The following provisions shall be complied with in selecting contractors to perform public projects pursuant to Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code and Section 3.08.090 of this code:
A. The city shall maintain a list of qualified contractors, identified according to categories of work, in accordance with Section 22034 of the Public Contract Code. The list shall be developed and maintained in accordance with criteria established for such lists by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission ("Commission").
B. For projects eligible for informal bidding pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code, notices inviting informal bids may be mailed, faxed, or emailed to all contractors for the category of work to be bid, as shown on the list developed in accordance with subsection A above, and/or mailed, faxed, or emailed to all construction trade journals specified by the Commission in accordance with Section 22036 of the Public Contract Code. Additional contractors and/or construction trade journals may be notified at the discretion of the purchasing agent, provided, however, if the product or service is proprietary in nature such that it can be obtained only from a certain contractor or contractors, the notice inviting informal bids may be sent exclusively to such contractor or contractors.
C. All mailings of notices to contractors and construction trade journals pursuant to subsection B shall be completed not less than ten calendar days before bids would be due pursuant to such notice.
D. Each notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general terms, state how to obtain more detailed information about the project, and specify the time and place for submission of bids.
E. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to award contracts pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code.
(Ord. 567-21 Exhibit A, 2021; Ord. 460 § 1 (part), 2011: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 3.12.340)