Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of this code, or Part 3 (commencing with Section 20100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, the County of Los Angeles or the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communication System Authority may solicit proposals and enter into agreements with private entities for the delivery of a regional interoperable communications system and all related infrastructure to be used by public safety agencies and emergency responders located in the County of Los Angeles, including, but not limited to, the studying, planning, design, developing, and financing of the system, the delivery and installation of equipment, the architectural and engineering design of the improvements to real property, the construction of the
improvements to real property, and the maintenance, rebuilding, repair, or operation, or any combination thereof, pertaining to that regional interoperable communications system. The solicitation process shall ensure that the contractor is selected in compliance with a “procurement by competitive proposals” process as described in Section 24.36 of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations.