AB 1431, as amended, Gomez. Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting.
Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, authorizes job order contracting, as provided, by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), until Decemberbegin delete 1,end deletebegin insert 31,end insert 2020.
This bill would authorize job order contracting in a similar manner for school districts other than LAUSD until January 1, 2022. The bill would restrict job order contracting pursuant to the bill to school districts that have entered into a project labor agreement or agreements, as defined, that will apply to all public works in excess of $25,000 undertaken by the school district through at least December 31, 2021, regardless of what contracting procedure is used to award that work. The bill would require job order contractors to submit a questionnaire to the school district containing specified information verified under oath. By expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Article 60.4 (commencing with Section 20919.20)
2is added to Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract
3Code, to read:
4
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
8following:
9(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to
10demonstrate an alternative and optional procedure for bidding of
11public works projects that is applicable only to school districts
12other than the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Legislature
13has previously authorized the use of this alternative and optional
14procedure in Article 60.3 (commencing with Section 20219) only
15for the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is using the
16procedure in conjunction with its project stabilization agreement.
17(b) Districts should be able to utilize
cost-effective options for
18the delivery of public works projects, in accordance with the
19national trend, which include authorizations in California, to allow
20public entities to utilize job order contracts as a project delivery
21method.
22(c) The benefits of a job order contract project delivery system
23include accelerated completion of the projects, cost savings, and
24reduction of construction contracting complexity for the unified
25school district.
26(d) The job order contracting approach should be used for the
27purposes of reducing project cost and expediting project
28completion.
29(e) The Legislature is uncertain of the benefits and advantages
30of job order contracting for California school districts and therefore
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looks forward to the reports required by Section 20919.32 in order
2to fully and competently assess any further exemptions to the
3school contracting process.
4(f) The availability of job order contracting as a project delivery
5method will not preclude the use of traditional methods of project
6delivery if a traditional method results in higher cost savings.
7(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that job order contracts be
8competitively bid and awarded to the bidder providing the most
9qualified responsive bid. It is further the intent of the Legislature
10that school districts use the job order contract process pursuant to
11this article only if the school district has entered into a project
12labor agreement that meets the requirements of Section 2500 for
13all its public works
projects.
As used in this chapter:
15(a) “Adjustment factor” means the job order contractor’s
16competitively bid adjustment to the school district’s prices as
17published in the catalog of construction tasks.
18(b) “Catalog of construction tasks” means a book containing
19specific construction tasks and the unit prices to install or demolish
20that construction. The listed tasks shall be based on generally
21accepted industry standards and information, where available, for
22various items of work to be performed by the job order contractor.
23The prices shall include the cost of materials, labor, and equipment
24for performing the items of work. The
prices shall not include
25overhead and profit. All unit prices shall be developed using local
26prevailing wages.
27(c) “Indefinite quantity” means one or more of the construction
28tasks listed in the catalog of construction tasks.
29(d) “Job order” means a firm, fixed priced, lump-sum order
30issued by the school district to a job order contractor for a definite
31project scope of work as compiled from the catalog of construction
32tasks to be performed pursuant to a job order contract. No single
33job order may exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) in value.
34(e) “Job order contract” means a contract, awarded to the most
35qualified bidder as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)
36of Section 20919.24, between the school district
and a licensed,
37bonded, and general liability insured contractor in which the
38contractor agrees to a fixed period, fixed unit price, and indefinite
39quantity contract that provides for the use of job orders for public
40works or maintenance projects.
P4 1(f) “Job order contract technical specifications” means a book,
2published by the school district, detailing the technical
3specifications with regard to quality of materials and workmanship
4to be used by the job order contractor in accomplishing the tasks
5listed in the catalog of construction tasks.
6(g) “Job order contractor” means a licensed, bonded, and general
7liability insured contractor awarded a job order contract.
8(h) “Offer to perform work” means the job order contractor’s
9proposal
for a specific job order.
10(i) “Plans and specifications” means the catalog of construction
11tasks and the job order contract technical specifications. The scope
12of work to be performed with a job order contract is potentially,
13but not necessarily, all the tasks published in the catalog of
14construction tasks.
15(j) “Project” means the specific requirements and work to be
16accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an
17individual job order.
18(k) “Project labor agreement” means an agreement that meets
19the requirements of Section 2500.
20(l) “Project scope of work” means the document and related
21drawings, specifications, and writings referenced therein
which
22together set forth the specific requirements and work to be
23accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an
24individual job order.
25(m) “Proposal” means the job order contractor prepared
26document quoting those construction tasks listed in the catalog of
27
construction tasks that the job order contractor requires to complete
28the project scope of work, together with the appropriate quantities
29of each task. The pricing of each task shall be accomplished by
30multiplying the construction task unit price by the proposed
31quantity and the contractor’s competitively bid adjustment factor.
32The proposal shall also contain a schedule for the completion of
33a specific project scope of work as requested by the school district.
34The proposal may also contain approved drawings, work schedule,
35permits, or other documentation as the school district may require
36for a specific job order.
37(n) “Public works” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1
38(commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the
39Labor Code.
P5 1(o) “Public works
project” has the same meaning as “public
2project,” as defined in Section 22002.
3(p) “Subcontractor” means any person, firm, or corporation,
4other than the employees of the job order contractor, who is bonded
5and general liability insured and who contracts to furnish labor,
6or labor and materials, at the worksite or in connection with a job
7order, whether directly or indirectly on behalf of the job order
8contractor.
9(q) “School district” means any school district other than the
10Los Angeles Unified School District.
Nothing in this article or in this code shall prohibit
12the school district from utilizing job order contracting, as an
13alternative to any contracting procedures that the school district
14is otherwise authorized or required by law to use.
(a) The school district may utilize job order
16contracting pursuant to this article only if the school district has
17entered into a project labor agreement or agreements that will apply
18to all public works in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars
19($25,000) undertaken by the school district through at least
20December 31, 2021, regardless of what contracting procedure is
21used to award that work.
22(b) The school district shall prepare an execution plan for all
23modernization projects that may be eligible for job order
24contracting pursuant to this article. The school district shall select
25from that plan a sufficient number of projects to be initiated as job
26order
contracts during each calendar year and shall determine for
27each selected project that job order contracting will reduce the
28total cost of that project. Job order contracting shall not be used if
29the school district finds that it will increase the total cost of the
30project.
Bidding for job order contracts shall progress as
32follows:
33(a) (1) The school district shall prepare a set of documents for
34each job order contract. The documents shall include a catalog of
35construction tasks and preestablished unit prices, job order contract
36technical specifications, and any other information deemed
37necessary to describe adequately the school district’s needs.
38(2) Any architect, engineer, or consultant retained by the school
39district to assist in the development of the job order contract
P6 1documents shall not be eligible to participate in the preparation of
2a bid with any job order
contractor.
3(b) Based on the documents prepared under subdivision (a), the
4school district shall prepare a request for bid that invites
5prequalified job order contractors to submit competitive sealed
6bids in the manner prescribed by the school district.
7(1) (A) The prequalified job order contractors, as determined
8by the school district, shall bid one or more adjustment factors to
9the unit prices listed in the catalog of construction tasks based on
10the job order contract technical specifications. Awards shall be
11made to the prequalified bidder that the school district determines
12to be the most qualified based upon preestablished criteria made
13by the school district. The prequalified bidder must be in
14compliance with the school district’s project labor
agreement.
15(B) Compliance shall constitute no more than three major
16violations on any school district projects within the last three years.
17If a contractor has more than three violations within a three-year
18period of time, the school district shall seek administrative review
19of the violations. Violations will include, but are not limited to,
20the following:
21(i) Failure to register core workers with the appropriate building
22trade union.
23(ii) Failure to assign apprentices in accordance with Section
241777.5 of the Labor Code.
25(iii) Failure to comply with subdivision (c) of Section 20919.25.
26(iv) Incorrect assignment of work in accordance with the school
27district’s project labor agreement.
28(2) The school district may award multiple job order contracts.
29Each job order contract shall be awarded to the most qualified
30prequalified bidder described in paragraph (1).
31(3) The request for bids may encourage the participation of local
32construction firms and the use of local subcontractors.
33(c) (1) The school district shall establish a procedure to
34prequalify job order contractors using a standard questionnaire
35that includes, at a minimum, the issues covered by the standardized
36questionnaire and model guidelines for rating bidders developed
37by the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant
to subdivision
38(a) of Section 20101. This questionnaire shall require information
39including, but not limited to, all of the following:
P7 1(A) If the job order contractor is a partnership, limited
2partnership, or other association, a listing of all of the partners or
3association members known at the time of bid submission who
4will participate in the job order contract.
5(B) Evidence that the members of the job order contractor have
6the capacity to complete projects of similar size, scope, or
7complexity, and that proposed key personnel have sufficient
8experience and training to competently manage the construction
9of the project, as well as a financial statement that assures the
10school district that the job order contractor has the capacity to
11complete the project.
12(C) The licenses, registration, and credentials required to
13perform construction, including, but not limited to, information
14on the revocation or suspension of any license, credential, or
15registration.
16(D) Evidence that establishes that the job order contractor has
17the capacity to obtain all required payment and performance
18bonding and liability insurance.
19(E) Information concerning workers’ compensation experience
20history, worker safety programs, and apprenticeship programs.
21(i) An acceptable safety record as determined by the school
22district. In its determination, the school district shall consider, but
23is not required to find, a contractor’s safety record as
acceptable
24if its experience modification rate for the most recent three-year
25period is an average of 1.00 or less, and its average total recordable
26injury/illness rate and average lost work rate for the most recent
27three-year period do not exceed the applicable statistical standards
28for its business category or if the contractor is a party to an
29alternative dispute resolution system as provided for in Section
303201.5 of the Labor Code.
31(ii) Skilled labor force availability as determined by the
32existence of an agreement with a registered apprenticeship program,
33approved by the California Apprenticeship Council, that has
34graduated apprentices in each of the preceding five years. This
35graduation training for any craft that was first deemed by the
36Department of Labor and the Department of Industrial Relations
37to be an apprenticeable
craft within the five years prior to the
38effective date of this article.
39(F) A full disclosure regarding all of the following that are
40applicable:
P8 1(i) Any serious or willful violation of Part 1 (commencing with
2Section 6300) of Division 5 of the Labor Code or the federal
3Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-596),
4settled against any member of the job order contractor.
5(ii) Any debarment, disqualification, or removal from a federal,
6state, or local government public works project.
7(iii) Any instance where the job order contractor, or its owners,
8officers, or managing employees submitted a bid on a public works
9project and were found to be
nonresponsive, or were found by an
10awarding body not to be a responsible bidder.
11(iv) Any instance where the job order contractor, or its owners,
12officers, or managing employees defaulted on a construction
13contract.
14(v) Any violations of the Contractors’ State License Law
15(Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the
16Business and Professions Code), excluding alleged violations of
17federal or state law regarding the payment of wages, benefits,
18apprenticeship requirements, or personal income tax withholding,
19or of Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) withholding
20requirements settled against any member of the job order
21
contractor.
22(vi) Any bankruptcy or receivership of any member of the job
23order contractor, including, but not limited to, information
24concerning any work completed by a surety.
25(vii) Any settled adverse claims, disputes, or lawsuits between
26the owner of a public works project and any member of the job
27order contractor during the five years preceding submission of a
28bid under this article, in which the claim, settlement, or judgment
29exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Information shall also
30be provided concerning any work completed by a surety during
31this period.
32(G) In the case of a partnership or any association that is not a
33legal entity, a copy of the agreement creating the partnership or
34association
and specifying that all partners or association members
35agree to be fully liable for the performance under the job order
36contract.
37(2) The information required under this subdivision shall be
38verified under oath by the entity and its members in the manner
39in which civil pleadings in civil actions are verified. Information
40that is not a public record under the California Public Records Act
P9 1(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of
2Title 1 of the Government Code) shall not be open to public
3inspection.
(a) The maximum total dollar amount that may be
5awarded under a single job order contract shall not exceed five
6million dollars ($5,000,000) in the first term of the job order
7contract and, if extended or renewed, ten million dollars
8($10,000,000) over the maximum two terms of the job order
9contract adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the
10California Consumer Price Index.
11(b) Job order contracts may be executed for an initial contract
12term of no more than 12 months, with the option of extending or
13renewing the job order contract for two 12-month periods. The
14term of the job order contract shall be for the contract term or
15whenever the maximum
value of the contract is achieved,
16whichever is less. All extensions or renewals shall be priced as
17provided in the request for bids. The extension or renewal shall
18be mutually agreed to by the school district and the job order
19contractor.
20(c) The school district may issue job orders to the job order
21contractor that has been awarded the job order contract. The job
22order issued to the job order contractor shall not commence for
23seven days from the time the job order was issued and the job order
24contractor shall provide a minimum of seven days notice for the
25addition of any subcontractor or substitution of any subcontractor
26as described in subdivision (e) of Section 20919.26. The job order
27shall be based on a project scope of work prepared by the school
28district as well as a proposal from the job order contractor who is
29awarded the job order
contract. No single job order may exceed
30one million dollars ($1,000,000).
31(d) It is unlawful to split or separate into smaller job orders any
32project for the purpose of evading the cost limitation provisions
33of this chapter.
34(e) All work performed under the job order contract shall be
35covered by a projectbegin delete stabilizationend deletebegin insert laborend insert agreement.
36(f) Any change or alteration to a job order shall be in compliance
37with Section 20118.4.
(a) All work bid under the job order shall comply
39with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 and is
P10 1subject to all of the penalties and provisions set forth in that
2chapter.
3(b) For purposes of this article, if the primary job order
4contractor chooses to use subcontractors, the primary job order
5contractor is required to verify that the subcontractors possess the
6appropriate licenses and credentials required to perform
7construction.
8(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the primary job order
9contractor may use subcontractors that are not listed at the time
10the job order is issued if the
work to be performed under that job
11order is less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
12(d) If the primary job order contractor chooses to use a
13subcontractor that is not listed at the time of bid to perform work
14on a job order, both of the following apply:
15(1) The primary job order contractor shall provide public notice
16of the availability of work to be subcontracted by trade. The public
17notice shall include the scope of work; the project location; the
18name, address, and the telephone number of the primary job order
19contractor; and the closing date, time, and location for sealed bids
20to be submitted.
21(2) The primary job order contractor shall take sealed bids from
22the subcontractors solicited for the proposal. These bids
shall be
23publicly opened at a prescribed time and place by the primary job
24order contractor. After the bids are opened, the job order contractor
25shall notify the school district which subcontractor was selected.
26(3) The notification shall include every subcontractor for all
27tiers and must establish the authorized subcontractor list for the
28job order. Work shall not commence prior to seven days notice of
29the established subcontractor list and the subsequent addition of
30any subcontractor to the job order.
31(4) The notification shall identify the scope of the work to be
32performed by each subcontractor to the job order, broken down
33by craft. If a subcontractor performs multiple crafts, the job order
34contractor shall identify the work of each craft to be performed.
35(e) If the primary job order contractor chooses to make a
36substitution to the subcontractor list, the primary job order
37contractor shall provide a minimum of seven days’ notice to the
38school district along with justification as to the need for the
39substitution. The school district may request a hearing to evaluate
P11 1the substitution request, which shall be in accordance with Chapter
24 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1.
3(f) If the school district determines that there has been a violation
4of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1, including
5bid shopping by the primary job order contractor, the school district
6may terminate the job order or the contractor may lose
7authorization to proceed with awarded work subject to the school
8district’s administrative due process review,
if such review is
9established pursuant to the school district’s project labor agreement.
10If the school district determines that a job order contractor has
11violated any provision set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with
12Section 4100) of Part 1, the school district may declare the
13contractor ineligible for future job orders and may result in a loss
14of prequalification status for a period of time to be determined by
15the school district.
(a) A job order contract shall set forth in the general
17conditions of the job order contract the party or parties responsible
18for seeing that the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with
19Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor
20Code are complied with.
21(b) For purposes of job order contracting, prevailing wages
22when required to be paid shall apply to all work ordered under the
23job order contract regardless of thresholds set forth in Section
241771.5 of the Labor Code.
25(c) The job order contractor shall pay the prevailing wage in
26effect at the time the job order is issued by the
school district and
27all increases as published by the Department of Industrial Relations
28for the term of the job order contract, including all overtime,
29holiday, and shift provisions published by the Department of
30Industrial Relations.
31(d) The school district shall designate one individualbegin delete within its to act as a monitor to inspect job sites for
32labor compliance officeend delete
33labor compliance violations at the request of the designated labor
34representative in its project labor agreement.
A willful violation of Section 20919.26 occurs when
36the job order contractor or subcontractor knew or reasonably should
37have known of his or her obligations under the public works law
38and deliberately fails or refuses to comply with its provisions. The
39school district using job order contracting shall publish and
40distribute to the Labor Commissioner a list of all job order
P12 1contractors or subcontractors who violate this provision and the
2school district shall not award a job order contract or any future
3job orders under an existing job order contract to any contractor
4or subcontractor who violates this provision during the effective
5period of debarment of the contractor or subcontractor.
For purposes of employment of apprentices on job
7order contracts, when the individual job order involves more than
8thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or 20 working days, all general
9contractors or subcontractors shall at all times be in compliance
10with Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code and shall comply with the
11following:
12(a) Prior to commencing work on an individual job order, every
13contractor shall submit job order award information to an
14applicable apprenticeship program that can supply apprentices to
15the site of the job order. The information submitted shall include
16an estimate of the journeyman hours to be performed under the
17contract, the number of apprenticeships proposed to
be employed,
18and the approximate dates the apprentices would be employed. A
19copy of this information shall also be submitted to the awarding
20agency if requested by the awarding agency.
21(b) The ratio of work performed by apprentices to journeymen
22employed in a particular craft or trade on the job order may be no
23higher than the ratio stipulated in the apprenticeship standard under
24which the apprenticeship program operates where the job order
25contractor agrees to be bound by those standards but, except as
26otherwise provided in Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code, in no
27case shall the ratio be less than one hour of apprenticeship work
28for every five hours of journeyman work.
29(c) Every apprentice employed under the job order contract shall
30be paid the prevailing rate of per diem wages
for apprentices in
31the trade to which he or she is registered and shall be employed
32only at the work of the craft or trade to which he or she is
33registered.
34(d) Every apprentice employed under the job order contract
35shall be hired from the local joint labor management apprenticeship
36committee that has jurisdiction in the geographic area of the
37project.
A job order contractor or subcontractor that
39knowingly violates the provisions involving employment of
40apprentices shall forfeit as a civil penalty an amount not exceeding
P13 1one hundred dollars ($100) for each full calendar day of
2noncompliance. The amount of this penalty shall be based on
3consideration of whether the violation was a good faith mistake
4due to inadvertence. A contractor or subcontractor that knowingly
5commits a second or subsequent violation of the provisions
6involving employment of apprentices within a three-year period
7where the noncompliance results in apprenticeship training not
8being provided as required, shall forfeit as a civil penalty a sum
9of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each full calendar
10day of
noncompliance and shall not be awarded any further job
11orders under the job order contract and shall be precluded for a
12period of one year from bidding on any future job order contracts.
In order to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, the
14school district adopting job order contracting shall do all of the
15following:
16(a) Prepare for each individual job order developed under a job
17order contract an independent school district estimate. The estimate
18will be prepared prior to the receipt of the contractor’s offer to
19perform work and will be compared to the contractor’s proposed
20price to determine the reasonableness of that price before issuance
21of any job order. The basis for any adjustments to the school district
22estimate is to be documented. In the event that the contractor’s
23proposal for a given job order is found to be unreasonable, not cost
24effective, or undesirable,
the school district is under no obligation
25to issue the job order to the job order contractor, and may instead
26utilize any other available procurement procedures.
27(b) The school district shall not issue a job order until the job
28order has been reviewed and approved by at least two levels of
29management.
30(c) Once a job order has been issued, all documents pertaining
31to preparation and approval of the job order, including the
32independent school district estimate, shall be available for public
33review.
If the school district adopts the job order contracting
35process, the school district shall submit to the Office of Public
36School Construction in the Department of General Services, the
37Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic
38Development and Assembly Committee on Business, Professions
39and Consumer Protection, the Senate and Assembly Committees
40on Education, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee before
P14 1December 31, 2019, a report containing a description of each job
2order contract procured, and the work under each contract
3completed on or before June 30, 2019. The report shall be prepared
4by an independent third party and the school district shall pay for
5the cost of the report. The report shall include, but not be limited
6to,
all of the following information:
7(a) A listing of all projects completed under each job order
8contract.
9(b) The job order contractor that was awarded each contract.
10(c) The estimated and actual project costs.
11(d) The estimated procurement time savings.
12(e) A description of any written protests concerning any aspect
13of the solicitation, bid, proposal, or award of the job order contract,
14including, but not limited to, the resolution of the protests.
15(f) An assessment of the prequalification process and criteria.
16(g) A description of the labor force compliance program required
17under Section 20919.24, and an assessment of the impact on a
18project where compliance with that program is required.
19(h) Recommendations regarding the most appropriate uses for
20the job order contract process.
If, after 30 days from receipt of the invoice, a
22contract has not been paid, the contractor shall contact the
23designated school district employee to resolve payment. If the
24contact with the school district’s designee does not provide full
25payment within three business days, the contractor may request a
26special convening of the payment resolution committee.
27(a) The payment resolution committee shall be composed of a
28representative of the contractor, a representative from labor, a
29representative designated by the director of facilities within the
30school district, and a representative designated by the director of
31facilities support services within the school district.
32(b) After convening, the committee shall make its
33recommendation of payment within three business days.
It is the intent of the Legislature that a moratorium
35be placed on the enactment of any additional legislation authorizing
36school districts to use job order contracting until the Legislature
37has received the reports required by Sections 20919.12 and
3820919.32.
This article shall remain in effect only until January
31, 2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
4statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends
5that date.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
7Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
8the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
9district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
10infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
11for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
12the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
13the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
14Constitution.
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