California

Public Contract Code - PCC

1,660 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 10297 — The provisions of Section 10295 shall apply both to contracts awarded through competitive bidding and those not subject to competitive bidding.
• § 10298 — (a) The director may consolidate the needs of multiple state agencies for goods, information technology, and services, and, pursuant to the procedures established in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
• § 10298.1 — (a) The Department of General Services shall periodically review policies and procedures in the State Contracting Manual, and training provided to state personnel as it relates to reasonable accommoda
• § 10298.5 — (a) The director may use the procedures described in Section 10298 for contracts for the installation, and contracts for the purchase and installation, of carpet, resilient flooring, synthetic turf, o
• § 10299 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may consolidate the needs of multiple state agencies for information technology goods and services, and, pursuant to the procedures establi
• § 10299.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the director shall operate the Natural Gas Services Program to consolidate and address the needs of multiple state agencies for the procurement of natural gas and re
• § 10299.5 — (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2025, subject to limited exceptions as set forth in subdivision (d), each state agency that enters into a contract with a private entity solely for call center work to
• § 10300 — (a) A Customer and Supplier Advocate shall be established in the department as a resource to state agencies and departments, and suppliers seeking information regarding the state process, procedures,
• § 10301 — Except in cases when the agency and the department agree that an article of a specified brand or trade name is the only article that will properly meet the needs of the agency, or in cases where the D
• § 10302 — (a) Except in cases of emergency where immediate purchase of goods without bid is necessary for the protection of the public health, welfare, or safety, whenever the department contracts for goods in
• § 10302.5 — All product specifications that the department or any other state agency prepares for goods for any contract entered into by any state agency for the acquisition of goods under Section 10295 are not s
• § 10302.6 — Product specifications as prepared by the department or any other state agency shall not be written with the intent of excluding goods manufactured, produced, grown, or otherwise originating in Califo
• § 10303 — The department shall adopt, publish and apply uniform standards of rating bidders, on the basis of questionnaires and required statements, with respect to contracts upon which each bidder is qualified
• § 10304 — All bids shall be sealed and shall be publicly opened and read at the time set forth in the solicitation, provided any person present desires the bids to be so read.
• § 10304.1 — Notwithstanding Sections 10301, 10302, and 10304, the Department of Water Resources may award contracts for the acquisition of specialized equipment for facilities of the State Water Resources Develop
• § 10305 — After being opened the bids shall be available for public inspection and tabulations shall be completed within seven days.
• § 10306 — (a) Whenever a contract under this article is not to be awarded to the lowest bidder, the bidder shall be notified 24 hours prior to awarding the contract to another bidder.
• § 10307 — The director shall establish statewide acquisition standards, the purpose of which shall be to ensure the necessary quality of goods acquired by or under the supervision of the department and to permi
• § 10308 — Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, every acquisition of goods in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) for any state agency shall be made by or under the supervision of the department.
• § 10309 — Except as provided in Sections 10332 and 10333, no state agency may acquire goods in the open market, unless permission has been given by the department, upon a showing of the necessity therefor.
• § 10310 — Upon the request of the department, every state agency that is authorized by law to acquire goods shall designate some person in the agency whose duty it shall be to make reports to the department at
• § 10311 — (a) An estimate or requisition approved by the state agency in control of the appropriation or fund against which an acquisition is to be charged, is full authority for any contract for goods of the q
• § 10312 — Immediately upon the rendition of services or the delivery of goods, the disbursing officer shall transmit the invoice or demand for payment together with his or her sworn statement to the Controller.
• § 10313 — The director may make the services of the department under this article available, upon those terms and conditions as he or she may deem satisfactory, to any tax-supported public agency in the state,
• § 10314 — Any contract for goods to be manufactured by the contractor specially for the state and not suitable for sale to others in the ordinary course of the contractor’s business may provide, on such terms a
• § 10315 — The department may rent, lease, construct, and maintain warehouses and make the rules and regulations that are necessary for the proper and economical making of state acquisitions.
• § 10316 — The department may insure in the name of the state any goods or merchandise belonging to the state which are stored in any warehouse or storage depot not under exclusive state control, in an amount su
• § 10317 — Each person in the department who has personal supervision and control of any warehouse or storage depot wherein merchandise or goods belonging to the state are stored, shall execute to the people of
• § 10318 — No state agency or employee thereof shall draft or cause to be drafted, any specifications for bids, in connection with the acquisition or contemplated acquisition of any goods or textbooks for use in
• § 10319 — To meet an emergency, goods of a perishable nature, in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) in value, may be acquired by a state agency without the permission of the department.
• § 10320.5 — (a) Commencing January 1, 1992, all state agencies subject to this chapter that enter into installment purchase or lease-purchase contracts shall make periodic payments, which shall include interest c
• § 10322 — Any person who supplies any state agency with livestock products derived from any of the animals enumerated in Section 19501 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall file with the department a sworn st
• § 10323 — To assist the department and other state agencies in the enforcement of the provisions of Section 19501 of the Food and Agricultural Code, the Department of Food and Agriculture shall provide, through
• § 10325 — Each quarter, the department shall, upon request, provide each city, county, city and county, district, local government body, or public corporation empowered to expend public funds for the acquisitio
• § 10326 — In establishing bid specifications for the acquisition of motor vehicles and in determining the lowest responsible bidder, consideration may be given by the state to the probable resale value of the v
• § 10326.1 — (a) A campus or a facility of a California Community College or a campus or a facility of the California State University, that owns, leases, or otherwise has possession or control of a 15-passenger v
• § 10327 — Except for motor vehicles described in Section 43805 of the Health and Safety Code, the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 43800) of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and
• § 10328 — The bid requirements prescribed in this article are not applicable to contracts for the acquisition of the following: (a) Fluid milk and fluid cream, the price of which is established in accordance wi
• § 10329 — No person shall willfully split a single transaction into a series of transactions for the purpose of evading the bidding requirements of this article.
• § 10330 — On July 1 of each year, the department shall establish the minimum dollar level below which authority to acquire goods shall be delegated to state agencies that meet the requirements of Section 10333.
• § 10331 — The department shall establish a program for delegating authority to acquire goods to state agencies that meet the requirements of Section 10333.
• § 10332 — Any state agency that receives delegated authority to acquire goods shall be authorized, at a minimum, to make the following types of acquisitions: (a) Acquisitions not exceeding the dollar value esta
• § 10333 — (a) The department shall delegate purchasing authority, as specified in Section 10332, to any state agency that does all of the following: (1) Designates an agency officer as responsible and directly
• § 10334 — (a) No state employee shall acquire any goods from the state, unless the goods are offered to the general public in the regular course of the state’s business on the same terms and conditions as those
• § 10335 — (a) This article shall apply to all contracts, including amendments, entered into by any state agency for services to be rendered to the state, whether or not the services involve the furnishing or us
• § 10335.5 — (a) “Consulting services contract,” as used in this article, means services that do all of the following: (1) Are of an advisory nature.
• § 10335.7 — “State agency,” as used in this article, means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, or any agency in the judicial b
• § 10336 — The Department of Finance may establish those controls over approval of contracts by the department as are necessary to assure that approval is consistent with program and budgetary determinations of
• § 10337 — (a) The State Personnel Board may establish such standards and controls over approval of contracts by the Department of General Services as are necessary to assure that the approval is consistent with
• § 10339 — (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10348, no state agency shall draft, or cause to be drafted, any invitation to bid or request for proposal, in connection with the awarding of a contract, in a
• § 10340 — (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), a state agency shall secure at least three competitive bids or proposals for each contract.
• § 10341 — Whenever a contract subject to the provisions of this article is awarded under a procedure which provides for competitive bidding, the bids shall be publicly opened at the time stated in the invitatio
• § 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 use of a request for proposal.
• § 10344.1 — The Department of Human Resources, with respect to contracts it enters into for state employees for employee benefits, occupational health and safety, training services, or any combination thereof, sh
• § 10345 — (a) Whenever a contract is awarded under a procedure providing for competitive bidding, but the contract is not to be awarded to the low bidder, the low bidder shall be given notice five working days
• § 10346 — Contracts may provide for progress payments to contractors for work performed or costs incurred in the performance of the contract.
• § 10348 — The department shall prescribe the following: (a) The conditions under which a contract may be awarded without competition, and the methods and criteria which shall be used in determining the reasonab
• § 10348.5 — Each state agency shall designate at least one currently existing person or position within the state agency as a contract manager.
• § 10349 — The Department of Human Resources shall establish a program for training state agency contracting personnel in contract administration and contract management.
• § 10350 — (a) This section shall apply to contracts awarded by the Department of Rehabilitation to provide rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities pursuant to Section 361.
• § 10351 — (a) The department shall exempt from its approval contracts under one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) that any state agency awards if the state agency does all of the following: (1) Designat
• § 10352 — (a) The department shall conduct a quality control review of the audit of the contracting program required by Section 10351.
• § 10353 — A contract in an amount in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) that is governed by the provisions of this part shall contain a provision requiring the contractor to give priority conside
• § 10353.5 — (a) Any contract for legal services shall contain the following provisions: (1) The contractor shall agree to adhere to legal cost and billing guidelines designated by the state agency.
• § 10365.5 — (a) No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has been awarded a consulting services contract may submit a bid for, nor be awarded a contract for, the provision of services, procurement of goods or s
• § 10367 — (a) Each contractor shall be advised in writing on the standard contract form that his or her performance, or the firm’s performance under the contract will be evaluated.
• § 10369 — (a) Each state agency shall conduct a post-evaluation, by completing the post-evaluation form, of each consulting services contract totaling five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more that it executes.
• § 10370 — The evaluations and contractor responses on file with the state agencies and the department shall not be public records.
• § 10371 — The following provisions shall apply to all consulting services contracts: (a) Each state agency shall, regardless of the fiscal amount involved, use available private resources only when the quality
• § 10372 — On and after January 1, 2024, when seeking to award a contract for commercial rental car services, the department shall develop criteria to evaluate bidders, at least in part, based on the number of z
• § 10381 — (a) The department shall ensure that all state agencies are kept fully informed of the department’s plans and procedures for implementing the provisions of this article.
• § 10383 — The Department of General Services is hereby designated as the agency for the State of California responsible for distribution of federal surplus personal property, excepting food commodities, in acco
• § 10383.1 — The department shall cooperate with the federal government and its agencies in securing the expeditious and equitable distribution of surplus personal property of the federal government, excepting foo
• § 10383.2 — The department may enter into cooperative agreements with, and may provide for utilization by, federal agencies, with or without payment or reimbursement, of the property, facilities, personnel, and s
• § 10383.3 — The Director of General Services may create a committee to serve as an advisory body to the department to ensure that distribution of federal surplus personal property to eligible recipients will be a
• § 10383.4 — The department shall develop a detailed state plan of operation in accordance with subdivision (j) of Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and the G
• § 10383.5 — The cash resources of the Surplus Property - Hardware Program from surplus-personal property transferred to this state in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (
• § 10383.6 — The Department of General Services shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property real or personal
• § 10383.7 — All officers and employees of the State Department of Education as mutually agreed by the Department of General Services to be on the operative date of this section serving in the state civil service,
• § 10383.8 — The department may make all rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this article.
• § 10385 — The department may purchase, lease or otherwise acquire from the federal government or any agency thereof for use of state agencies, surplus real property, including buildings, fixtures, and equipment
• § 10386 — Any and all negotiations with the federal government or its agencies for or in connection with the purchase or acquisition of such property, and all activities, functions and responsibilities pertaini
• § 10387 — The department shall do all of the following: (1) Keep in constant touch with federal agencies charged with the sale or disposition of federal property and secure from them full details as to the natu
• § 10388 — Unless otherwise prescribed by the department, state agencies desiring to purchase or acquire federal property shall submit their estimates or requisitions therefor to the department, and shall pay fo
• § 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 appropriate state surplus personal property to school districts prior to offering that property to t
• § 10389.2 — (a) The department’s policies and procedures regarding the disposition of state surplus computers, laptops, monitors, and related computer equipment shall do all of the following: (1) Facilitate the d
• § 10405 — The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Health Services.
• § 10406 — Every procuring agency shall continuously review and revise its procedures and specifications for the purchase of lubricating oil and industrial oil to eliminate any exclusion of recycled oils and any
• § 10407 — Every procuring agency shall require that purchases of lubricating oil and industrial oil be made from the seller whose oil product contains the greater percentage of recycled oil, unless the procurin
• § 10408 — (a) Every procuring agency shall establish and maintain an affirmative program for procuring oils containing the maximum content of recycled oil.
• § 10409 — Every local agency, as defined in Section 17518 of the Government Code, shall purchase lubricating oil and industrial oil from the seller whose oil product contains the greater percentage of recycled
• § 10410 — No officer or employee in the state civil service or other appointed state official shall engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise from which the officer or employee receives compensation or
• § 10411 — (a) No retired, dismissed, separated, or formerly employed person of any state agency or department employed under the state civil service or otherwise appointed to serve in state government may enter
• § 10412 — Each contractor who enters into a state contract with the state for ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, shall be assigned an identification number by the department.
• § 10413 — Notwithstanding Section 10410, an employee or state officer, not including a member of the board of directors, of a district agricultural association formed pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section
• § 10420 — Every contract or other transaction entered in violation of any provision of this chapter is void, unless the violation is technical or nonsubstantive.
• § 10421 — The state, or any person acting on behalf of the state, may bring a civil action seeking a determination by the Superior Court that a contract or other transaction has been entered in violation of any
• § 10422 — Any officer or employee of the department who corruptly performs any official act under this chapter to the injury of the state is guilty of a felony.
• § 10423 — Any person contracting with the state by oral or written contract who corruptly permits the violation of any contract made under this chapter is guilty of a felony.
• § 10424 — Persons convicted under Section 10422 or 10423 are also liable to the state for double the amount the state may have lost, or be liable to lose by reason of the acts made crimes by this article.
• § 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 the negotiation, execution, or performance of a consulting services contract, as defined in Section
• § 10430 — This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) The Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the California State University, except that Article 9 (commencing with Section
• § 10470 — As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Awarding department” means any state agency, department, governmental entity, or other officer of an entity empowered by law to ent
• § 10471 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all contracts awarded pursuant to Section 2910 of the Penal Code or Section 1753.
• § 10472 — In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the awarding department shall consider the responsiveness of a bidder to minority business enterprise and women business enterprise goals set fo
• § 10473 — (a) Each awarding department shall establish a method for monitoring compliance with the minority business enterprise and women business enterprise goals required in this article.
• § 10474 — Commencing on January 1, 1989, and on January 1st of each year thereafter, each awarding department shall submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor on the level of participation by minority
• § 10475 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) On September 21, 2004, in addressing the United Nations General Assembly, President George W.
• § 10476 — As used in this article, the following definition applies: “Scrutinized company” means a company in Sudan that is involved in power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related ac
• § 10477 — (a) A scrutinized company is ineligible to, and shall not, bid on or submit a proposal for a contract with a state agency for goods or services.
• § 10478 — (a) A state agency shall require a company that submits a bid or proposal with respect to a contract for goods or services, that currently or within the previous three years has had business activitie
• § 10479 — (a) If the Department of General Services determines that a company has submitted a false certification under Section 10478, the company shall be subject to all of the following: (1) The company is li
• § 10480 — This act shall be repealed upon affirmative action of the Legislature.
• § 10481 — (a) If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid, illegal, unenforce
• § 10490 — (a) A scrutinized company is ineligible to, and shall not, bid on or submit a proposal for a contract with a state agency for goods or services related to products or services that are the reason the
• § 10500 — As used in this article, “project” includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any University of California structure, building, road, or other improvement that will exc
• § 10500.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate the participation of small businesses, particularly small disadvantaged or minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, and disabled vet
• § 10501 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Regents of the University of California shall let any contract for a project to the lowest responsible bidder or else reject all bids.
• § 10502 — The Regents of the University of California shall give public notice of a project to bidders by publication twice within the 60-day period preceding the day set for the receiving of bids as follows: (
• § 10503 — Before entering into any contract for a project, the Regents of the University of California shall cause to be prepared estimates and either: (a) Complete plans and specifications setting forth such d
• § 10504 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 10504.
• § 10504.5 — (a) Where the nature of the work, in the opinion of the Regents of the University of California, is such that the application of all of the provisions of this chapter in connection with that work is n
• § 10505 — (a) The Regents of the University of California may perform projects with university employees if the regents deem that the award of a contract, the acceptance of bids, or the acceptance of further bi
• § 10506 — The requirements of Sections 10501, 10502, and 10503 shall not be applicable to (1) any project of which the Regents of the University of California is only part owner, or (2) any project funded by a
• § 10506.10 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, this article is not intended to change in any manner any guideline, criteria, procedure, or requirement of the Regents of the University of California to
• § 10506.4 — (a) This article provides the Best Value Construction Contracting Program for the Regents of the University of California for projects over one million dollars ($1,000,000).
• § 10506.5 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Best value” means a procurement process whereby the lowest responsible bidder may be selected on the basis of objective criteria for
• § 10506.6 — The university shall proceed in accordance with the following when awarding best value contracts under this article.
• § 10506.7 — Selection of the best value contractor shall be made as follows: (a) The university shall evaluate the qualifications of the bidders based solely upon the criteria set forth in the solicitation docume
• § 10506.8 — For purposes of this article: (a) “Apprenticeable occupation” means an occupation for which the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations has approved
• § 10506.9 — (a) If a contractor, bidder, or other entity is required to provide an enforceable commitment that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to complete a contract or project, the commitment shall
• § 10507.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the procurement of recycled paper products by the University of California by developing guidelines to encourage the procurement of recycled paper prod
• § 10507.7 — Except as provided for in this article, the Regents of the University of California shall let all contracts involving an expenditure of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annually for g
• § 10507.8 — (a) As provided for in this article, when the University of California determines that it can expect long-term savings through the use of life-cycle cost methodology, the use of more sustainable goods
• § 10508 — The requirements of this article shall not be applicable when the regents determine that a brand or trade name article, thing, or product or proprietary service is the only one which will properly mee
• § 10508.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 2.
• § 10509 — The Regents of the University of California shall prescribe methods of procurement for goods, materials, and services to be purchased, including: (a) Requirements for public advertisement where feasib
• § 10509.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2024, the University of California shall not approve a health benefit plan contract for employees that does not comply with the contraceptive cover
• § 10510 — The requirements of this article shall not be applicable to the procurement of goods, materials, or services funded exclusively by federal agencies to the extent that the requirements of this article
• § 10510.4 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Firm” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the prof
• § 10510.5 — (a) Selection by the University of California for professional services of private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, real property development service
• § 10510.50 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Recovery of Earned but Unpaid Wages Act.
• § 10510.51 — As used in this article: (a) “Aggrieved employee” means either of the following: (1) An employee against whom one or more alleged violations of this article was committed.
• § 10510.52 — (a) A vendor that supplies the university with employees to perform services, shall provide those employees with written notice of the total compensation rate specified in the vendor’s contract with t
• § 10510.53 — (a) It shall be unlawful for any vendor to accept payment from the university pursuant to a contract for services if the vendor is performing services or supplying the university with employees to per
• § 10510.54 — The provisions of this article are severable.
• § 10510.6 — (a) The University of California shall follow this section in negotiating fees and executing a contract for professional consulting services of a private architectural, landscape architectural, engine
• § 10510.7 — (a) In the procurement of architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, real property development services, and construction project management services, the univ
• § 10510.8 — (a) The university shall negotiate a contract with the best qualified firm for architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, real property development services, a
• § 10510.9 — Any individual or firm proposing to provide construction project management services pursuant to this article shall provide evidence that the individual or firm and its personnel carrying out onsite r
• § 10511 — (a) (1) The Regents of the University of California shall give public notice to bidders of the sale of University of California real property situated in California if the estimated value of the real
• § 10512 — (a) On the date designated in the public notice, the sealed bids shall be publicly opened.
• § 10513 — The publication and award procedures set forth in this article shall not be applicable to any of the following: (a) The sale of an undivided or fractional ownership interest in real property.
• § 10515 — (a) No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has been awarded a consulting services contract may submit a bid for, nor be awarded a contract on or after July 1, 2003, for the provision of services,
• § 10516 — No officer or employee of the University of California shall engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise from which the officer or employee receives compensation or in which the officer or emplo
• § 10517 — (a) No retired, dismissed, separated, or formerly employed person of the University of California employed with the university or otherwise appointed to serve in the university may enter into a contra
• § 10518 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), each contractor who enters into a contract with a University of California campus for ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more shall be assigned an i
• § 10520 — Every contract or other transaction entered in violation of any provision of this chapter is void, unless the violation is technical or nonsubstantive.
• § 10521 — The University of California, or any person acting on behalf of the university, may bring a civil action seeking a determination by the superior court that a contract or other transaction has been ent
• § 10522 — Any officer or employee of the University of California who corruptly performs any official act under this chapter to the injury of the university is guilty of a felony.
• § 10523 — Any person contracting with the University of California by oral or written contract who corruptly permits the violation of any contract made under this chapter is guilty of a felony.
• § 10524 — Persons convicted under Section 10522 or 10523 are also liable to the University of California for double the amount the university may have lost or be liable to lose by reason of the acts made crimes
• § 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.
• § 10527 — This article does not apply to violations of Article 2.
• § 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, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind.
• § 10702 — Contracts for the purchase of supplies or materials, which are purchased through the Department of General Services, are not subject to this chapter, even though the seller is required to perform some
• § 10703 — Work done directly by any public utility company pursuant to order of the Public Utilities Commission or other public authority, is not subject to this chapter, whether or not done under public superv
• § 10704 — The project shall be under the sole and direct control of the trustees, pursuant to the powers and responsibilities invested in them by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 66600) of Part 40 of Division
• § 10705 — (a) When, in the opinion of the trustees, the work does not require the application of all of the provisions of this chapter in connection therewith, the trustees may carry out the project pursuant to
• § 10706 — The trustees and the Department of General Services may enter into an agreement under which the Department of General Services will carry out any of the functions of the trustees under this chapter, u
• § 10706.5 — The trustees may enter into an agreement with an auxiliary organization, as defined in Section 89901 of the Education Code, under which the auxiliary organization may carry out any of the functions of
• § 10707 — The trustees may enter into service contracts.
• § 10708 — (a) When, in the opinion of the trustees, the best interests of the California State University dictate, the trustees may enter into an agreement with a contractor to provide all or significant portio
• § 10709 — Notwithstanding any provision of the California State University Contract Law and any other provision of law to the contrary, the trustees may enter into an energy conservation construction contract,
• § 10710 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the trustees may award annual contracts that do not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000) for repair or other repetitive work, or renovati
• § 10720 — Before entering into any contract for a project, the trustees, pursuant to the powers invested in them by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 66600) of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education
• § 10721 — The plans, specifications, and estimates of cost shall be approved by the trustees, and the original draft or a certified copy filed permanently in the office of the trustees before further action is
• § 10722 — Work on all projects shall be done under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to this chapter, except that it may be done by day’s labor under the direction of the trustees, by c
• § 10723 — Upon the approval of the trustees the authorized employees of the trustees may, when proceeding upon the basis of day’s labor, let any subdivision or unit of the work by contract upon informal bids; b
• § 10724 — Bids may be received and contracts awarded on a unit basis, that is, the bids compared upon the basis of estimates of the quantities of the work to be done.
• § 10725 — Except in unit basis contracts, contracts shall not be made exceeding in amount the estimates of costs approved by the trustees.
• § 10726 — The trustees may receive bids for the construction of several public works projects at the California State University as a single project.
• § 10740 — When it appears from the estimates of cost that the estimated contract price of any project will not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), the trustees may direct that public notice to bidders be
• § 10741 — The notices shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and describe in general terms the work to be done.
• § 10742 — If it appears that the estimated contract price will exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), public notice to bidders shall be given by publication once a week for at least two consecutive weeks, o
• § 10743 — The notices shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and that the bids will be required for the entire project and for the performance of segregate designated parts
• § 10760 — The trustees may require, and on contracts the estimated cost of which exceeds the value of a minor capital outlay project for which, pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 10108, the services of
• § 10761 — The trustees shall adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders, on the basis of the standard questionnaires and financial statements, in respect to the size of the contracts upon which each bid
• § 10762 — In all projects for road, street, and bridge work where federal funds are involved and where a bidder is required to be and has been prequalified pursuant to Sections 10760 and 10761, no bid submitted
• § 10763 — The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and are not open to public inspection.
• § 10764 — The trustees shall furnish to each bidder a standard proposal form, which, when filled out and executed, may be submitted as the bid.
• § 10765 — (a) All bids shall be presented under sealed cover and accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security: cash, a cashier’s check, certified check, or a bidder’s bond executed by an admit
• § 10766 — Whether or not bids are opened exactly at the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bid shall not be received after that time.
• § 10767 — Any bid may be withdrawn at any time prior to the time fixed in the public notice for the opening of bids only by written request for the withdrawal of the bid filed with the trustees.
• § 10780 — On the day named in the public notice the trustees shall publicly open the sealed bids and award the contracts to the lowest responsible bidders.