California Public Contract Code

§ 6821

PCC § 6821 Effective Jun 30, 2022Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 6.5

Statute text

(a)The department may utilize the design-build method of procurement for up to 10 projects, and an additional 6 projects per fiscal year in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 fiscal years, on the state highway system, based on either best value or lowest responsible bid.

(b)A regional transportation agency may utilize the design-build method of procurement to design and construct projects on or adjacent to the state highway system, including related nonhighway portions of the project, based on either best value or lowest responsible bid. A regional transportation agency and the department shall enter into a cooperative agreement reflecting the roles and responsibilities assigned by law for a project on or interfacing with the state highway system authorized under this subdivision. The cooperative agreement shall also include the requirement to develop a mutually agreed upon issue resolution process with a primary objective to ensure the project stays on schedule and issues between the parties are resolved in a timely manner.

(c)(1) A regional transportation agency may utilize the design-build method of procurement, based on either best value or lowest responsible bid, to design and construct projects on expressways that are not on the state highway system if the projects are developed in accordance with an expenditure plan approved by voters as of January 1, 2014.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 71, Sec. 7. (SB 198) Effective June 30, 2022. Repealed conditionally on or before January 1, 2034, pursuant to Section 6829.