Section 20919.20 Of Article 60.4. Job Order Contracting For School Districts From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 60.4.
20919.20
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article,
to demonstrate an alternative and optional procedure for bidding of
public works projects that is applicable only to school districts.
The Legislature has previously authorized the use of this alternative
and optional procedure only for the Los Angeles Unified School
District, which is using the procedure in conjunction with its
project stabilization agreement.
(b) Districts should be able to utilize cost-effective options for
the delivery of public works projects, in accordance with the
national trend, which include authorizations in California, to allow
public entities to utilize job order contracts as a project delivery
method.
(c) The benefits of a job order contract project delivery system
include accelerated completion of the projects, cost savings, and
reduction of construction contracting complexity for the unified
school district.
(d) The job order contracting approach should be used for the
purposes of reducing project cost and expediting project completion.
(e) The availability of job order contracting as a project
delivery method will not preclude the use of traditional methods of
project delivery if a traditional method results in higher cost
savings.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that job order contracts
be competitively bid and awarded to the bidders providing the most
qualified responsive bids. It is further the intent of the
Legislature that school districts use the job order contract process
pursuant to this article only if the school district has entered into
a project labor agreement that meets the requirements of Section
2500 for all its public works projects.