HB 1788 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Provides that public bodies may use a job order contract for public works projects when: (1) A public body has made a determination that the use of job order contracts will benefit the public by providing an effective means of reducing the total lead-time and cost for public works projects or repair required at public facilities through the use of unit price books and work orders by eliminating time-consuming, costly aspects of the traditional public works process, which require separate contracting actions for each small project;

(2) The work order to be issued for a particular project does not exceed two hundred thousand dollars;

 (3) Less than twenty percent of the dollar value of the work order consists of items of work not contained in the unit price book; and

(4) At least eighty percent of the job order contract must be subcontracted to entities other than the job order contractor.