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California Code, Public Contract Code - PCC § 20155

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<For future repeal of Article 3.7, see § 20155.9.>

(a) This article provides for a best value procurement program for county construction projects in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000).

(b) The board of supervisors of a county shall let any contract for a construction project pursuant to this article to the bidder representing the best value or else reject all bids.

(c) The bidder may be selected on the basis of the best value to the county.  In order to implement this method of selection, the board of supervisors shall adopt and publish procedures and required criteria that ensure that all selections are conducted in a fair and impartial manner.  These procedures shall conform to Sections 20155.3 to 20155.6, inclusive, and shall be mandatory for a county that chooses to participate in the pilot program.

(d) If the board of supervisors of a county deems it to be in the best interest of the county, the board of supervisors, on the refusal or failure of the successful bidder for a project to execute a tendered contract, may award it to the bidder with the second lowest best value score, as determined in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 20155.5.  If the second bidder fails or refuses to execute the contract, the board of supervisors may likewise award it to the bidder with the third lowest best value score, as determined in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 20155.5.

(e)(1) A county may also use the best value construction contracting method set out in this article to award individual annual contracts, which shall not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000), adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index, for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices.  The contracts shall be based on plans and specifications for typical work.  No annual contracts may be awarded for any new construction.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, best value criteria shall be applied to the annual contract for construction services, rather than to an individual, specific project.  Annual contracts may be extended or renewed for two subsequent annual terms and a maximum of six million dollars ($6,000,000) over the subsequent two terms of the contract.  Contract values shall be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, “unit price” means the amount paid for a single unit of an item of work, and “typical work” means a work description applicable universally or applicable to a large number of individual projects, as distinguished from work specifically described with respect to an individual project.  For purposes of this section, “repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices” shall not include design or contract drawings.

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