County of Fresno - File #: 25-0647

• File #: 25-0647
• On agenda: 10/21/2025
• Final action: 10/21/2025
• Enactment #: Agreement No. 25-531, Agreement No. 25-532, Agreement No. 25-533, Agreement No. 25-534, Agreement No. 25-535
• Recommended Action(s): 1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Job Order Contracting Agreements with Ardent General, Inc., Aztec Consultants, Inc., Better Enterprises, Inc., Heritage General, and Newton Construction and Management, Inc. for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, effective upon execution, for a term of one year, with each Agreement total not to exceed $5,000,000 (4/5 vote); and 2. Approve and authorize the Director of the General Services Department, or their designee, to use annual Job Order Contracting Agreements for the implementation of the proposed projects described in Attachment A, or projects of a similar scope, with no increase to the maximum compensation.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/21/2025	Board of Supervisors	Consent Agenda be approved	Pass

DATE: October 21, 2025

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Raymond T. Hunter, Director, General Services Department

SUBJECT: Annual Agreements for Job Order Contracting Services

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Job Order Contracting Agreements with Ardent General, Inc., Aztec Consultants, Inc., Better Enterprises, Inc., Heritage General, and Newton Construction and Management, Inc. for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, effective upon execution, for a term of one year, with each Agreement total not to exceed $5,000,000 (4/5 vote); and

2. Approve and authorize the Director of the General Services Department, or their designee, to use annual Job Order Contracting Agreements for the implementation of the proposed projects described in Attachment A, or projects of a similar scope, with no increase to the maximum compensation.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the first recommended action will allow the County to enter into Job Order Contracting (JOC) Agreements with Ardent General, Inc. (Ardent), Aztec Consultants, Inc. (Aztec), Better Enterprises, Inc. (Better Enterprises), Heritage General, and Newton Construction and Management, Inc. (Newton) for the benefit of user departments, as needed. If approved by your Board, these projects will include repairs, remodeling and other repetitive work, such as general contracting, facility upgrades, plumbing, roofing, electrical and/or flooring for County-owned buildings and properties. If approved by your Board, the recommended JOC Agreements will expire one year from execution or when the maximum compensation under each Agreement is exhausted, whichever occurs first.

Approval of the second recommended action allows the Director of the General Services Department (GSD), or their designee, to, at their discretion, use the recommended JOC Agreements to accomplish...