HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2752_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2752
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER
2.16 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC
CONTRACTS AWARDED PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM PUBLIC
CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2.16.140(C) of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled "Public
Projects," is hereby amended to read as follows:
112.16.140 C The contracting procedures and the dollar limits set forth in Public
Contract Code Section 22032 are as follows:
1. Public projects of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) or less may be preformed
by the employees of the City by force account, by negotiated contract or by purchase order.
2. Public projects having a contract value greater than Thirty Thousand Dollars
($30,000) and up to One Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) may be let to
contract by informal bidding procedures as set forth in the Uniform Public Construction Cost
Accounting Act and as follows:
a. Contractors List: A list of qualified contractors shall be developed and maintained by
those City departments undertaking public projects in accordance with the provisions of Section
22034 of the Public Contract Code and any applicable criteria promulgated, from time to time,
by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission.
b. Notice Inviting Informal Bids: When a public project is to be undertaken which is
subject to the provisions of this Chapter, a notice inviting informal bids shall be mailed to all
contractors for the category of work to be bid, as shown on the city's list of qualified contractors
and to all construction trade journals as specified by the California Uniform Construction Cost
Accounting Commission in accordance with sections 22036 of the Public Contract Code.
Additional contractors and/or construction trade journals may be notified at the discretion of the
City department responsible for undertaking the public project and soliciting bids, provided,
however:
(1) If there is not a list of qualified contractors maintained by the City for the particular
category of work to be performed, the notice inviting bids for the public project shall be sent
only to the construction trade journals specified by the Commission.
(2) If the product or service comprising the public project is proprietary in nature such
that it may be obtained only from a certain contractor or contractors, the notice inviting informal
bids for the public project may be sent exclusively to such contractor or contractors.
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3. Public projects having a contract value of more than one hundred seventy five
thousand dollars ($175,000) shall, except as otherwise provided in the uniform public
construction cost accounting act, be let to contract by formal bidding procedures.
4. Award of purchase orders or contracts for public projects shall be as follows:
a. Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or less: Award shall be made by the purchasing
agent in the best interests of the city;
b. Greater than Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) up to Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000): Award shall be made by the city manager to the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant
to public projects informal bidding procedures;
c. Greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) up to One Hundred Seventy Five
Thousand Dollars ($175,000): Award shall be made by the City Council to the lowest
responsible bidder,pursuant to public projects informal bidding procedures;
d. Greater than One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000): Award shall
be made by the city council to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to public projects formal
bidding procedures.
D. Each year, on a quarterly basis, the purchasing agent and the City Manager shall
prepare and provide to the City Council a summary report of contracts awarded during such
quarter pursuant to subsections C4a and C4b of this Section."
Section 2. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it, or a summary of it, to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation within the City, and thereafter, this
ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
Mayor of the ity of Redlands
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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1, Sam Irwin, City Clerk, City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the City Council at the regular meeting thereof, held on the 5th day of July 2011, by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harrison, Bean, Foster, Gardner; Mayor Aguilar
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk
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