California Public Contract Code § 20665.21

As used in this article: (a) “Adjustment factor” means the job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the community college district’s prices as published in the unit price catalog. (b) “Indefinite quantity” means one or more of the construction tasks listed in the unit price catalog. (c) “Job order” means a firm, fixed priced, lump-sum order issued by the school district to a job order contractor for a definite project scope of work as compiled from the unit price catalog to be performed pursuant to a job order contract. (d) “Job order contract” means a contract, awarded to a most qualified bidder as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 20665.24, between the community college district and a licensed, bonded, and general liability insured contractor in which the contractor agrees to a fixed period, fixed-unit price, and indefinite quantity contract that provides for the use of job orders for public works or maintenance projects. (e) “Job order contract technical specifications” means a book, published by the community college district, detailing the technical specifications with regard to quality of materials and workmanship to be used by the job order contractor in accomplishing the tasks listed in the unit price catalog. (f) “Job order contractor” means a licensed, bonded, and general liability insured contractor awarded a job order contract. (g) “Offer to perform work” means the job order contractor’s proposal for a specific job order. (h) “Plans and specifications” means the unit price catalog and the job order contract technical specifications. The scope of work to be performed with a job order contract is potentially, but not necessarily, all the tasks published in the unit price catalog. (i) “Project” means the specific requirements and work to be accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an individual job order. (j) “Project labor agreement” means an agreement that meets the requirements of Section 2500. (k) “Project scope of work” means the document and related drawings, specifications, and writings referenced therein which together set forth the specific requirements and work to be accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an individual job order. (l) “Proposal” means the job order contractor prepared document quoting those construction tasks listed in the unit price catalog that the job order contractor requires to complete the project scope of work, together with the appropriate quantities of each task. The pricing of each task shall be accomplished by multiplying the construction task unit price by the proposed quantity and the contractor’s competitively bid adjustment factor. The proposal shall also contain a schedule for the completion of a specific project scope of work as requested by the community college district. The proposal may also contain approved drawings, work schedule, permits, or other documentation as the community college district may require for a specific job order. The proposal shall be certified as contract compliant by a reviewer independent of the contractor. (m) “Public works” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. (n) “Public works project” has the same meaning as “public project,” as defined in Section 22002. (o) “Subcontractor” means any person, firm, or corporation, other than the employees of the job order contractor, who is bonded and general liability insured and who contracts to furnish labor, or labor and materials, at the worksite or in connection with a job order, whether directly or indirectly on behalf of the job order contractor. (p) “Community college district” means any community college district. (q) “Unit price catalog” means a book containing specific construction tasks and the unit prices to install or demolish that construction. The listed tasks shall be

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