Bill Text: CA SB959 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: University of California: contracts: bidding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2016-11-30 - Last day to consider Governor's veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5. [SB959 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB959-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 959 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 30, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 15, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 31, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lara
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez)
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 10507.7 of, and to add
Section 10507.6 to, the Public Contract Code, relating to public
contracts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 959, Lara. University of California: contracts: bidding.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that
the University of California constitutes a public trust and require
the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of
California (regents), a corporation in the form of a board, with
full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative
control only for specified purposes, including any competitive
bidding procedures as may be applicable to the university by statute
for the letting of construction contracts, sales of real property,
and purchasing of materials, goods, and services. Existing law
requires the regents, except as provided, to let all contracts
involving an expenditure of $100,000 or more annually for goods and
materials or services, excepting personal or professional services,
to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or
to reject all bids. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, also
authorizes the bid evaluation and selection for these contracts to be
determined by the best value, as defined.
This bill, beginning January 1, 2018, would require a bidder, to
qualify as a lowest responsible bidder or best value awardee on
contracts for specified services, among other requirements, to
certify in writing to the University of California (UC) that the bid
includes a total employee compensation package that is valued on a
per-employee basis at a level sufficient that it does not materially
undercut the average per-employee value of total compensation for UC
employees who perform comparable work at the relevant campus, medical
center, or laboratory at which the bidder proposes to perform the
work. The bill would require the UC to include in its request for
proposals a calculation of the average per-employee value of total
compensation for UC employees who perform comparable work at the
relevant location, as prescribed. The bill would, for these purposes,
require contracts for services involving an expenditure of $100,000
or more annually to include any renewals or extensions of the
contract that would result in an expenditure of $100,000 or more
annually.
This bill would exclude specified employees and public works from
these provisions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(a) It is a matter of statewide concern that responsible
competitive bidding at the University of California become more
transparent than it is at present, in order that illegal and abusive
employment practices by contractors can be prevented and, if not
prevented, then brought to light and eliminated, with all victims of
wage theft made whole for their employers' violations.
(b) It is a matter of statewide concern that responsible
competitive bidding at the University of California not undercut the
wages and benefits provided by the University of California for
comparable work, given that a significant percentage of University of
California employees already are eligible for public benefits and
any material decrease in the compensation of employees performing
such work would result in materially increased General Fund costs for
the provision of benefits.
(c) It is a matter of statewide concern that the University of
California not repeat past instances in which public resources have
been squandered via contracting out to for-profit private contractors
that charge significant administrative overhead.
(d) In amending the Public Contract Code to promote responsible
contracting at the University of California, it is important to delay
the amendments' effective date until January 1, 2018, in order to
afford adequate preparatory time to the university and to contractors
intending to bid on university contracts, as well as to lessen the
cost of the amendments' requirements by delaying their effect until
after the university's $15 per hour minimum wage for contracted
employees is fully in effect.
SEC. 2. Section 10507.6 is added to the Public Contract Code, to
read:
10507.6. (a) For the purposes of this article, to qualify as a
lowest responsible bidder or best value awardee on any contract for
building maintenance, cleaning or custodial services, call center
services, dining and food services, gardening, grounds keeping and
plant nursery services, laborer services, mail room services,
parking, shuttle bus, or transportation services, security services,
storekeeper services, truck driving services, patient care technical
employee services, patient billing services, medical transcribing
services, patient escort services, or nursing assistant services a
bidder shall satisfy the requirements set forth in this section.
(b) (1) A bidder shall certify in writing to the University of
California that the bid includes a total employee compensation
package, including fringe benefits, that is valued on a per-employee
basis at a level sufficient that it does not undercut by more than 5
percent the average per-employee value of total compensation,
including fringe benefits, for employees of the University of
California who perform comparable work at the relevant campus,
medical center, or laboratory at which the bidder proposes to perform
the work.
(2) The University of California shall implement this section by
including in its request for proposals a calculation of the average
per-employee value of total compensation, including fringe benefits,
for employees of the University of California who perform comparable
work at the relevant campus, medical center, or laboratory, and that
calculation shall use all known cost escalators to project the future
rate of growth of average per-employee total compensation costs.
(c) A bidder shall certify in writing to the University of
California that, within the prior five years, the bidder has not been
found liable for any violation of Section 484 of the Penal Code,
Sections 200 through 558, inclusive, 1197.5, or 2810.5 of the Labor
Code, or any wage order issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission,
in any amount totaling more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or
0.3 percent of the bidder's most recent annual gross revenue,
whichever is less.
(d) All records provided by a bidder or contractor to the
university pursuant to this section shall be disclosed to any member
of the public making a request to the university under Section 6253
of the Government Code, provided that (1) the university shall redact
those portions of such records containing confidential information
within the meaning of subdivision (c) of Section 6254 of the
Government Code, and (2) the university, in responding to any request
made during the course of a bid process that is not yet complete,
shall delay until after the bid process is complete before disclosing
any records containing materials submitted by a bidder.
(e) The requirements of this section shall not apply to employees
covered by Section 1191.5 of the Labor Code or subdivision (c) of
Section 214 of Title 29 of the United States Code. Any employees
covered by Section 1191.5 of the Labor Code or subdivision (c) of
Section 214 of Title 29 of the United States Code shall be omitted
from any and all certifications and disclosures required by this
article.
(f) This section does not apply to any work subject to Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor
Code.
(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2018.
SEC. 3. Section 10507.7 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
10507.7. (a) Except as provided for in this article, the Regents
of the University of California shall let all contracts involving an
expenditure of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
annually for goods and materials to be sold to the University of
California to the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications,
or else reject all bids. Contracts for services to be performed,
other than personal or professional services, involving an
expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more
annually shall be made or entered into with the lowest responsible
bidder meeting specifications, or else all bids shall be rejected. If
the regents deem it to be for the best interest of the university,
the regents may, on the refusal or failure of the successful bidder
for materials, goods, or services to execute a tendered contract,
award it to the second lowest responsible bidder meeting
specifications. If the second lowest responsible bidder fails or
refuses to execute the contract, the regents may likewise award it to
the third lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before, deletes or extends that date.
SEC. 4. Section 10507.7 is added to the Public Contract Code, to
read:
10507.7. (a) Except as provided for in this article, the Regents
of the University of California shall let all contracts involving an
expenditure of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
annually for goods and materials to be sold to the University of
California to the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications,
or else reject all bids. Contracts for services to be performed,
other than personal or professional services, involving an
expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more
annually shall be made or entered into with the lowest responsible
bidder meeting specifications, or else all bids shall be rejected. If
the regents deem it to be for the best interest of the university,
the regents may, on the refusal or failure of the successful bidder
for materials, goods, or services to execute a tendered contract,
award it to the second lowest responsible bidder meeting
specifications. If the second lowest responsible bidder fails or
refuses to execute the contract, the regents may likewise award it to
the third lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications.
(b) For the purposes of this section, contracts for services
involving an expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
or more annually shall include any renewal or extension of an
existing contract if the renewal or extension involves an expenditure
of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more annually.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
