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Report regarding an ordinance amending Section 4.04.040 of Chapter 4.04 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to permit utilization of cooperative purchasing processes between public agencies for public works projects (Eunejune Kim, Public Works Director)
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RECOMMENDATION
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It is recommended that the City Council introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 4.04.040 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code relating to Cooperative and Inter-Governmental Agency Procurement Processes, and waive further reading.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City of South San Francisco ("City") Municipal Code Chapter 4.04 governs the City's purchasing processes and sets forth various procedures with which the City must comply to perform public works projects and to acquire goods and services.
In particular, Section 4.04.040 authorizes the City to "piggyback" on other governmental contracts, provided the agency uses a quote or bid process that substantially conforms to state law-mandated procedures and provisions of Chapter 4.04. This provision is derived from California Government Code section 6500 et. seq., which permits California and out-of-state public agencies to jointly exercise any power common to them, including their purchasing powers. However, Section 4.04.040 of the Municipal Code excludes "public projects" as defined by the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (Public Contract Code section 22000 et seq.) ("Act") from being able to piggyback on such contracts.
The Act provides an alternative means for municipalities to streamline public works contract procurements if they choose to adopt the accounting procedures set forth under the Act. The City has adopted these procedures and utilizes the Act's alternative bidding procedures to perform public works projects under the most current applicable dollar thresholds set by the Act and as may be adjusted by inflation from time to time. The current Municipal Code has only two options...
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