Tiburon Municipal Code Art. IV Minor Public Works Contracts

Minor public works contracts that do not exceed sixty thousand dollars may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated contract, or by purchase order. The dollar amounts set forth in this subsection shall be automatically adjusted to conform to the maximum set by section 22032(a) of the Public Contracts Code or its successor statute regarding informal bidding ordinances.

(Ord. No. 510 N.S., § 2 (part))

(Ord. No. 556 N.S., § 1(A), 5-6-2015; Ord. No. 582 N.S., § 1(A), 5-15-2019)

Minor public works contracts that exceed sixty thousand dollars shall be let according to this section.

(a) The town shall maintain a list of qualified contractors, identified according to categories of work. This list shall comply with all criteria established by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission.

(b) All contractors on the list for the category of work being bid shall be mailed, faxed, or emailed a notice inviting informal bids unless the product or service is proprietary.

(c) All mailing of notices to contractors pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be completed not less than ten calendar days before bids are due.

(d) 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.

(e) The town manager shall have the authority to award informal contracts to contractors for public works contracts selected pursuant to this section.

(f) If all bids received are in excess of two hundred thousand dollars, the town council may, by adoption of a resolution by a four-fifths vote, award the contract, at two hundred twelve thousand five hundred dollars or less, to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the public agency was reasonable.

(g) The dollar amounts set forth in this section 3A-11 shall be automatically adjusted to conform to the maximum set by section 22034(d) of the Public Contracts Code or its successor statute regarding informal bidding ordinances.

(Ord. No. 510 N.S., § 2 (part))

(Ord. No. 556 N.S., § 1(B), 5-6-2015; Ord. No. 582 N.S., § 1(A), 5-15-2019)

Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, the town manager shall have discretion to let any public works contract by formal bidding as described in article V of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 510 N.S., § 2 (part))

(Ord. No. 582 N.S., § 1(A), 5-15-2019)