Self-Support:

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Choose a Delivery Method:

Collaborative-Design-Build

This delivery method is a hybrid of the CMAR and DB. In the Phase 1 agreement, the owner and Design-Builder collaborate to develop a set of Design-Build documents and a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) based on those documents and a Phase 2 Design-Build agreement as a product of the scope and GMP developed in Phase 1.

Construction Manager At Risk

This delivery method requires a construction manager (CM) to provide preconstruction services (Phase 1) for the design and a separate construction contract (Phase 2) to deliver the project. The design team develops the construction documents with the information provided by the owner and the CM at Phase 1. The CM commits to a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) developed throughout Phase 1.

Design-Bid-Build-Major

This is the traditional method of project delivery. It involves three phases: a linear design, bidding and construction. Construction documents are developed first by a design entity. Documents are competitively bid and the project is awarded to the contractor with the lowest price who is qualified, responsive and responsible.

Design-Bid-Build-Minor

Design-Build

For this delivery method, the owner awards a single agreement for design and construction after selecting a project solution through a best value project competition.

TOCA Collaborative Design-Build

This construction contract procurement method is used for performing multiple projects as individual tasks under a single master enabling agreement. Each task can be executed as either a Construction Manager at Risk (CM TOCA) or a Collaborative Design-Build (CDB TOCA) delivery method.

TOCA Construction Manager at Risk

This delivery method is used for performing multiple projects as individual tasks under a single master enabling agreement (MEA). Each task can be executed as either a Construction Manager at Risk (CM TOCA) or a Collaborative Design-Build (CDB TOCA) delivery.

Job Order Contracts

This construction procurement uses an annual contract with a prequalified contractor to accomplish minor capital outlay maintenance, repair or improvement projects by utilizing a construction task catalog for pricing. Design services are typically separate from the JOC contract.

Construction Manager At Risk Steps

E3. Construction Payments

Payment Request Processing and Penalty

Description: Construction Contractor Payment Requests shall be paid in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 10853. From the date a valid and complete pay request is received, the state has 39 calendar days to process the check or pay interest at the legal rate provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 685.010.

Untimely payments are a source of contractor complaint and claims and may lead to non-performance. Payment requests should be prioritized and processed quickly, to not push the statute penalty limit.

If the Construction Administrator has an issue with the payment request, either resolve it immediately or send it back with notification. Do not delay processing!

Public Contract Code Section 10853 stipulates that any payment request found not to be suitable shall be returned no later than seven days following receipt, accompanied by a document stating why the payment request is not proper.

In the event that payment to contractor is late, the basic formula for payment of the interest is as follows: (amount of payment * 10%) / 365 = amount of penalty per day. The penalty starts on the 40th day. The contractor does not have to bill for it. It is Trustees’ responsibility to pay the penalty.

The CSU is not subject to the Prompt Pay Act (Government Code Section 927 et seq.), which requires state agencies to calculate and pay late penalties to vendors who do not pay their invoices within a specified period of time.

References:

SUAM Sections 9803, 9805 & 9834
Construction Management Procedures Manual - Section 21: Pay Requests
Public Contract Code Section 10853: Code of Civil Procedure, Section 685.010

Forms & Templates:

Stop Payment Notices

Description:

Who May File a Stop Payment Notice: Except for the original contractor, anyone or any business entity performing labor upon or bestowing skill or other necessary services on, or furnishing materials or leasing equipment on the project; laborers, which includes a labor group or union. Assignees of stop payment notice claimants may not file.

Filing of Stop Payment Notice: When the Construction Administrator receives a Stop Payment Notice, s/he shall determine that the stop payment notice claimant is either a first-tier or listed subcontractor or has on file the claimant's submitted 20-day preliminary notice, which is required for second-tier subcontractors and suppliers. The Construction Administrator then sends a letter to the general contractor with a copy to the claimant advising the general contractor that such action has transpired and informs them that 125 percent of the stop payment notice value shall be retained until the matter is resolved.

File a copy of the preliminary notice, if not a listed subcontractor, with a copy of the stop payment notice letter and original stop notice. Keep the envelope in which stop payment notice is transmitted in order to defend the date of transmission.

Affidavit and Demand for Release: The general contractor may file an Affidavit and Demand for Release, which serves to challenge the validity of the stop payment notice. Once an Affidavit and Demand for Release is received, the Construction Administrator must transmit this to the filer of the stop payment notice using the Affidavit and Demand for Release letter, which advises them that they have 15 calendar days to file a counter affidavit, or the stop payment notice will be deemed invalid.

Counter Affidavit: If the subcontractor files a timely counter affidavit, transmit it to the general contractor using a letter of Counter Affidavit, advising the general contractor that we will continue to honor the stop payment notice.

Release of Stop Payment Notice: Once the dispute that generated the stop payment notice has been resolved, the Construction Administrator should receive a stop payment notice release, which will then end the matter. When a stop payment notice has been unconditionally released or bonded around, send an acknowledging letter to the contractor with a copy to the claimant.

Release of Retention Funds: If the time expires on a stop payment notice by the subcontractor failing to file suit 120 days from recordation of the Notice of Completion, the contractor may bill for the stop payment notice retainage, and the Construction Administrator will process it for payment.

Be careful in releasing the retainage too hastily. A stop notice action may be served elsewhere on the campus or to General Counsel and may meet the deadline without the Construction Administrator’s knowledge. If the Construction Administrator should release retainage and a short time later find an action was commenced in a timely manner, request Accounting to put a stop on the payment.

Prior to approving the final payment to the contractor, the Construction Administrator must check to see that all stop payment notices are satisfied, either by an unconditional release or by bonding around, or the time limit for initiating an action has expired.

Continue to hold stop payment notice amounts until released, bonded or the limitation time runs out. The release must be unconditional or a bond must be posted in amount of 125 percent of the face value. Once the CSU accepts the bond to release a stop payment notice, the CSU cannot relinquish possession of this bond at the contractor’s request. The bond remains in the CSU’s possession until the stop payment notice is released.

Within 90 days following the expiration of the lien period, 30 days after the recordation date of the Notice of Completion, the stop payment notice claimant must either resolve the issue with the contractor or file a lawsuit. If neither of these are done after a total of 120 days after the recordation date of the Notice of Completion, then the CSU must release the money withheld to the contractor. If funds are held from payment due, the Construction Administrator may direct the contractor to process a payment request in the release letter.

Late Stop Notices: If the stop payment notice is filed later than the 30-day period following the Notice of Completion recordation date, the request is too late and shall not be honored. The 30-day period must be carefully calculated. A stop payment notice mailed on the 30th day is acceptable, since statutes do not say it must be received within 30 days.

Records Management: Maintain a stop notice log of all stop payment notices, including amounts held, releases, etc. This will be very helpful at the end of a project, when determining how much to hold in retention. File Stop Payment Notices, Affidavits, Counter Affidavits, Releases and any stop payment notice correspondence together for each claim. F

or those stop payment notices that were accompanied by a $10 check and a request for a copy of the recorded Notice of Completion, file the checks in the contract file where the Notice of Completion is placed, so that you will remember to send copies to these requestors. The checks should be deposited in the project account.