Bill Text: CA SB304 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Monterey-Salinas Transit District: public contracting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 107, Statutes of 2023. [SB304 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB304-Chaptered.html
Senate Bill
No. 304
CHAPTER 107
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 106057 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
[
Approved by
Governor
July 21, 2023.
Filed with
Secretary of State
July 21, 2023.
]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 304, Laird.
Monterey-Salinas Transit District: public contracting.
Existing law creates the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to include all of the County of Monterey, with specified powers and duties related to public transit service. Existing law requires the district to award contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of $100,000 to the lowest responsible bidder, or to the responsible bidder that provides the best value, as provided. Existing law requires the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, as provided, that permit prices and terms to be compared, whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds $2,500 but does not exceed $100,000.
This bill would increase to $150,000 the monetary threshold for contracts above which the district is required to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, or to the
responsible bidder that provides the best value, as provided. The bill would also require the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, as provided, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase instead exceeds $5,000 but does not exceed $150,000. The bill would also, until January 1, 2030, apply those rules concerning monetary thresholds for contracts to contracts for the purchase of services, excluding services related to certain public construction projects and architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, or construction project management services. To the extent these provisions impose new duties on the
district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 106057 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:106057.
(a) The purchase of all services, supplies, equipment, and materials, when the expenditure required exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), shall, by contract, be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or, in the district’s discretion, to the responsible bidder who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the district on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation. “Best value” means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirements described in the solicitation documents.(b) To the extent practicable, the district shall obtain a
minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), but does not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
(c) For purposes of this section, the term “services” shall not include construction of public projects, as defined in Section 22002 of the Public Contract Code, or those services described in Section 4525 of the Government Code.
(d) This section shall
remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2.
Section 106057 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:106057.
(a) The purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, when the expenditure required exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), shall, by contract, be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or, in the district’s discretion, to the responsible bidder who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the district on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation. “Best value” means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirements described in the solicitation documents.(b) To the extent practicable, the
district shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), but does not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2030.
