1. A general description of the item(s) or service(s) to be purchased, or the public work to be constructed or improved;

2. The location where bid blanks and specifications may be secured;

3. The time and place assigned for the opening of sealed bids;

4. The type and character of bidder’s security required, if any; and

5. The location and deadline for submission of bids.

1. For supplies, services and equipment, notices inviting bids shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of the city, with the first publication occurring at least ten calendar days before the date of opening the bids.

2. For construction projects below an amount specified by council resolution, notices inviting bids shall be mailed to a list of qualified contractors, identified according to categories of work, at least ten calendar days before the bids are due. The city engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining this list based on the criteria determined by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission (hereinafter referred to as Commission in this chapter). Notices shall also be mailed within ten calendar days before the bids are due to all construction trade journals as required by the Commission. If the city does not have a list of qualified contractors for the particular type of work to be performed, notices inviting bids will only be sent to the construction trade journals as required by the Commission. If the product or service is proprietary in nature and can only be obtained from a certain contractor or contractors, notices inviting bids will only be mailed to such contractor or contractors.

3. For construction projects above an amount specified by council resolution, notices inviting bids distinctly describing the project be published at least once in the official newspaper of the city, with the first publication occurring at least fourteen calendar days before the date of opening the bids. Notices inviting bids distinctly describing the project shall also be mailed at least thirty calendar days before the date of opening bids to all construction trade journals as required by the Commission.

4. The city may also give such other notice as it deems appropriate.