Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: job order contracting.

Existing law creates the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services and the operation of public transit in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law authorizes the authority to make contracts, enter into stipulations, and use a Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for public transit projects. This bill would authorize the authority to enter into job order contracts, defined as indefinite-quantity contracts for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, with the lowest responsible and responsive bidders. The bill would prohibit the authority from entering into a job order contract for, among other things, work that is protected by a collective bargaining agreement and a single job order contract from exceeding $5,000,000 in its first term and, if extended or renewed, from exceeding $10,000,000 over the maximum of 2 extended terms, as specified. If the authority acts pursuant to that authorization, the bill would require the authority to report on its use of job order contracting, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2028.