File #: 2011-0078    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/14/2011 In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/28/2011
Enactment date: 3/11/2011 Enactment #: 17041
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to procurement procedures for public contracts; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.16.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett, Larry Phillips, Kathy Lambert, Reagan Dunn, Bob Ferguson, Joe McDermott, Pete von Reichbauer, Jane Hague, Julia Patterson
Indexes: Contracts
Code sections: 4.16 -
Attachments: 1. 17041.pdf, 2. 2011-0078 transmittal letter.doc, 3. 2011-0078 fiscal note.xls, 4. 2011-0078 Attachment 3 - RCW 39 04 155 Small Works Roster, 5. 2011-0078 Staff Report Procurement Small Works Roster
Drafter
Clerk 02/03/2011
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to procurement procedures for public contracts; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.16.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 4.16 a new section to read as follows:
A. There is hereby created a small works roster system, which shall operate as a uniform process to award contracts for public works contracts with an estimated cost of three hundred thousand dollars or less as an alternative to formal advertisement and competitive bidding, at the option of the manager on a project by project basis. The following procedures shall be followed in awarding all contracts using this roster system:
1. Individual rosters within the system shall be composed of all responsible contractors who have requested to be placed on the rosters and, where required by law, properly licensed to perform such work in this state;
2. Bids may be solicited from all appropriate contractors on the appropriate small works roster or the county may invite quotations from at least five contractors on an appropriate roster. The solicitation shall include a description of the nature and scope of work to be performed as well as the materials and equipment to be furnished. However, if the estimated cost of the work is from one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to three hundred thousand dollars, and the county chooses to solicit bids from less than all appropriate contractors on the appropriate small works roster list, then the county must notify the remaining contractors that bids are being solicited. The manager may select the method of notifying the remaining contractors in compliance with RCW 39.04.155, now and as hereafter amended;
3. Once a contractor on a roster has been offered an opportunity to submit a bid, that contractor shall not be offered another opportunity to submit a bid for any other contract using the same roster until all...

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