Except as specified in this section, all terms will be as defined
by the
Public Contract Code as they relate to cities.
"Commission"
means the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting
Commission created by Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 2, Article 2 of
the California
Public Contract Code (commencing with Section 22010).
"Contract"
means all types of city agreements, regardless of what they
may be called, for the procurement of supplies, services, equipment,
or materials, including construction of public projects.
"Department"
means any agency, commission, board or department created
by the city which requires supplies, services, equipment, or materials
pursuant to this chapter and is empowered to expend public funds for
the acquisition of property.
"Direct contract"
means a contract which the city enters into without a competitive
process.
"Equipment"
means procured items which are maintained on inventory as
fixed assets. These items are durable and have a fixed, predetermined
life expectancy.
"Facility"
is defined as any plant, building, structure, ground facility,
utility system, subject to the limitation found in subsection 3 of
the definition for "Public project," real property, streets and highways,
or other public work improvement.
"Invitation for bids"
means the documents, including those attached or incorporated
by reference, utilized for soliciting bids.
"Local vendor"
means a person who regularly maintains a place of business
in Del Norte County and who also maintains a business license with
the city of Crescent City.
"Person"
means an individual, corporation, company, partnership, joint
venture or any other legal entity with the authority to contract with
the city.
"Piggyback contract"
means a contract entered into by means of placing a purchase
order against an existing contract of another public agency.
"Procurement"
means the buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or other acquisition
of supplies, equipment, or materials. It also includes the definition
of requirements (specifications), the selection and solicitation of
sources, the preparation and award of a contract, and the administration
of the contract.
"Professional services"
means services, other than services constituting public projects,
performed by specially trained persons or firms in a professional
occupation, including, but not limited to, services in connection
with financial, economic, accounting, auditing, architectural, engineering,
planning, legal, administrative, or other matters involving advanced
or specialized knowledge, expertise, or training gained by formal
studies.
"Public project"
is defined as any of the following:
1.
Construction, reconstruction, erection, renovation, improvement,
demolition, and repair work involving any city-owned, leased, or operated
facility;
2.
Painting or repainting of any city-owned, leased, or operated
facility;
3.
In the case of a city-owned utility system, "public project"
includes only the construction, erection, improvement, or repair of
dams, reservoirs, power plants, and electrical transmission lines
of two hundred thirty thousand volts and higher.
"Public project"
does not include "maintenance work," which term includes:
1.
Routine, recurring, and usual work for the preservation or protection
of any publicly owned or operated facility for its intended purposes;
3.
Resurfacing of streets and highways at less than one inch;
4.
Landscape maintenance, including mowing, watering, trimming,
pruning, planting, replacement of plants, and servicing of irrigation
and sprinkler systems; and
5.
Work performed to keep, operate, and maintain publicly owned
water, power, or waste disposal systems, including, but not limited
to, dams, reservoirs, power plants, and electrical transmission lines
of two hundred thirty thousand volts and higher.
"Purchase order"
means a legally binding document between the city and a vendor
that details the items the city agrees to purchase and the price of
those items.
"Responsible vendor or bidder"
means a person who has demonstrated the attribute of trustworthiness,
as well as quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily
perform the contract.
"Responsive vendor or bidder"
means a person who has submitted a quotation or bid which
conforms in all material respects to the requirements set forth in
the solicitation, request for proposals, or invitation for bids.
"Supplies"
means property, including, but not limited to, materials,
required to perform a department's functions. Supplies can be office
supplies or departmental supplies.
(Ord. 808 § 2, 2019)