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A report regarding an ordinance amending Title 4, Chapter 4.04 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code pertaining to monetary limits for public contract procurement methods. (Jason Rosenberg, City Attorney)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council introduce an ordinance amending Title 4, Chapter 4.04 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to reflect increased monetary limits for public construction cost accounting procedures set forth in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act by Assembly Bill 2249 (AB 2249), and waive further reading.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The California Public Contract Code generally require municipalities to competitively bid public works projects in excess of $5,000. This process requires that each project valued in excess of $5,000 have plans and specifications prepared by an engineer, be advertised, follow a formal bid process laid out in the Public Contract Code, and projects awarded by Council go to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
The Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act ("the Act"), enacted in 1983 and codified under Public Contract Code section 22000 et seq., provides an alternative means for municipalities to streamline public works contract procurements. Cities that adopt the accounting procedures set forth under the Act may perform public projects within certain dollar thresholds with its own workforce or by informal bidding procedures.
Prior to January 1, 2019, the Act authorized public projects of $45,000 or less to be let without competitive bidding and be performed by force account, authorized public projects of $175,000 or less to be let by informal bidding procedures, and required public projects of more than $175,000 to be procured through formal bidding. Additionally, the Act permits participating public agencies, in the event all bids solicited informally for the performance of a public project are in excess of $175,000, to award the...
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