Section:
3.20.010 Formal bid procedures - General requirement.
3.20.012 Public works projects of $25,000.00 or less.
3.20.015 Informal bidding procedures - Public works projects of $75,000.00 or less.
3.20.020 Formal bids - Notice of invitation.
3.20.030 Bids - Security required.
3.20.040 Bids - Opening.
3.20.050 Bids - Rejection; irregularities.
3.20.060 Award of contract.
3.20.070 Requiring bond of successful bidder.
3.20.080 Emergency Contracting Procedures.
3.20.090 Design Build.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and Chapters 3.08 through 3.16, purchases and contracts for supplies, services, and equipment, as well as the sale of personal property of an estimated value of $25,000.00 or over, shall be by written contract with the lowest responsible bidder, as the case may be, pursuant to the formal bid procedures prescribed in this chapter.
B. Public works projects of an estimated cost which equals or exceeds the cost of a public works project required to be competitively bid under the general laws of the state of California applicable to public works contracts, or such other sum as may be authorized by Section 1110 of the city Charter; shall be by written contract with the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to the formal bid procedures prescribed in this chapter. Provided, however, that in the event that the city council has, by resolution, elected to become subject to the uniform public construction cost accounting procedures, pursuant to the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act set forth at Section 22000 et seq. of the Public Contract Code, then the alternative procedures set forth in this chapter for public works projects of $25,000.00 or less and public works projects of $75,000.00 or less, may also be used.
(Prior code § 2.104, Ord. 669, Ord. 1063, Ord. 1825 §4, Ord. 1979 §2) (Ord. 2433 §2)
At the city manager's discretion, public works projects of $25,000.00, or less, may be performed by city employees by force account, by negotiated contract, by purchase order or pursuant to such other bidding procedure as the city manager may determine.
(Ord. 1979 §3)
In the event that the city manager determines it to be in the city's best interest, a public works project of $75,000.00 or less may be let to contract by the informal bidding procedures as set forth in Public Contracts Code Section 22032 et seq., and below:
A. The purchasing officer shall maintain a list of qualified contractors identified according to category of work.
B. At the time informal bids are solicited, a notice inviting informal bids shall be mailed to all qualified contractors on the list. If no such list exists, or at the purchasing officer’s discretion, a notice inviting informal bids shall also be sent to all construction trade journals specified in California Public Contract Code Section 22036. Additional contractors and trade journals may also be notified, at the discretion of the purchasing officer.
C. The notice inviting formal bids shall describe the project in general terms, state how to obtain more detailed information about the project and state the time and place for the submission of bids.
D. All mailing of notices to contractors and construction trade journals pursuant to this section shall be completed not less than 10 calendar days before bids are due.
E. If all bids received are in excess of $75,000.00, the city council, by a 4/5 vote may award the contract at $80,000.00 or less to the lowest responsible bidder if it determines that the city's cost estimate for the project was reasonable.
(Ord. 1979 §4)
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