accordance with the monetary limits described in Public Contract Code section 22032 as amended from time to time by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission, shall be let to contract by the procedures described in Public Contract Code section 22030 et seq. Currently, the monetary limits for public projects are as follows:

(a) Public projects of Forty-Five Thousand and no/100ths ($45,000.00) Dollars or less may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated contract, or by purchase order.

(b) Public projects of One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand and no/100ths ($175,000.00) Dollars or less may be let to contract by informal procedures as set forth in this chapter.

(c) Public projects of more than One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand and no/100ths ($175,000.00) Dollars shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be let to contract by formal bidding procedure.

When the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission amends state law related to these monetary limits, this section will be automatically amended.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 1, 1-8-2013)

(a) The Town Manager shall have the authority to award contracts for public projects defined in subdivision (a) of Public Contract Code section 22032, as amended from time to time.

(b) The Town Council shall have the authority to award informal contracts as defined in subdivision (b) of Public Contract Code section 22032, as amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 1, 1-8-2013)

The Public Works Director shall maintain a list of qualified contractors identified according to categories of work. Such list shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the criteria determined by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 1, 1-8-2013)

(a) All contractors on the list for the category of work being bid, or all construction trade journals specified for the County of Marin by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission, or all such contractors and all such construction trade journals, shall be mailed a notice inviting informal bids unless the product or service is proprietary.

(b) All mailing of notices to contractors and construction trade journals pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be completed not less than ten (10) calendar days before bids are due.

(c) 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.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 1, 1-8-2013)

Notice inviting formal bids shall state the time and place for receiving and opening of sealed bids and distinctly describe the project. The notice shall be published at least fourteen (14) calendar days before the date of opening the bids in a newspaper of general circulation circulated within the Town. The notice inviting formal bids shall also be sent electronically, if available, by either facsimile or electronic mail and mailed to all construction trade journals designated for the County of Marin by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission. The notice shall be sent at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the date of opening the bids.

(Ord. No. 1084, § 1, 1-8-2013)