Section 20168.5 Of Article 4. Cities From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
20168.5
. In any city that has agreed to permit the transfer of
prisoners or parole violators under Section 2910 or 2910.5 of the
Penal Code, or of wards under Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, the city council may contract for the construction
or expansion of facilities to be used for that purpose without the
formality of obtaining bids, adopting plans and specifications, or
complying with other requirements of this article, except as required
by this section. The person to whom the contract is awarded shall
execute a bond for faithful performance. The award of the contract
shall be made after a public hearing on the basis of a request for
proposals advertised in accordance with Section 6062 or 6062a of the
Government Code. The contract may be awarded only to a contractor who
has responded to the request for proposals and who is licensed to do
the work in accordance with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000)
of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. The contract
shall be upon terms which the city council determines are necessary
for the expeditious completion of the work. A contract shall not be
entered into unless at least three proposals to do the work have been
evaluated by a competitive process established by the city council
and the lowest bid is selected.