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5.10.090 Use of Alternative Contracting Methods.

City Code Section
  1. A. In accordance with ORS 279C.335(2), the LCRB exempts the following classes of public improvement contracts from the competitive bidding requirement of ORS 279C.335(1):
    1. 1. The City may use a job order contracting method to award a contract for asphalt paving, repair and concrete projects estimated to cost between $5,000 and $1 million that limits the pool of contractors to those meeting the criteria as established by the State of Oregon’s Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID) as COBID-certified businesses.
    2. 2. The City may use a job order contracting method to award a contract for alterations projects estimated to cost between $5,000 and $1 million including renovation, rehabilitation, repair and maintenance, and smaller scale new construction for clearing deferred maintenance backlog, performing emergency work, and renovating facilities, with time periods generally within 90 to 180 calendar days. The classes of work included in this exemption include:
      1. a. Tenant improvements and remodeling;
      2. b. Roofing; and
      3. c. HVAC.
    3. 3. The City may use a job order contracting method to award a contract for civil construction and building alteration projects estimated between $5,000 and $1million and include concrete work, paving, street improvements, ADA ramps, building renovation, rehabilitation, repair and maintenance, and smaller scale new construction for clearing deferred maintenance backlog, performing emergency work, and renovating facilities, with time periods generally within 90 to 180 calendar days. The classes of work included in this exemption include:
      1. a. Civil construction; and
      2. b. Tenant improvements and remodeling.

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