Except as otherwise required by this chapter or under state or federal law, the bidding procedures of this chapter may be dispensed with for public works projects with an estimated dollar value equal to or less than the required dollar value specified in Subdivision (b) of Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code, and the following informal bidding procedures substituted:
A. The City shall maintain a list of qualified contractors, identified according to categories of work. Minimum criteria for compilation of the contractor list shall be determined by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission (“Commission”). All contractors on the list for the category of work being bid and/or all construction trade journals specified by the Commission 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 shall be completed not less than the number of days specified in Section 22304(c) of the California Public Contract Code, or as may be amended, before the date of opening the bids.
C. The City Council hereby delegates the authority to award contracts pursuant to informal bidding to the City Manager or other person designated in writing by the City Manager.
(Ord. 1632, 1993; Ord. 1583, § 1 (part), 1992; Ord. 16- 2143, § 4, 2016)