As used in this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Adjustment factor” means the job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the department‘s prices as published in the unit price catalog.

(b) “Job order” means a firm, fixed-priced, lump-sum order issued by the department to a job order contractor for a definite project scope or work as compiled from the unit price catalog to be performed pursuant to a job order contract.

(c) “Job order” means a contract, awarded pursuant to this section, between the department and a licensed, bonded, and general liability insured contractor in which the contractor agrees to a fixed-period, fixed-unit price, and indefinite quantity contract that provides for the use of job orders for public works or maintenance projects.

(d) “Project” means the specific requirements and work to be accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an individual job order.

(e) “Unit price catalog” means a book containing specific construction tasks and the unit prices to install or demolish that construction. The listed tasks shall be based on generally accepted industry standards and information, where available, for various items of work to be performed by the job order contractor. The prices shall include the cost of materials, labor, and equipment for performing the items of work. The prices shall not include overhead and profit. All unit prices shall be developed using local prevailing wages.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 58, Sec. 4. (SB 146) Effective July 10, 2023. Repealed as of December 31, 2033, pursuant to Section 217.2.)