Document Citation: Cal Harb & Nav Code, Appx. § 36

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CALIFORNIA CODE ANNOTATED
HARBORS AND NAVIGATION CODE
APPENDIX
II. HUMBOLDT BAY HARBOR, RECREATION, AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Chapter 3. Harbor Commission
Article 2. Powers and Duties of the Board and of the District

Date:
08/31/2009

Document:
Cal Harb & Nav Code, Appx. § 36 (2010)

§ 36. Contract procedures; Emergency waiver provisions; Exceptions.

The district may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do work and make improvements. The work shall be done under the direction of its officers or employees in accordance with the following paragraph;

In the construction or reconstruction of public buildings, streets, utilities and other public works, and in furnishing supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services for the same, when the expenditure therefor shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), the same shall be done by written contract, except as otherwise provided in this act, and the board, on the recommendation of the chief executive officer, shall let the same to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder, not less than 10 days after advertising for one day in the official newspaper of the district for sealed proposals for the work contemplated. All maintenance or repair projects where the cost of materials and labor exceeds three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) shall be let to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder. If the cost of the public contract work exceeds the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500), but is not in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000), the board may let the contract without advertising for bids, but not until the chief executive officer shall have secured competitive prices from contractors interested, which shall be taken under consideration by the board before the contract is let. The board may, however, upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer and by a vote of a majority of its members, order the performance of any such construction and reconstruction or repair work by appropriate district forces when the estimates submitted as part of the chief executive officer's recommendation indicate that the work can be done by the district forces more economically than if let by contract.

In case of a great public calamity, such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic or other disaster the board may, by resolution passed by a vote of a majority of its members, determine and declare that the public interest or necessity demands the immediate expenditure of district money to safeguard life, health or property, and thereupon they may proceed, without advertising for bids or receiving the same, to expend, or enter into a contract involving the expenditure of any sum required in such emergency, on hand in the district fund and available for such purpose. All contracts before execution shall be approved as to form and legality by the attorney for the district.

Contracts for consulting services shall be let only after submission of proposals and evaluation of the expertise, experience, and proposed price of the vendor. Contracts for consulting services not limited to a specific project shall not exceed one year in length.

The provisions of this section do not apply to any contract for architectural, engineering, legal, or auditing services.