Laws and Regulations, California Codes
Public Contract Code, Division 2, Part 1

• 1100: "Public entity," as used in this part, means the state, county, city, city and county, district, pub...
• 1100.7: This code is the basis of contracts between most public entities in this state and their contractors...
• 1101: "Public works contract," as used in this part, means an agreement for the erection, construction, al...
• 1102: "Emergency," as used in this code, means a sudden, unexpected occurrence that poses a clear and immi...
• 1103: "Responsible bidder," as used in this part, means a bidder who has demonstrated the attribute of tru...
• 1104: No local public entity, charter city, or charter county shall require a bidder to assume responsibil...
• 1600: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, counties, a city and county, and state agencies may ente...
• 1601: (a) Any public entity may adopt methods and procedures to do any of the following: (1) Receive bids ...
• 2000: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring a local agency to award contracts to the lo...
• 2001: (a) Any local agency, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 2000, that requires that contracts be...
• 2002: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring a local agency to award contracts to the lo...
• 2050: It is the intent of the Legislature that any awarding department shall accept for purposes of public...
• 2051: As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Awarding department" means any state ...
• 2052: (a) All awarding departments and local agencies shall accept a certification by any participating st...
• 2053: (a) A participating state or local agency shall certify a business enterprise as a minority or women...
• 2054: (a) The department shall develop and make available to all awarding departments and local agencies a...
• 2055: A participating state or local agency may challenge the certification of a business enterprise made ...
• 2056: (a) The department shall establish and administer a computerized databank containing a list of certi...
• 2057: This chapter shall not apply to any professional services contract subject to Chapter 6 (commencing ...
• 2200: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Iran Contracting Act of 2010.
• 2201: The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In imposing United States sancti...
• 2202: As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Awarding body" means a department, bo...
• 2202.5: For purposes of this chapter, a person engages in investment activities in Iran if any of the follow...
• 2203: (a) (1) A person that, at the time of bid or proposal for a new contract or renewal of an existing c...
• 2204: (a) A public entity shall require a person that submits a bid or proposal to, or otherwise proposes ...
• 2205: (a) If the local public entity, or the Department of General Services in the case of state contracts...
• 2206: This act shall occupy the field with regard to all public contracts for goods or services with a per...
• 2207: The Legislature shall submit to the Attorney General of the United States a written notice describin...
• 2208: (a) If any one or more provisions, sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of ...
• 2500: (a) A public entity may use, enter into, or require contractors to enter into, a project labor agree...
• 2501: The members of the governing board of a local public entity may choose by majority vote whether to u...
• 2502: If a charter provision, initiative, or ordinance of a charter city prohibits the governing board's c...
• 3000: For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Architect" means...
• 3002: (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 3400 and subdivision (a) of Section 10129, for any ro...
• 3004: Specifications for any roof project shall be designed to promote competition.
• 3006: (a) (1) An architect, engineer, or roofing consultant who provides professional services related to ...
• 3008: (a) To report bid rigging involving local government agencies and employees, including, but not limi...
• 3010: This article shall not apply to a school district operating in accordance with Section 20113 or a co...
• 3300: (a) Any public entity, as defined in Section 1100, the University of California, and the California ...
• 3400: (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of this section to encourage contractor...
• 3410: Any public entity, as defined in Section 1100, including any school district or community college di...
• 4100: This chapter may be cited as the "Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act."
• 4101: The Legislature finds that the practices of bid shopping and bid peddling in connection with the con...
• 4103: Nothing in this chapter limits or diminishes any rights or remedies, either legal or equitable, whic...
• 4104: Any officer, department, board or commission taking bids for the construction of any public work or ...
• 4104.5: (a) The officer, department, board, or commission taking bids for construction of any public work or...
• 4105: Circumvention by a general contractor who bids as a prime contractor of the requirement under Sectio...
• 4106: If a prime contractor fails to specify a subcontractor or if a prime contractor specifies more than ...
• 4107: A prime contractor whose bid is accepted may not: (a) Substitute a person as subcontractor in place ...
• 4107.2: No subcontractor listed by a prime contractor under Section 4104 as furnishing and installing carpet...
• 4107.5: The prime contractor as a condition to assert a claim of inadvertent clerical error in the listing o...
• 4107.7: If a contractor who enters into a contract with a public entity for investigation, removal or remedi...
• 4108: (a) It shall be the responsibility of each subcontractor submitting bids to a prime contractor to b...
• 4109: Subletting or subcontracting of any portion of the work in excess of one-half of 1 percent of the pr...
• 4110: A prime contractor violating any of the provisions of this chapter violates his or her contract and ...
• 4111: Violation of this chapter by a licensee under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3...
• 4112: The failure on the part of a contractor to comply with any provision of this chapter does not consti...
• 4113: As used in this chapter, the word "subcontractor" shall mean a contractor, within the meaning of the...
• 4114: The county board of supervisors, when it is the awarding authority, may delegate its functions under...
• 5100: (a) "Public entity" means the state, Regents of the University of California, a county, city and cou...
• 5101: (a) A bidder shall not be relieved of the bid unless by consent of the awarding authority nor shall ...
• 5102: The complaint shall be filed, and summons served on the director of the department or the chief of t...
• 5103: The bidder shall establish to the satisfaction of the court that: (a) A mistake was made. (b) He or ...
• 5104: Other than the notice to the public entity, no claim is required to be filed before bringing the act...
• 5105: A bidder who claims a mistake or who forfeits his or her bid security shall be prohibited from parti...
• 5106: If the public entity deems it is for its best interest, it may, on refusal or failure of the success...
• 5107: In all actions brought under the provisions of this chapter, all courts wherein such actions are or ...
• 5110: (a) When a project for the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any structure, buildi...
• 6100: (a) Any state agency or department, as defined in Section 10357, which is subject to this code, shal...
• 6101: No state agency or department, as defined in Section 10357, that is subject to this code, shall awar...
• 6106: (a) Any state agency or department, which is subject to this code, shall follow this section in nego...
• 6106.5: (a) "State agency," as used in this section, means those departments defined in Section 10106 of the...
• 6107: (a) As used in this section, "California company" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, joint ve...
• 6108: (a) (1) Every contract entered into by any state agency for the procurement or laundering of apparel...
• 6109: (a) A public entity, as defined in Section 1100, may not permit a contractor or subcontractor who is...
• 6610: Notice inviting formal bids for projects by a public agency that include a requirement for any type ...
• 6611: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of General Services may, relative to ...
• 6615: For all state contracts, and, to the extent feasible, all federally funded contracts awarded pursuan...
• 6800: The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: The design-build method of procureme...
• 6801: For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Best value" means a value determ...
• 6802: (a) Subject to the limitations of this chapter, a local transportation entity, if authorized by the ...
• 6803: (a) Only 15 design-build projects shall be authorized under this chapter. The projects selected shal...
• 6804: (a) For contracts for public works projects awarded prior to the effective date of the regulations a...
• 6805: The procurement process for the design-build projects shall progress as follows: (a) The transportat...
• 6806: (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance bonds for the project in the form ...
• 6807: (a) The transportation entity, in each design-build request for proposals, may identify specific typ...
• 6808: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for a project authorized under subdivision ...
• 6809: Nothing in this chapter affects, expands, alters, or limits any rights or remedies otherwise availab...
• 6811: (a) Not later than June 30 of each year after the design-build contract is awarded, the awarding tra...
• 6812: The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is...
• 6813: This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unl...
• 7100: Provisions in public works contracts with public entities which provide that acceptance of a payment...
• 7101: The state or any other public entity in any public works contract awarded to the lowest bidder, may ...
• 7102: Contract provisions in construction contracts of public agencies and subcontracts thereunder which l...
• 7103: (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a contract by a state entity, as defined in subdiv...
• 7103.5: (a) As used in this section: (1) "Public works contract" means a contract awarded through competitiv...
• 7104: Any public works contract of a local public entity which involves digging trenches or other excavati...
• 7105: (a) Construction contracts of public agencies shall not require the contractor to be responsible for...
• 7106: Every bid on every public works contract of a public entity shall include a declaration under penalt...
• 7107: (a) This section is applicable with respect to all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 199...
• 7108: Any contract of a public entity to provide train service shall require compliance with the personnel...
• 7109: (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Antigraffiti technology" means landscaping, paint, or other c...
• 7110: (a) It is the policy of this state that anyone who enters into a contract with a state agency shall ...
• 7200: (a) (1) This section shall apply with respect to all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 1...
• 7201: (a) (1) This section shall apply with respect to all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2...
• 7202: (a) The Department of Transportation is prohibited from withholding retention proceeds when making p...
• 9201: (a) A public entity shall have full authority to compromise or otherwise settle any claim relating t...
• 9203: (a) Payment on any contract with a local agency for the creation, construction, alteration, repair, ...