(a) The maximum total dollar amount that may be awarded under a single job order contract shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the initial contract term of the job order contract. No single job order may exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000).

(b) Job order contracts may be executed for an initial contract term of no more than 12 months and may be extended or renewed for two subsequent annual terms and a maximum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) over the subsequent two terms of the contract.

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Terms Used In California Public Contract Code 20386.5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Job order: means a firm, fixed priced, lump-sum order issued by the school district to a job order contractor for a definite project scope of work as compiled from the unit price catalog to be performed pursuant to a job order contract. See California Public Contract Code 20919.21
  • Job order contract: means a contract, awarded to a most qualified bidder as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 20919. See California Public Contract Code 20919.21

(c) Work shall not be split or separated into smaller job orders for the purpose of evading the cost limitation provisions of this article.

(d) Dollar amounts specified in this section may be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 87, Sec. 1. (AB 499) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 20389.)