State facilities: alternative project delivery methods.

Existing law establishes procedures governing design-bid-build methods of procurement, but permits the Director of General Services, when authorized by the Legislature, to use the design-build procurement process for state office facilities, other buildings, structures, and related facilities. Existing law further requires the director, prior to contracting for the procurement of state office facilities and other state buildings and structures, to prepare a program setting forth the scope of the project and to establish a competitive prequalification process, as provided. This bill would authorize the Director of General Services to undertake public works of improvement by using the job order contract, as prescribed. The bill would authorize the director, whenever a public works appropriation is made, to determine if a job order contract is appropriate for that project. The bill would require the department to follow specified criteria for those contracts and would set forth the applicable labor and contracting standards, including payment procedures, delivery methods, and remedies in case of default.