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ADMINISTRATION - Administrative Services Director Dava Kohlman
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Requested Action(s)
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a) ORDINANCE NO. 2136 - Request adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 4.24 of the Tehama County Code to provide informal bidding procedures under the Uniform Public Construction Cost Account Act (Section 22000, et. Seq. of the Public Contract Code)
1) Waive the second reading
2) Adopt the Ordinance
b) RESOLUTION - Request adoption of a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tehama in the matter of Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Procedures
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Financial Impact:
There will be staff time necessary to implement the new procedures and accounting standards; however, this will be greatly offset by the staff time saved with the reduction of bid packets necessary to prepare for the formal bid process.
Background Information:
For public projects under the Public Contract Code (PCC), small counties are required to use informal bidding for projects four thousand dollars ($4,000) or more and formal bidding for projects ten thousand ($10,000) or more, unless the project can use the Job Order Contracting process. However, there is an alternate procedure that is set forth in the Public Contract Code, known as the Unform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA), which may be voluntarily adopted by local agencies.
Under the Act:
* Projects $60,000 or less may be done by negotiated contract, purchase order or by the County's own staff (force account);
* Projects over $60,000 but less than $200,000 may use informal bidding procedures as set forth in the act;
* Projects over $200,000 must use formal, sealed bidding procedures.
**** Note: These limits are expected to increase in the future pursuant to PCC 22020.
For lower-cost projects, adoption of this alternate bidding procedure will reduce the administrative burden of the formal bid process due to the ability to use a more streamlined bidding process. This...
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