SB 5221 - DIGEST

     Authorizes public bodies to 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.