Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, sets forth procedures that a local agency is required to follow when procuring certain services or work. Existing law authorizes certain local agencies to engage in job order contracting, as prescribed.
This bill would authorize the city council to award individual annual job order contracts, not to exceed $500,000, as specified, for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices. The bill would prohibit, among other things, annual contracts from being awarded for any new construction. The bill would require the contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder and be based on plans and specifications for typical work. The bill would authorize the city council, by ordinance, to authorize the city manager, public works director, or other city official, as specified, to take or perform any or all acts or actions permitted or required of the city council by the above-described provisions, as prescribed. The bill would require an entity that is awarded an annual job order contract to provide an enforceable commitment to the city 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, as specified. The bill would require the city to submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2031, a report on the use of job order contracting, as described. The bill would authorize a city that has elected to be subject to alternative public project procedures, as specified, to award job order contracts, as described.