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Sec. A34-81. Purchases, contracts for building construction, alteration, repair.

(a) Pursuant to Public Contract Code §§ 22032 et seq., the Director of Procurement may award contracts for public projects up to the maximum dollar amounts set forth in Public Contract Code § 22032(b) by informal procedures, with a list of contractors developed and maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions in that code and other criteria promulgated by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission. In such case, a notice inviting informal bids shall be mailed to all contractors on the County's list of qualified contractors for the category of work being bid or to all construction trade journals as specified by the Commission or to both the listed contractors and trade journals. The Director of Procurement may also notify additional contractors and/or construction trade journals. It is understood, however, that if the list does not contain contractors qualified for the category of work to be bid, the notice inviting informal bids shall be sent only to construction trade journals specified by the Commission. It is further understood that if the project or service can only be provided by a certain contractor or contractors, or is a proprietary product or service, the notice inviting informal bids may be sent exclusively to such contractor or contractors.

(b) If the project expense is the same or less than the amount specified in Public Contract Code § 22032(a), it may be performed by County employees by force account, by negotiated contract or by purchase order.

(c) If the project expense exceeds the amount specified in Public Contract Code § 22032(b), the project will let to contract by formal bidding procedure pursuant to Public Contract Code § 22037 and will be awarded by the Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. 300.644, § 2, 1-9-01; Ord. No. NS-300.652, § 4, 6-26-01)

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