Section 10506.6 Of Article 1.5. Best Value Construction Contracting Pilot Program From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.1. >> Article 1.5.
10506.6
. The university shall proceed in accordance with the
following when awarding best value contracts under this article.
(a) The university shall prepare a solicitation for bids and give
notice pursuant to Section 10502.
(b) The university shall establish a procedure to prequalify
bidders. The information required pursuant to this section shall be
verified under oath by the bidder in the manner in which civil
pleadings in civil actions are verified. Information submitted by the
bidder as part of the evaluation process shall not be open to public
inspection to the extent that information is exempt from disclosure
under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).
(c) Each solicitation for bids shall do all of the following:
(1) Invite prequalified bidders to submit sealed bids in the
manner prescribed by this article.
(2) Include a section identifying and describing the following:
(A) Criteria that the university will consider in evaluating the
qualifications of the bidders.
(B) The methodology and rating or weighting system that will be
used by the university in evaluating bids.
(C) The relative importance or weight assigned to the criteria for
evaluating the qualifications of bidders identified in the request
for bids.
(d) Final evaluation of the best value contractor shall be done in
a manner that prevents cost or price information from being revealed
to the committee evaluating the qualifications of the bidders prior
to completion and announcement of that committee's decision.