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 community college districts. The Legislature has previously authorized the use of this alternative and optional procedure only for school districts.

Terms Used In California Public Contract Code 20665.20

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Job order: means a firm, fixed priced, lump-sum order issued by the school district to a job order contractor for a definite project scope of work as compiled from the unit price catalog to be performed pursuant to a job order contract. See California Public Contract Code 20665.21
  • Job order contract: means a contract, awarded to a most qualified bidder as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 20665. See California Public Contract Code 20665.21
  • Project: means the specific requirements and work to be accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an individual job order. See California Public Contract Code 20665.21
  • Project labor agreement: means an agreement that meets the requirements of Section 2500. See California Public Contract Code 20665.21

(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 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 districts use the job order contract process pursuant to this article only if the district has entered into a project labor agreement that meets the requirements of Section 2500 for all its public works projects.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 296, Sec. 1. (AB 618) Effective January 1, 2018. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 20665.33.)

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