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Pub. Contract Code, § 20386.5 · Article 24.5. Job Order Contracting Procurement by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Pub. Contract Code, § 20386.5

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(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.

(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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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 Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 20389.

Source of truth

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Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PCC&sectionNum=20386.5.
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