Authority to award job order contract for minor construction on existing public work; limitations; written policy required

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a public body may award a job order contract for minor construction performed on an existing public work. A job order contract must: (a) Be for a fixed period; (b) Provide for indefinite times of delivery and indefinite types of quantities of work; (c) Provide for the use of job orders; (d) Require a contractor to prepare and submit a proposal for each job order, which must include, without limitation, a proposed price for the job order, each construction task required to perform the job order, the unit price for each such task and the adjustment factor applicable to the performance of the task; and (e) Not be for work exclusive to one trade for which a license as a specialty contractor is required. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a public body may not award more than $25,000,000 annually in job order contracts. 3. If the total dollar amount of all job order contracts awarded by a public body in any 1 year is less than the maximum dollar amount of job order contracts allowed to be awarded for that year pursuant to subsection 2, the difference between those amounts may be added to the total dollar amount of job order contracts that a public body may award in the immediately following year. 4. A public body shall, after holding a public hearing on the matter, adopt a written policy for the assignment of job orders, which must include, without limitation, the procedure by which a job order will be issued.