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CA Pub Cont Code § 20914 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20914.

20914.  (a) The district shall advertise, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, for contracts for all vessel repair, maintenance, and alteration work if the estimated expenditure exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000), and for all other construction, repair, maintenance, and alteration work, and all similar work, if the estimated expenditure exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), in at least one newspaper and one trade paper of general circulation designated by the general manager, that are published in any one county or portion of a county within the district.(b) The district shall publicly open the bids and award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder as follows: (1) For public works contracts that are subject to subdivision (a).(2) For vessel repair, maintenance, and alteration work contracts.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the district may, at its discretion, use informal bidding for contracts as follows: (1) For construction, repair, maintenance, and alteration work, and all similar work, with an estimated expenditure that does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).(2) For vessel repair, maintenance, and alteration work that does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000).(d) The district shall enact an ordinance if it elects to use informal bidding pursuant to subdivision (c) that governs the selection of contractors to perform construction, repair, maintenance, and alteration work, and all similar work, by informal bid. The ordinance shall include all of the following:(1) Notice to contractors shall be provided in a manner determined by the district.(2) The notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general terms and how to obtain more detailed information about the project, and state the time and place for the submission of bids.(e) Any contracts for vessel repair, maintenance, and alteration work that does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for which the informal bidding procedure adopted pursuant to subdivision (d) is not used shall be advertised pursuant to subdivision (a) and awarded pursuant to subdivision (b).(f) In case of emergency, work may be contracted without advertising or competitive bidding, provided that the district complies with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).(Repealed and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 396, Sec. 2. (SB 622) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20915 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20915.

20915.  It shall be unlawful to employ any means to evade the provisions of this article requiring contracts to be awarded after advertising and competitive bidding, including the splitting of projects into smaller work orders, the amendment of existing contracts, or the approval of a subcontract or subcontracts let under existing contracts. Every person who willfully violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 256, Sec. 103.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20916 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20916.

20916.  All contracts in excess of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) entered into by the district for the hiring or purchase of equipment, supplies, or materials, are of no effect unless the district shall advertise pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code for bids for such contracts in at least one newspaper and not more than three newspapers designated by the general manager, which are published in any one county or portion of a county within the district, and unless the district shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 256, Sec. 103.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20916.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20916.1.

20916.1.  Notwithstanding Section 20916, the purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District shall be subject to the following:(a) When the expenditure required exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the purchase shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder, or, in the district’s discretion, to the responsible bidder who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the district on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation. “Best value” means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirements described in the solicitation documents.(b) To the extent practicable, the district shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), but does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (c) Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation and on the district’s procurement Internet Web site, which publication shall be made at least 10 days before the bids are received. The board may reject any and all bids and readvertise at its discretion. (d) This section applies solely to the procurement of supplies, equipment, and materials, and shall not apply to construction contracts.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 408, Sec. 3. (AB 116) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20916.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20916.5.

20916.5.  All bids for construction work shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security:(a) Cash.(b) A cashier’s check made payable to the district.(c) A certified check made payable to the district.(d) A bidder’s bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the district.Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the district beyond 60 days from the time the award is made.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 808, Sec. 57.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20917 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20917.

20917.  If, after rejecting bids received under Section 20916, the board determines and declares by a two-thirds vote of all of its members that, in its opinion, the equipment, supplies, or materials may be purchased at a lower price in the open market, the board may proceed to purchase the equipment, supplies, or materials in the open market without further observance of the provisions requiring contracts, bids, or advertisement.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 256, Sec. 103.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20918 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20918.

20918.  In case of an emergency, the board may, by resolution passed by a two-thirds vote of all of its members, declare and determine that public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health, or property, and thereupon proceed to expend or enter into a contract involving the expenditure of any sum needed in such emergency without observance of the provisions requiring contracts, bids, or advertisement. If notice for bid to let contracts will not be given, the board shall also comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 803, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60 - Bridge and Highway Districts|Section 20919.

20919.  Notwithstanding Sections 20916 and 20916.1, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District may, without further competitive bidding, contract with suppliers of goods and services by participating in contracts let by one or more city, county, city and county, district, school district, public authority, public agency, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision in the state, and to the extent provided by law, any other entity that expends public funds for the procurement of goods and services. This section is in addition to the authority granted in Sections 10298 and 10299. This section does not apply to construction contracts.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 396, Sec. 3. (SB 622) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.20.

20919.20.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to demonstrate an alternative and optional procedure for bidding of public works projects that is applicable only to school districts. The Legislature has previously authorized the use of this alternative and optional procedure only for the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is using the procedure in conjunction with its project stabilization agreement.(b) Districts should be able to utilize cost-effective options for the delivery of public works projects, in accordance with the national trend, which include authorizations in California, to allow public entities to utilize job order contracts as a project delivery method.(c) The benefits of a job order contract project delivery system include accelerated completion of the projects, cost savings, and reduction of construction contracting complexity for the unified school district.(d) The job order contracting approach should be used for the purposes of reducing project cost and expediting project completion.(e) The availability of job order contracting as a project delivery method will not preclude the use of traditional methods of project delivery if a traditional method results in higher cost savings.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that job order contracts be competitively bid and awarded to the bidders providing the most qualified responsive bids. It is further the intent of the Legislature that school districts use the job order contract process pursuant to this article only if the school district has entered into a project labor agreement that meets the requirements of Section 2500 for all its public works projects.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.22.

20919.22.  Provisions in this article only apply to school districts that choose to utilize job order contracting. A school district may utilize job order contracting, when permitted by this article, as an alternative to any contracting procedures that the school district is otherwise authorized or required by law to use.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.23 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.23.

20919.23.  (a) The school district may utilize job order contracting pursuant to this article only if the school district has entered into a project labor agreement or agreements that will apply to all public works awarded through job order contracting and to all other public works of the school district that exceed a monetary threshold set by the school district until January 1, 2027, regardless of what contracting procedure is used to award that work.(b) The school district shall prepare an execution plan for all modernization projects that may be eligible for job order contracting pursuant to this article. The school district shall select from that plan a sufficient number of projects to be initiated as job order contracts during each calendar year and shall determine for each selected project that job order contracting will reduce the total cost of that project. Job order contracting shall not be used if the school district finds that it will increase the total cost of the project.(c) (1) An entity awarded a job order contract in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall provide an enforceable commitment to the school district that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the job order contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades, in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1.(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the job order contract is subject to a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the job order contract to use a skilled and trained workforce to perform the job order contract.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 303, Sec. 3. (AB 846) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.25.

20919.25.  (a) The maximum total dollar amount that may be awarded under a single job order contract shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the first term of the job order contract and, if extended or renewed pursuant to subdivision (b), a maximum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) over the subsequent two terms of the job order contract.(b) Job order contracts may be executed for an initial contract term of no more than 12 months, with the option of extending or renewing the job order contract for two 12-month periods. The term of the job order contract shall be for the contract term or whenever the maximum value of the contract is achieved, whichever is less. All extensions or renewals shall be priced as provided in the request for bids. The extension or renewal shall be mutually agreed to by the school district and the job order contractor.(c) The school district may issue job orders to the job order contractor that has been awarded the job order contract. The job order issued to the job order contractor shall not commence for seven days from the time the job order was issued and the job order contractor shall provide a minimum of seven days’ notice for the addition of any subcontractor or substitution of any subcontractor as described in subdivision (e) of Section 20919.26. The job order shall be based on a project scope of work prepared by the school district as well as a proposal from the job order contractor who is awarded the job order contract. No single job order may exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000).(d) The amounts specified in subdivisions (a) and (c) shall be adjusted on January 1, 2016, as if this section was operative beginning January 1, 2004, to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index, and shall be adjusted each January 1 thereafter to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index. (e) It is unlawful to split or separate into smaller job orders any project for the purpose of evading the cost limitation provisions of this chapter.(f) All work performed under the job order contract shall be covered by a project labor agreement.(g) Any change or alteration to a job order shall be in compliance with Section 20118.4.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.27 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.27.

20919.27.  (a) A job order contract shall set forth in the general conditions of the job order contract the party or parties responsible for seeing that the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code are complied with.(b) For purposes of job order contracting, prevailing wages when required to be paid shall apply to all work ordered under the job order contract regardless of thresholds set forth in Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code.(c) The job order contractor shall pay the prevailing wage in effect at the time the job order is issued by the school district and all increases as published by the Department of Industrial Relations for the term of the job order contract, including all overtime, holiday, and shift provisions published by the Department of Industrial Relations.(d) The school district shall designate one individual to act as a monitor to inspect job sites for labor compliance violations at the request of the designated labor representative in its project labor agreement.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.28 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.28.

20919.28.  A willful violation of Section 20919.26 occurs when the job order contractor or subcontractor knew or reasonably should have known of his or her obligations under the public works law and deliberately fails or refuses to comply with its provisions. The school district using job order contracting shall publish and distribute to the Labor Commissioner a list of all job order contractors or subcontractors who violate this provision and the school district shall not award a job order contract or any future job orders under an existing job order contract to any contractor or subcontractor who violates this provision during the effective period of debarment of the contractor or subcontractor.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.29 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.29.

20919.29.  For purposes of employment of apprentices on job order contracts, when the individual job order involves more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or 20 working days, all general contractors or subcontractors shall at all times be in compliance with Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code and shall comply with the following:(a) Prior to commencing work on an individual job order, every contractor shall submit job order award information to an applicable apprenticeship program that can supply apprentices to the site of the job order. The information submitted shall include an estimate of the journeyman hours to be performed under the contract, the number of apprenticeships proposed to be employed, and the approximate dates the apprentices would be employed. A copy of this information shall also be submitted to the awarding agency if requested by the awarding agency.(b) The ratio of work performed by apprentices to journeymen employed in a particular craft or trade on the job order may be no higher than the ratio stipulated in the apprenticeship standard under which the apprenticeship program operates where the job order contractor agrees to be bound by those standards but, except as otherwise provided in Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code, in no case shall the ratio be less than one hour of apprenticeship work for every five hours of journeyman work.(c) Every apprentice employed under the job order contract shall be paid the prevailing rate of per diem wages for apprentices in the trade to which he or she is registered and shall be employed only at the work of the craft or trade to which he or she is registered.(d) Every apprentice employed under the job order contract shall be hired from the local joint labor management apprenticeship committee that has jurisdiction in the geographic area of the project.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 20919.30 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 3 - CONTRACTING BY LOCAL AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - Local Agency Public Construction Act|ARTICLE 60.4 - Job Order Contracting for School Districts|Section 20919.30.

20919.30.  A job order contractor or subcontractor that knowingly violates the provisions involving employment of apprentices shall forfeit as a civil penalty an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each full calendar day of noncompliance. The amount of this penalty shall be based on consideration of whether the violation was a good faith mistake due to inadvertence. A contractor or subcontractor that knowingly commits a second or subsequent violation of the provisions involving employment of apprentices within a three-year period where the noncompliance results in apprenticeship training not being provided as required, shall forfeit as a civil penalty a sum of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each full calendar day of noncompliance and shall not be awarded any further job orders under the job order contract and shall be precluded for a period of one year from bidding on any future job order contracts.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 753, Sec. 2. (AB 1431) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20919.33.)