A. The public works department shall maintain a list of qualified contractors, identified according to categories or work. The list shall be developed and maintained in accordance with criteria established for such lists by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission and in accordance with the provisions of California Public Contract Code Section 22034;

B. Each contractor on the list for the category of work being bid, and/or the current California construction trade journals for this area specified by the Commission to receive mailed notices of all informal construction contracts being bid for work in San Mateo County, as determined by the department of public works, shall be mailed a notice inviting informal bids unless the product or services are proprietary;

C. All mailings of notices to contractors and construction trade journals, as determined above, shall be completed not less than ten calendar days before bids would be due pursuant to the notice;

D. Each notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general terms, state how to obtain more detailed information about the project, and specify the time and place for submission of bids; and

E. Each informal bid shall be reviewed and approved by the director of public works. (Ord. 595 § 1 (Exh. A (part)), 2012)