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

• 10100: This chapter may be cited as the State Contract Act.
• 10101: (a) Contracts for the purchase of supplies or materials, which are purchased pursuant to Chapter 2 (...
• 10102: Improvements on the property of the state on the waterfront of the City and County of San Francisco ...
• 10103: Work done directly by any public utility company pursuant to order of the Public Utilities Commissio...
• 10103.5: Work performed by prisoners pursuant to an order by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections a...
• 10104: As used in this chapter, "mobilization" includes preparatory work and operations, including, but not...
• 10105: (a) As used in this chapter, "project" includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or i...
• 10106: For purposes of this chapter: (a) "Department" means any of the following: (1) The Department of Wat...
• 10107: Whenever provision is made by law for any project that is not under the jurisdiction of the Departme...
• 10108: Where the nature of the work in the opinion of the department is such that its services in connectio...
• 10108.5: (a) When the nature of the work by departments, boards, commissions, or conservancies within the Res...
• 10108.7: (a) The Department of Corrections shall provide in the general conditions under which bids will be r...
• 10108.8: The Department of Corrections, where feasible, shall enter into two or more procurement contracts fo...
• 10109: Any notice inviting bids on a project which specifies locations of possible materials, such as a bor...
• 10110: Where the nature of the work is historic restoration for the state park system, as determined jointl...
• 10111: Commencing January 1, 2007, the department shall make available a report on contracting activity con...
• 10111.2: A department shall, upon request from a contractor plan room service, provide an electronic copy of ...
• 10115: (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The essence of the American economi...
• 10115.1: As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) "Awarding department" means any state ...
• 10115.2: In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the awarding department shall consider the e...
• 10115.3: (a) The awarding department shall establish a method of monitoring adherence to the goals specified ...
• 10115.4: In implementing this article, the awarding department shall utilize existing resources such as the O...
• 10115.6: Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the failure of an awarding department to meet t...
• 10115.7: (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize any awarding department to discriminate ...
• 10115.8: If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i...
• 10115.9: A limited liability company may be certified as a disabled veteran business enterprise pursuant to t...
• 10115.10: (a) It shall be unlawful for a person or firm to: (1) Knowingly and with intent to defraud, fraudule...
• 10115.11: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, statewide participation goals for contracts...
• 10115.12: (a) Any awarding department taking bids in connection with the award of any contract shall provide i...
• 10115.13: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts awarded by any state agency, department, offic...
• 10115.15: (a) Notwithstanding Section 10115.2, when awarding contracts for materials, supplies, or equipment, ...
• 10120: Before entering into any contract for a project, the department shall prepare full, complete, and ac...
• 10121: The original draft or a certified copy of the plans, specifications, and estimates of cost shall be ...
• 10122: Work on all projects shall be done under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant ...
• 10122.5: For the purposes of Section 10122, all day labor utilized by the Department of Corrections and Rehab...
• 10122.6: Notwithstanding the project cost limit provided in Section 10105, work in excess of twenty-five thou...
• 10123: Contracts upon informal bids authorized under Section 10122 shall be let only to a holder of a valid...
• 10124: Bids may be received and contracts awarded on a unit basis, that is, the bids compared upon the basi...
• 10125: Except in unit basis contracts, contracts shall not be made exceeding in amount the estimates of cos...
• 10126: Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10125, the estimate of cost may be approved by the directo...
• 10127: The department may, with the approval of the State Public Works Board, receive bids for the construc...
• 10128: All contracts awarded under this part shall comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 1 (comm...
• 10129: (a) Notwithstanding Section 3400, no agency of the state charged with the letting of contracts for t...
• 10140: (a) Public notice of a project shall be given by publication once a week for at least two consecutiv...
• 10141: The notice shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids, describing i...
• 10160: The department may require from prospective bidders answers to questions contained in a standard for...
• 10161: The department may also require from prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, o...
• 10162: The department shall require from all prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, ...
• 10163: The department shall adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders, on the basis of the standar...
• 10164: In all state projects where federal funds are involved, no bid submitted shall be invalidated by the...
• 10165: The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and are not open to public inspec...
• 10166: The department shall furnish to each bidder a standard proposal form, which, when filled out and exe...
• 10167: All bids shall be presented under sealed cover and accompanied by one of the following forms of bidd...
• 10168: Whether or not bids are opened exactly at the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bi...
• 10169: Any bid may be withdrawn at any time prior to the time fixed in the public notice for the opening of...
• 10180: On the day named in the public notice, the department shall publicly open the sealed bids and award ...
• 10181: If the successful bidder fails to execute the contract, his bidder's security shall be forfeited to ...
• 10182: If the director deems it is for the best interests of the state, he may, on the refusal or failure o...
• 10183: The failure of the successful bidder to furnish any bond required of him by law, within the time fix...
• 10184: The bidders' security of the second and third lowest responsible bidders may be withheld until the c...
• 10185: If the director deems the acceptance of the lowest responsible bid or bids is not for the best inter...
• 10220: Every contract awarded under this part shall be submitted to the Attorney General or the attorney ap...
• 10221: Every contract shall provide for the filing of separate performance and payment bonds by the contrac...
• 10222: (a) Each bond shall equal at least one-half of the contract price, except as otherwise provided in S...
• 10223: The payment bond shall secure the payment of the claims of laborers, mechanics or materialmen employ...
• 10224: The performance bond shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract by the contractor.
• 10225: No payment shall be made upon the contract to the contractor or any assignee of the contractor until...
• 10226: Every contract shall contain a provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified porti...
• 10227: Every contract shall provide that the department may make changes in the plans and specifications pu...
• 10231: Every contract subject to this part shall contain a provision requiring each contractor to comply wi...
• 10232: Every contract shall contain a statement by which the contractor swears under penalty of perjury tha...
• 10240: The remedy for the resolution of claims arising under contracts made under the provisions of this ch...
• 10240.1: The claimant may initiate arbitration not later than 90 days after the date of service in person or ...
• 10240.2: A failure by the claimant to pursue diligently and exhaust, as to the claim, the required administra...
• 10240.3: Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator se...
• 10240.4: No decision made by a department shall be conclusive on any issue in the arbitration.
• 10240.5: (a) The Departments of General Services, Transportation, and Water Resources shall jointly adopt and...
• 10240.6: As used in this article, "claim" means a demand for monetary compensation or damages, arising under ...
• 10240.7: As used in this article, "Public Works Contract Arbitration Committee" means the committee created b...
• 10240.8: Unless the parties to the contract otherwise agree, the arbitration decision shall be decided under ...
• 10240.9: A party to the contract may join in the arbitration as a party, any supplier, subcontractor, design ...
• 10240.10: Nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing the parties to the contract, after the clai...
• 10240.11: Except as provided in this article and in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 10240.5, the p...
• 10240.12: A party may, within the applicable time periods and upon the grounds specified in this section and i...
• 10240.13: The cost of conducting the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties. The filing fee, witnes...
• 10245: There is hereby established the Public Works Contract Arbitration Committee, which shall consist of ...
• 10245.1: Each member appointed by the Governor shall serve for a term of four years, but shall continue in of...
• 10245.2: The committee may make recommendations to the departments respecting the arbitration practice and pr...
• 10245.3: The committee may establish standards and qualifications for the certification of arbitrators and ce...
• 10245.4: The Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide administrative services, facilities, and fiscal ...
• 10250: The department may increase or decrease quantities of work to be done under a unit basis contract du...
• 10251: The department may cause the insertion of provisions in any contract for the performance of such ext...
• 10252: The director may grant such extensions of time for completion as he deems for the best interests of ...
• 10253: If the director deems that a contractor has failed to supply an adequate working force, or material ...
• 10254: If the defaults are not remedied within the time specified in the notice, the contractor's control s...
• 10255: Upon such termination, the director may take possession of and use all or any part of the contractor...
• 10256: Such informal contracts may be awarded only after a proposal form has been prepared, a copy is serve...
• 10257: The provisions of this part, except as to prequalification, are not applicable to the award of infor...
• 10258: If the control of a contractor is terminated or he abandons the work, and the work is performed by d...
• 10259: On the completion of the contract, the original contractor is entitled to the return of all his unus...
• 10260: The notices required by this article may be served on the contractor or on his agent having charge o...
• 10261: (a) Payments upon contracts shall be made as the department prescribes upon estimates made and appro...
• 10261: (a) On and after January 1, 2016, payments upon contracts shall be made as the department prescribes...
• 10261.5: (a) Any state agency which fails to make any progress payment within 30 days after receipt of the pa...
• 10262: The contractor shall pay to his or her subcontractors, within seven days of receipt of each progress...
• 10262.3: To facilitate enforcement of Section 10262, the Department of General Services shall publish in the ...
• 10262.5: (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a prime contractor or subcontractor shall pay to any subcontracto...
• 10263: (a) Provisions shall be included in any invitation for bid and in any contract documents to permit t...
• 10264: (a) With the exception of projects over water requiring marine access, and which have a contract amo...
• 10265: A claim pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Governmen...
• 10280: Any officer or employee of the department who corruptly performs any official act to the injury of t...
• 10281: Any contractor or his agent or employee who corruptly permits the violation of any contract awarded ...
• 10282: Any subcontractor or agent or employee of any contractor or subcontractor, who has knowledge of any ...
• 10283: Such felonies are punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Pena...
• 10284: Such persons are also liable to the state for double the amount the state may have lost, or be liabl...
• 10285: The term "person," as used in this article, means any individual, partnership, joint venture, or ass...
• 10285.1: Any state agency may suspend, for a period of up to three years from the date of conviction, any per...
• 10285.2: Before suspending any person under this article, the state agency shall provide a hearing upon reaso...
• 10285.3: In the event that any state agency has suspended any person under this article, any other state agen...
• 10285.4: In the event that any state agency has suspended any person under this article, that agency may term...
• 10285.5: Nothing in this article shall require any state agency to contract with, or to permit the employment...
• 10286: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Taxpayer and Shareholder Protection A...
• 10286.1: (a) For purposes of this part, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a state age...
• 10290: As used in this chapter: (a) "Department" means the Department of General Services. (b) "Director" m...
• 10290.1: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in exercising their delegation of contracting author...
• 10290.3: (a) Notwithstanding the bidding provisions of this chapter, reverse auctions may be utilized for the...
• 10295: (a) All contracts entered into by any state agency for (1) the acquisition of goods or elementary sc...
• 10295.1: (a) A state department or agency shall not contract for the purchase of tangible personal property f...
• 10295.2: (a) No vehicle acquisition request, vehicle purchase order, or new contract shall be approved by the...
• 10295.3: (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state agency may enter into any contract for ...
• 10295.4: (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency shall not enter into any contract for the acquisit...
• 10295.5: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state agency shall acquire or utilize sand, grave...
• 10295.6: Sections 10295 and 10297 do not apply to any contract entered into by the Department of Water Resour...
• 10296: (a) Every contract entered into by any state agency for any purpose specified in subdivisions (a) to...
• 10297: The provisions of Section 10295 shall apply both to contracts awarded through competitive bidding an...
• 10298: (a) The director may consolidate the needs of multiple state agencies for goods, information technol...
• 10299: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may consolidate the needs of multiple s...
• 10299: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may consolidate the needs of multiple s...
• 10300: (a) A Customer and Supplier Advocate shall be established in the department as a resource to state a...
• 10301: Except in cases when the agency and the department agree that an article of a specified brand or tra...
• 10302: (a) Except in cases of emergency where immediate purchase of goods without bid is necessary for the ...
• 10302.5: All product specifications that the department or any other state agency prepares for goods for any ...
• 10302.6: Product specifications as prepared by the department or any other state agency shall not be written ...
• 10303: The department shall adopt, publish and apply uniform standards of rating bidders, on the basis of q...
• 10304: All bids shall be sealed and shall be publicly opened and read at the time set forth in the solicita...
• 10304.1: Notwithstanding Sections 10301, 10302, and 10304, the Department of Water Resources may award contra...
• 10305: After being opened the bids shall be available for public inspection and tabulations shall be comple...
• 10306: Whenever a contract or purchase order under this article is not to be awarded to the lowest bidder, ...
• 10307: The director shall establish statewide acquisition standards, the purpose of which shall be to ensur...
• 10308: Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, every acquisition of goods in excess of one hundred do...
• 10309: Except as provided in Sections 10332 and 10333, no state agency may acquire goods in the open market...
• 10310: Upon the request of the department, every state agency that is authorized by law to acquire goods sh...
• 10311: (a) An estimate or requisition approved by the state agency in control of the appropriation or fund ...
• 10312: Immediately upon the rendition of services or the delivery of goods, the disbursing officer shall tr...
• 10313: The director may make the services of the department under this article available, upon those terms ...
• 10314: Any contract for goods to be manufactured by the contractor specially for the state and not suitable...
• 10315: The department may rent, lease, construct, and maintain warehouses and make the rules and regulation...
• 10316: The department may insure in the name of the state any goods or merchandise belonging to the state w...
• 10317: Each person in the department who has personal supervision and control of any warehouse or storage d...
• 10318: No state agency or employee thereof shall draft or cause to be drafted, any specifications for bids,...
• 10319: To meet an emergency, goods of a perishable nature, in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars (...
• 10320: (a) The department shall annually prepare a delegation program for district agricultural association...
• 10320.5: (a) Commencing January 1, 1992, all state agencies subject to this chapter that enter into installme...
• 10321: (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that fairs are a valuable community resource and recogniz...
• 10322: Any person who supplies any state agency with livestock products derived from any of the animals enu...
• 10323: To assist the department and other state agencies in the enforcement of the provisions of Section 19...
• 10325: Each quarter, the department shall, upon request, provide each city, county, city and county, distri...
• 10326: In establishing bid specifications for the acquisition of motor vehicles and in determining the lowe...
• 10326.1: (a) A campus or a facility of a California Community College or a campus or a facility of the Califo...
• 10327: Except for motor vehicles described in Section 43805 of the Health and Safety Code, the provisions o...
• 10328: The bid requirements prescribed in this article are not applicable to contracts for the acquisition ...
• 10329: No person shall willfully split a single transaction into a series of transactions for the purpose o...
• 10330: On July 1 of each year, the department shall establish the minimum dollar level below which authorit...
• 10331: The department shall establish a program for delegating authority to acquire goods to state agencies...
• 10332: Any state agency that receives delegated authority to acquire goods shall be authorized, at a minimu...
• 10333: (a) The department shall delegate purchasing authority, as specified in Section 10332, to any state ...
• 10334: (a) No state employee shall acquire any goods from the state, unless the goods are offered to the ge...
• 10335: (a) This article shall apply to all contracts, including amendments, entered into by any state agenc...
• 10335.5: (a) "Consulting services contract," as used in this article, means services that do all of the follo...
• 10335.7: "State agency," as used in this article, means every state office, department, division, bureau, boa...
• 10336: The Department of Finance may establish those controls over approval of contracts by the department ...
• 10337: (a) The State Personnel Board may establish such standards and controls over approval of contracts b...
• 10339: (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10348, no state agency shall draft, or cause to be drafted,...
• 10340: (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), state agencies shall secure at least three competitive bi...
• 10341: Whenever a contract subject to the provisions of this article is awarded under a procedure which pro...
• 10342: After opening, all bids shall be available for public inspection.
• 10344: (a) Contracts subject to the provisions of this article may be awarded under a procedure that makes ...
• 10344.1: The Department of Personnel Administration, with respect to contracts it enters into for state emplo...
• 10345: (a) Whenever a contract is awarded under a procedure providing for competitive bidding, but the cont...
• 10346: Contracts may provide for progress payments to contractors for work performed or costs incurred in t...
• 10348: The department shall prescribe the following: (a) The conditions under which a contract may be award...
• 10348.5: Each state agency shall designate at least one currently existing person or position within the stat...
• 10349: The Department of Personnel Administration shall establish a program for training state agency contr...
• 10351: (a) The department shall exempt from its approval contracts under seventy-five thousand dollars ($75...
• 10352: (a) The department shall conduct a quality control review of the audit of the contracting program re...
• 10353: A contract in an amount in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) that is governed by the...
• 10353.5: (a) Any contract for legal services shall contain the following provisions: (1) The contractor shall...
• 10365.5: (a) No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has been awarded a consulting services contract may s...
• 10367: (a) Each contractor shall be advised in writing on the standard contract form that his or her perfor...
• 10369: (a) Each state agency shall conduct a post-evaluation, by completing the post-evaluation form, of ea...
• 10370: The evaluations and contractor responses on file with the state agencies and the department shall no...
• 10371: The following provisions shall apply to all consulting services contracts: (a) Each state agency sha...
• 10381: (a) The department shall ensure that all state agencies are kept fully informed of the department's ...
• 10383: The Department of General Services is hereby designated as the agency for the State of California re...
• 10383.1: The department shall cooperate with the federal government and its agencies in securing the expediti...
• 10383.2: The department may enter into cooperative agreements with, and may provide for utilization by, feder...
• 10383.3: The Director of General Services may create a committee to serve as an advisory body to the departme...
• 10383.4: The department shall develop a detailed state plan of operation in accordance with subdivision (j) o...
• 10383.5: The cash resources of the Surplus Property - Hardware Program from surplus-personal property transfe...
• 10383.6: The Department of General Services shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, off...
• 10383.7: All officers and employees of the State Department of Education as mutually agreed by the Department...
• 10383.8: The department may make all rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carryin...
• 10385: The department may purchase, lease or otherwise acquire from the federal government or any agency th...
• 10386: Any and all negotiations with the federal government or its agencies for or in connection with the p...
• 10387: The department shall do all of the following: (1) Keep in constant touch with federal agencies charg...
• 10388: Unless otherwise prescribed by the department, state agencies desiring to purchase or acquire federa...
• 10389: This article shall not apply to the Trustees of the California State University.
• 10389.1: The Department of General Services, if feasible and consistent with existing law, shall first offer ...
• 10389.2: (a) The department's policies and procedures regarding the disposition of state surplus computers, l...
• 10405: The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) "Department" means the State ...
• 10406: Every procuring agency shall continuously review and revise its procedures and specifications for th...
• 10407: Every procuring agency shall require that purchases of lubricating oil and industrial oil be made fr...
• 10408: (a) Every procuring agency shall establish and maintain an affirmative program for procuring oils co...
• 10409: Every local agency, as defined in Section 17518 of the Government Code, shall purchase lubricating o...
• 10410: No officer or employee in the state civil service or other appointed state official shall engage in ...
• 10411: (a) No retired, dismissed, separated, or formerly employed person of any state agency or department ...
• 10412: Each contractor who enters into a state contract with the state for ten thousand dollars ($10,000) o...
• 10420: Every contract or other transaction entered in violation of any provision of this chapter is void, u...
• 10421: The state, or any person acting on behalf of the state, may bring a civil action seeking a determina...
• 10422: Any officer or employee of the department who corruptly performs any official act under this chapter...
• 10423: Any person contracting with the state by oral or written contract who corruptly permits the violatio...
• 10424: Persons convicted under Section 10422 or 10423 are also liable to the state for double the amount th...
• 10425: Willful violation of any other provision of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor.
• 10426: (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to intentionally disclose proprietary information obtained in ...
• 10430: This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) The Regents of the University of California...
• 10470: As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Awarding department" means any ...
• 10471: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all contracts awarded pursuant to Section 2910 of the Pe...
• 10472: In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the awarding department shall consider the r...
• 10473: (a) Each awarding department shall establish a method for monitoring compliance with the minority bu...
• 10474: Commencing on January 1, 1989, and on January 1st of each year thereafter, each awarding department ...
• 10475: The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) On September 21, 2004, in addres...
• 10476: As used in this article, the following definition applies: "Scrutinized company" means a company in ...
• 10477: (a) A scrutinized company is ineligible to, and shall not, bid on or submit a proposal for a contrac...
• 10478: (a) A state agency shall require a company that submits a bid or proposal with respect to a contract...
• 10479: (a) If the Department of General Services determines that a company has submitted a false certificat...
• 10480: This act shall be repealed upon affirmative action of the Legislature. Provided, that in determining...
• 10481: (a) If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act...
• 10490: (a) A scrutinized company is ineligible to, and shall not, bid on or submit a proposal for a contrac...
• 10500: As used in this article, "project" includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or impro...
• 10500.5: It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate the participation of small businesses, particularl...
• 10501: Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Regents of the University of California shall let ...
• 10502: The Regents of the University of California shall give public notice of a project to bidders by publ...
• 10503: Before entering into any contract for a project, the Regents of the University of California shall c...
• 10504: Except as otherwise provided in Section 10504.5 or 10506, work on all projects shall be performed un...
• 10504.5: Where the nature of the work, in the opinion of the regents, is such that the application of all of ...
• 10505: (a) The Regents of the University of California may perform projects with university employees if th...
• 10506: The requirements of Sections 10501, 10502, and 10503 shall not be applicable to (1) any project of w...
• 10506.4: (a) This article provides for a pilot program for the Regents of the University of California for pr...
• 10506.5: For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) "Best value" means a procurement ...
• 10506.6: The university shall proceed in accordance with the following when awarding best value contracts und...
• 10506.7: Selection of the best value contractor shall be made as follows: (a) The university shall evaluate t...
• 10506.8: On or before January 1, 2016, the Regents of the University of California shall submit a report to t...
• 10506.9: This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unl...
• 10506.10: Except as otherwise provided in this article, this article is not intended to change in any manner a...
• 10507.5: It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the procurement of recycled paper products by the U...
• 10507.7: Except as provided for in this article, the Regents of the University of California shall let all co...
• 10508: The requirements of this article shall not be applicable when the regents determine that a brand or ...
• 10509: The Regents of the University of California shall prescribe methods of procurement for goods, materi...
• 10510: The requirements of this article shall not be applicable to the procurement of goods, materials, or ...
• 10510.4: For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) "Firm" means any individual, firm...
• 10510.5: (a) Selection by the University of California for professional services of private architectural, la...
• 10510.6: (a) The University of California shall follow this section in negotiating fees and executing a contr...
• 10510.7: (a) In the procurement of architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land s...
• 10510.8: (a) The university shall negotiate a contract with the best qualified firm for architectural, landsc...
• 10510.9: Any individual or firm proposing to provide construction project management services pursuant to thi...
• 10511: (a) (1) The Regents of the University of California shall give public notice to bidders of the sale ...
• 10512: (a) On the date designated in the public notice, the sealed bids shall be publicly opened. (b) (1) T...
• 10513: The publication and award procedures set forth in this article shall not be applicable to any of the...
• 10515: (a) No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has been awarded a consulting services contract may s...
• 10516: No officer or employee of the University of California shall engage in any employment, activity, or ...
• 10517: (a) No retired, dismissed, separated, or formerly employed person of the University of California em...
• 10518: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), each contractor who enters into a contract with...
• 10520: Every contract or other transaction entered in violation of any provision of this chapter is void, u...
• 10521: The University of California, or any person acting on behalf of the university, may bring a civil ac...
• 10522: Any officer or employee of the University of California who corruptly performs any official act unde...
• 10523: Any person contracting with the University of California by oral or written contract who corruptly p...
• 10524: Persons convicted under Section 10522 or 10523 are also liable to the University of California for d...
• 10525: Willful violation of any other provision of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor.
• 10526: Sections 10522, 10523, 10524, and 10525 of this article do not apply to violations of Article 2.5 (c...
• 10700: This chapter may be cited as the California State University Contract Law.
• 10701: As used in this chapter: (a) "Project" includes the erection, construction, alteration, painting, re...
• 10702: Contracts for the purchase of supplies or materials, which are purchased through the Department of G...
• 10703: Work done directly by any public utility company pursuant to order of the Public Utilities Commissio...
• 10704: The project shall be under the sole and direct control of the trustees, pursuant to the powers and r...
• 10705: (a) When, in the opinion of the trustees, the work does not require the application of all of the pr...
• 10706: The trustees and the Department of General Services may enter into an agreement under which the Depa...
• 10706.5: The trustees may enter into an agreement with an auxiliary organization, as defined in Section 89901...
• 10707: The trustees may enter into service contracts. Such contracts shall be subject only to Section 10820...
• 10708: (a) When, in the opinion of the trustees, the best interests of the California State University dict...
• 10709: Notwithstanding any provision of the California State University Contract Law and any other provisio...
• 10710: (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the trustees may award annual contracts th...
• 10720: Before entering into any contract for a project, the trustees, pursuant to the powers invested in th...
• 10721: The plans, specifications, and estimates of cost shall be approved by the trustees, and the original...
• 10722: Work on all projects shall be done under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant ...
• 10723: Upon the approval of the trustees the authorized employees of the trustees may, when proceeding upon...
• 10724: Bids may be received and contracts awarded on a unit basis, that is, the bids compared upon the basi...
• 10725: Except in unit basis contracts, contracts shall not be made exceeding in amount the estimates of cos...
• 10726: The trustees may receive bids for the construction of several public works projects at one campus of...
• 10740: When it appears from the estimates of cost that the estimated contract price of any project will not...
• 10741: The notices shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and describe...
• 10742: When it appears that the estimated contract price will exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), pu...
• 10743: The notices shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and that the...
• 10760: The trustees may require, and on contracts the estimated cost of which exceeds the value of a minor ...
• 10761: The trustees shall adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders, on the basis of the standard ...
• 10762: In all projects for road, street, and bridge work where federal funds are involved and where a bidde...
• 10763: The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and are not open to public inspec...
• 10764: The trustees shall furnish to each bidder a standard proposal form, which, when filled out and execu...
• 10765: (a) All bids shall be presented under sealed cover and accompanied by one of the following forms of ...
• 10766: Whether or not bids are opened exactly at the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bi...
• 10767: Any bid may be withdrawn at any time prior to the time fixed in the public notice for the opening of...
• 10780: On the day named in the public notice the trustees shall publicly open the sealed bids and award the...
• 10780.5: The trustees may require a bid for a public works contract to include prices for items that may be a...
• 10781: If the successful bidder fails to execute the contract, the bidder's security shall be forfeited to ...
• 10782: If the trustees deem it is for the best interest of the state, they may, on the refusal or failure o...
• 10783: The failure of the successful bidder to furnish any bond required by law, within the time fixed for ...
• 10784: The bidder's security of the second and third lowest responsible bidders may be withheld until the c...
• 10785: If the trustees deem the acceptance of the lowest responsible bid or bids is not for the best intere...
• 10820: Every contract awarded under this chapter shall be submitted to the Attorney General or the attorney...
• 10821: Every contract shall provide for the filing of separate performance and payment bonds by the contrac...
• 10822: Each bond shall be in a sum equal to at least one-half of the contract price, except as otherwise pr...
• 10823: The payment bond shall secure the payment of the claims of laborers, mechanics, or materialmen emplo...
• 10824: The performance bond shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract by the contractor.
• 10825: No payment shall be made upon the contract to the contractor or any assignee of the contractor until...
• 10826: Every contract shall contain a provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified porti...
• 10827: Every contract shall provide that the trustees may make changes in the plans and specifications purs...
• 10830: (a) No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has been awarded a consulting services contract may s...
• 10831: No officer or employee of the California State University shall engage in any employment, activity, ...
• 10832: (a) No retired, dismissed, separated, or formerly employed person of the California State University...
• 10833: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), each contractor who enters into a contract with...
• 10840: The trustees may increase or decrease quantities of work to be done under a unit basis contract duri...
• 10841: The trustees may cause the insertion of provisions in any contract for the performance of such extra...
• 10842: The trustees may grant such extensions of time for completion as they deem for the best interests of...
• 10843: If the trustees deem that a contractor has failed to supply an adequate working force, or material o...
• 10844: If the defaults are not remedied within the time specified in the notice, the contractor's control s...
• 10845: Upon such termination, the trustees may take possession of and use all or any part of the contractor...
• 10846: Such informal contracts may be awarded only after a proposal form has been prepared, a copy is serve...
• 10847: The provisions of this chapter, except as to prequalifications, are not applicable to the award of i...
• 10848: If the control of a contractor is terminated or he or she abandons the work, and the work is perform...
• 10849: On the completion of the contract, the original contractor is entitled to the return of all his or h...
• 10850: The notices required by this article may be served on the contractor or on his or her agent having c...
• 10851: Payments upon contracts shall be made as the trustees prescribe upon estimates made and approved by ...
• 10852: At the request and expense of the contractor, and with the approval of the trustees, any amount with...
• 10853: (a) If the trustees fail to make a progress payment on a contract within 39 days after receipt of an...
• 10870: Any officer or employee of the trustees who corruptly performs any official act to the injury of the...
• 10871: Any contractor or his or her agent or employee who corruptly permits the violation of any contract a...
• 10872: Any subcontractor or agent or employee of any contractor or subcontractor, who has knowledge of any ...
• 10873: Such felonies are punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Pena...
• 10874: Such persons are also liable to the state for double the amount the state may have lost, or be liabl...
• 12100: The Legislature finds that the unique aspects of information technology, as defined in Section 11702...
• 12100.5: The Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and th...
• 12100.6: The Trustees of the California State University are subject to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section ...
• 12100.7: As used in this chapter: (a) "Department" means the Department of General Services. (b) "Director" m...
• 12101: It is the intent of the Legislature that policies developed by the California Technology Agency and ...
• 12101.2: Commencing on January 1, 1994, the department shall prenegotiate the repetitively used terms and con...
• 12101.5: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that agencies of the state use an acquisition method that is...
• 12101.7: (a) Notwithstanding the sealed bidding provisions of this chapter, reverse auctions may be utilized ...
• 12102: The Department of General Services shall maintain, in the State Administrative Manual, policies and ...
• 12103: In addition to the mandatory requirements enumerated in Section 12102, the acquisition policies deve...
• 12103.5: Beginning January 1, 2007, for those information technology purchases for which the department deter...
• 12104: (a) (1) Commencing on or before January 1, 2007, the State Contracting Manual shall set forth all pr...
• 12104.5: (a) All rules and requirements governing an information technology acquisition, for which the depart...
• 12105: The Department of General Services and the California Technology Agency shall coordinate in the deve...
• 12106: The Department of General Services may, in addition to fulfilling the mandatory requirements enumera...
• 12108: Until the time that the Department of General Services has published in the State Administrative Man...
• 12109: The Director of General Services may make the services of the department under this chapter availabl...
• 12112: (a) Any contract for information technology goods or services, to be manufactured or performed by th...
• 12112: (a) Any contract for information technology goods or services, to be manufactured or performed by th...
• 12113: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, state and local agencies may enter into agreements t...
• 12120: The Legislature finds and declares that, with the advent of deregulation in the telecommunications i...
• 12121: As used in this chapter: (a) "Agency" means the California Technology Agency. (b) "Tactical policy" ...
• 12125: There is hereby established the Alternative Protest Process to be administered by the Department of ...
• 12126: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any department or agency may use the solicitation an...
• 12127: Major information technology acquisitions subject to this chapter shall meet the following criteria:...
• 12127.5: All other procurements subject to this chapter shall meet one or more of the following criteria: (a)...
• 12128: The Department of General Services shall apply this chapter to the following categories: (a) Informa...
• 12129: The Department of General Services shall electronically submit a report and recommendations to the L...
• 12153: The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is the policy of the state to conser...
• 12156: (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no state agency shall purchase any printer or duplication...
• 12164.5: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that for the current state waste paper collection program, t...
• 12165: (a) After implementing a recycling plan pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 12164.5, the Californ...
• 12166: The California Integrated Waste Management Board may contract as necessary for the recycling of prod...
• 12167: Revenues received from this plan or any other activity involving the collection and sale of recyclab...
• 12167.1: Notwithstanding Section 12167, upon approval by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, re...
• 12180: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to encourage the use of...
• 12183: (a) All state departments and agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Transportat...
• 12184: It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, that the revenues derived from the st...
• 12200: For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Board" means the Califo...
• 12201: (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to conserve and protect it...
• 12203: Each state agency shall ensure each of the following: (a) At least 50 percent of reportable purchase...
• 12205: (a) (1) All state agencies shall require all businesses to certify in writing the minimum percentage...
• 12207: This article applies to the purchase of goods and materials from the following product categories: (...
• 12209: For purposes of this article, the following minimum content requirements apply: (a) Recycled paper p...
• 12211: (a) Each state agency shall report annually to the board their progress in meeting the recycled prod...
• 12215: Each state agency may, at the discretion of the individual agency director or his or her designee, p...
• 12217: (a) If at any time a requirement has not been met, the department, in consultation with the board, s...
• 12300: Unless otherwise provided, this chapter shall apply to all purchases made on behalf of the Legislatu...
• 12301: The following definitions govern the interpretation of this chapter: (a) "Department" means the Depa...
• 12305: This chapter applies to the procurement and purchase of the following materials, goods, and supplies...
• 12305.5: If a recycled product costs more than the same product made with virgin material, the Legislature sh...
• 12306: This chapter does not apply to the procurement and purchase of asphalt concrete and portland cement ...
• 12310: (a) On and after January 1, 1997, at least 50 percent of the total dollar amount of paper products p...
• 12320: (a) The Legislature shall require contractors to certify in writing to the contracting officer, or h...
• 12400: For purposes of this chapter, "environmentally preferable purchasing" means the procurement or acqui...
• 12401: The Department of General Services, in consultation with the California Environmental Protection Age...
• 12401.5: Within existing resources, the Department of General Services shall designate a single point of cont...
• 12402: Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit, limit, or supersede recycled content requirements ...
• 12403: Nothing contained in any policy regarding environmentally preferable purchasing may be construed as ...
• 12404: Manufacturers, vendors, or other nongovernmental entities contracting with the Department of General...
• 12500: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Federal Laboratory Contracting Act.
• 12501: The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Technological advances are an important...
• 12501.5: (a) The Governor shall designate the Secretary of State and Consumer Services as the state's represe...
• 12502: (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that enters into a prime contract with a federally...
• 19100: (a) Presentation of a claim pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) of Division 3.6 of Titl...
• 19102: (a) (1) The second lowest bidder, and any person, firm, association, trust, partnership, labor organ...