2010 California Code
Public Contract Code
Article 123. Tulare County Flood Control District

21580.  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by
the Tulare County Flood Control District, as provided for in Chapter
1149 of the Statutes of 1969.



21581.  (a) Any improvement or unit of work when the cost according
to the estimate of the engineer will exceed five thousand dollars
($5,000), shall be done by contract and shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder or bidders in the manner provided in this article.
The board shall first determine whether the contract shall be let as
a single unit or shall be divided into severable parts, or both,
according to the best interests of the district. The board shall call
for bids and advertise the call by three insertions in a daily
newspaper of general circulation or by two insertions in a weekly
newspaper of general circulation printed in the district inviting
sealed proposals for the construction or performance of the
improvement or work before any contract is made. The call for bids
shall state whether the work is to be performed as a unit or shall be
divided into severable specific parts, or both, as stated in the
call. The board may let the work by single contract for the whole or
it may divide the work into severable parts by separate contracts, as
stated in the call, according to the best interests of the district.
The board shall require the successful bidder or bidders to file
with the board a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the board
conditioned upon the payment of their claims for labor and material,
the bond to contain the terms and conditions set forth in Title 15
(commencing with Section 3082) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil
Code and to be subject to the provisions of that title. The board
shall also have the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise
for new bids, or by a two-thirds vote may elect to undertake the work
by force account.
   (b) In the event no proposals are received pursuant to
advertisement, or the estimated cost of the work does not exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000), or the work consists of channel
protection, maintenance work, or emergency work, the board of
supervisors may, without advertising for bids, have the work done by
employees of the district, by day labor, under the direction of the
board, by contract, or by any combination of those methods. In case
of an emergency, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be
given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with
Section 22050).
   (c) The district may acquire in the open market without
advertising for bids, materials, equipment, and supplies for use in
any work or for any other purpose; provided, however, that materials
and supplies for use in any new construction work or improvement,
except work referred to in subdivision (b), may not be purchased if
the cost exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), without advertising
for bids and awarding the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.



21581.  (a) Any improvement or unit of work when the cost according
to the estimate of the engineer will exceed five thousand dollars
($5,000), shall be done by contract and shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder or bidders in the manner provided in this article.
The board shall first determine whether the contract shall be let as
a single unit or shall be divided into severable parts, or both,
according to the best interests of the district. The board shall call
for bids and advertise the call by three insertions in a daily
newspaper of general circulation or by two insertions in a weekly
newspaper of general circulation printed in the district inviting
sealed proposals for the construction or performance of the
improvement or work before any contract is made. The call for bids
shall state whether the work is to be performed as a unit or shall be
divided into severable specific parts, or both, as stated in the
call. The board may let the work by single contract for the whole or
it may divide the work into severable parts by separate contracts, as
stated in the call, according to the best interests of the district.
The board shall require the successful bidder or bidders to file
with the board a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the board
conditioned upon the payment of their claims for labor and material,
the bond to contain the terms and conditions set forth in Title 3
(commencing with Section 9000) of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil
Code and to be subject to the provisions of that title. The board
shall also have the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise
for new bids, or by a two-thirds vote may elect to undertake the work
by force account.
   (b) In the event no proposals are received pursuant to
advertisement, or the estimated cost of the work does not exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000), or the work consists of channel
protection, maintenance work, or emergency work, the board of
supervisors may, without advertising for bids, have the work done by
employees of the district, by day labor, under the direction of the
board, by contract, or by any combination of those methods. In case
of an emergency, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be
given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with
Section 22050).
   (c) The district may acquire in the open market without
advertising for bids, materials, equipment, and supplies for use in
any work or for any other purpose; provided, however, that materials
and supplies for use in any new construction work or improvement,
except work referred to in subdivision (b), may not be purchased if
the cost exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), without advertising
for bids and awarding the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.