SECTIONS 20550-20557 - California Statutes

PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE

SECTION 20550-20557

20550. The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by a
boulevard district, as provided for in Part 2 (commencing with
Section 26000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code.

20551. The commission shall, pursuant to an order entered in its
minutes, advertise for bids for the construction of the boulevard,
either as a whole or in sections as it may see fit, in accordance
with the plan theretofore adopted and filed, by publishing a notice
calling for bids at least once a week for two successive weeks in a
weekly newspaper published within the district if there is such a
newspaper published therein, otherwise in a newspaper published at
the county seat of the county in which the district is located. The
notice shall refer to the order and plan for further particulars. If
the commission elects to receive separate bids for the construction
of sections of the boulevard, the order shall describe the sections
for which separate bids are desired.
The commission may advertise at the same time and in the same
notice both for bids for the construction of the boulevard as a whole
and for bids for the construction of separate sections.

20551.5. All bids for construction work shall be presented under
sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms
of bidder's security:
(a) Cash.
(b) A cashier's check made payable to the district.
(c) A certified check made payable to the district.
(d) A bidder's bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made
payable to the district.
Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an
unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time,
but in no event shall that security be held by the district beyond
60 days from the time the award is made.

20552. Every contract for the construction of the boulevard or for
any section, if it is to be constructed in sections, shall be let,
after advertisement, to the lowest responsible bidder, or the
commission shall reject all bids for the construction of the
boulevard or for any section and may readvertise for bids for doing
the work in the same manner and for the same time as bids were
originally called for.

20553. Before the making of any contract the bidder shall give a
bond to the district for the faithful performance of his contract,
which shall be signed by the bidder and sureties satisfactory to the
commission in an amount equal to at least 50 percent of the amount of
the contract price.

20554. The contract shall be executed on behalf of the district by
the commission, subject to approval or rejection by the electors of
the district, expressed at an election called for the purpose of
issuing bonds for the payment of the contract. If the electors fail
to approve the bond issue, the contract shall be void and the
commission shall immediately return the bond to the contractor.

20555. If the cost of any construction work on the boulevard does
not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) the commission may make
contracts therefor without advertisement or it may do the work
without letting any contract.

20556. The commission may do any or all maintenance or repair work
upon the boulevard, either with or without contract, and with or
without advertising for bids for contracts unless the cost of the
work exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), in which event it shall
only be done under contract after advertising for bids in the same
manner as provided for advertising for bids and letting contracts for
construction work.

20557. The commission may hire all necessary engineers, inspectors
and superintendents to supervise the performance of contracts entered
into by the commission, or to have charge of doing all work done
without contract.