CaliforniaPajaro flood agency may use new ways to award public works contracts
With its governing body’s approval, the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency may use additional ways to award public works contracts, with special rules for job order contracts.
What it does
With approval from its governing body, the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency may use several additional ways to award public works contracts, including job order contracting.
For repetitive repair and similar work, job order contracts must follow bid, cost-check, and labor rules, with limits on contract length and value. The agency must report on its use of this method.
Argument forThe agency could compare each repair job with its own cost estimate and choose another way to buy the work if a contractor’s price seems unreasonable.
Argument againstContract limits and labor agreement rules could reduce contractor choice or delay some repair work when the agency needs to use job order contracts.
More detail
The agency may use several ways to award public works contracts, including design-build, construction manager methods, best value, and job order contracting. This authority applies to contracts by the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency. The agency’s governing body must approve use of an alternative method. Contracts must be awarded for best value or to the lowest responsible bidder. This authority ends on January 1, 2035.
The agency must follow specific rules when it uses job order contracts for repetitive repair, remodeling, or other work priced by set tasks. These rules apply to the agency’s job order contracts and the work ordered under them. A job order contract may cover repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work, but not new construction. A contract’s initial term may last up to 24 months and may be extended up to four times for one year each. A single job order may not exceed $1 million, except for necessary change orders. The agency must have a project labor agreement covering the specified work before using this method. For contracts over $25,000, the contractor and subcontractors generally must commit to use a skilled and trained workforce for covered trades, unless the agreement already requires it. The agency must compare each contractor estimate with an independent estimate prepared beforehand. It may decline to issue the job order if the contractor’s estimate is unreasonable, not cost effective, or undesirable. If the agency uses job order contracting, it must send its report to the Legislature by January 1, 2030.
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History
- 2026
- Aug 31Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 176, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 31Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 21Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 17Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5488.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1055 Laird Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1055 Laird Senate Third Reading By Pellerin. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 5. Page 6148.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jul 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 1).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 23Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 22From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17).Major
- Jun 17
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Jun 3June 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- May 18Referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- May 7In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4167.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 5Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 4From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4014.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 8Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 13From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- Feb 12Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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