The following procedures shall be followed for the selection of contractors to perform public projects by informal bidding procedures pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code, to wit:
A. 
The City Manager shall maintain a list of all qualified contractors, identified according to categories of work.
B. 
All contractors on the list for the category of work being bid and/or all construction trade journals specified in Section 22036 of the Public Contract Code shall be mailed a notice inviting informal bids unless the product or service is proprietary.
C. 
All mailing of notices to contractors and construction trade journals pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be completed not less than 10 calendar days before bids are due.
D. 
The notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general terms and how to obtain more detailed information about the project, and state the time and place for the submission of bids.
E. 
The City Council may delegate the authority to award informal contracts to the City Manager.
F. 
If all bids received are in excess of $100,000.00, the City Council may by passage of a resolution by a four-fifths vote, award the contract, at $110,000.00, or less, to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the City was reasonable.
Notice inviting formal bids pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 22032 of the Public Contract Code shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and distinctly describe the project. The notice shall be published at least 14 calendar days before the date of opening the bids in the Arcata Eye or the Eureka Times Standard, as the City Manager deems appropriate, both of which are newspapers of general circulation which are circulated in the jurisdiction of the City of Blue Lake, there being no newspaper of general circulation published within the jurisdiction of the City of Blue Lake. The notice inviting formal bids shall also be mailed to all construction trade journals specified in Section 22036 of the Public Contract Code. The notice shall be mailed at least 30 calendar days before the date of opening the bids. In addition to the notice required by this section, the City Manager may give other notice as he or she deems proper.
In its discretion, the City Council may reject any bids presented. If after the first invitation for bids all bids are rejected, the City Council shall state the reason for the rejection, and after reevaluating its cost estimates of the project, the City Council shall have the option of either of the following:
A. 
Abandoning the project or re-advertising for bids in the manner described by this chapter.
B. 
By passage of a resolution by a four-fifths vote of the City Council declaring that the project can be performed more economically by the employees of the City of Blue Lake, having the project done by force account without further complying with Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the California Public Contract Code (commencing with Section 22030), or the other sections of this chapter.
If a contract is awarded, it shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the City Council may accept the one it chooses.
A. 
If no bids are received through the formal or informal procedures, the project may be performed by employees of the City of Blue Lake by force account, or negotiated contract without further complying with Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the Public Contract Code (commencing with Section 22030).
B. 
The City Council of the City of Blue Lake shall adopt plans, specifications, and working details for all public projects of more than $100,000.00.
C. 
Any person may examine the plans, specifications, or working details, or all of these, adopted by the City Council for any project.
D. 
This chapter does not apply to the construction of any public building used for facilities of juvenile forestry camps or juvenile homes, ranches, or camps established under Article 15 (commencing with Section 880) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, if a major portion of the construction work is to be performed by wards of the juvenile court assigned to those camps, ranches, or homes.
E. 
Pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Government Code Section 22050, the City Council hereby delegates to the City Manager the authority to order any action pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of said Section 22050.
F. 
In the event of a conflict with any other ordinance, resolution, or regulation of the City of Blue Lake, or other provision of law relative to bidding procedures, this chapter shall apply to the City of Blue Lake.