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CA Pub Cont Code § 10122 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10122.

10122.  Work on all projects shall be done under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to this part, except that it may be done by day’s labor under the direction of the department, by contract upon informal bids, or by a combination thereof:(a) In case of emergency due to the failure or threat of failure of any bridge or other highway structure.(b) In case of emergency due to the failure or threat of failure of any dam, reservoir, aqueduct, or other water facility or facility appurtenant thereto.(c) In case of emergency due to damage to a state-owned building or any other state-owned real property or improvements located thereon, by an act of God, including but not limited to damage by storm, flood, fire or earthquake, for work and remedial measures which are required immediately.(d) At any time after the approval of plans, specifications and estimates of cost, if the director deems the advertising or award of a contract, the acceptance of any bid, or the acceptance of any further bids after the rejection of all submitted bids, is not in the best interests of the state.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306. Note: This text was suspended from Jan. 1, 1985, until Jan. 1, 1991, during operation of the temporary amendment by Stats. 1984, Ch. 758.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10122.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10122.5.

10122.5.  For the purposes of Section 10122, all day labor utilized by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall be performed by individuals who are represented by a duly authorized employee representative unless individuals with that qualification are not reasonably available.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 116, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10122.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10122.6.

10122.6.  Notwithstanding the project cost limit provided in Section 10105, work in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) which would otherwise constitute a project, shall not be done by day’s labor unless the requirements of Section 10122 are met.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 615, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10123 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10123.

10123.  Contracts upon informal bids authorized under Section 10122 shall be let only to a holder of a valid state contractor’s license unless such work is exempt from such licensing requirement by any other provision of law.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10124 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10124.

10124.  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.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10125 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10125.

10125.  Except in unit basis contracts, contracts shall not be made exceeding in amount the estimates of costs approved by the director and plans and specifications and estimates of costs including expense of advertising and inspection, shall not be approved by the director requiring a greater expenditure of money than is appropriated for the specific purpose in the law authorizing the expenditure.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10126 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10126.

10126.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10125, the estimate of cost may be approved by the director, which includes alternates contemplating additions to, or deletions from, the base bid, provided that all of the following requirements are met:(a) Estimates are made for each contingency and, in the aggregate, the alternates do not exceed 10 percent of the estimated cost for the project.(b) The available funds are at least sufficient to cover the filed estimate for the base project.(c) Whenever additive or deductive items are included in a bid, the bid solicitation shall specify which one of the following methods will be used to determine the lowest bid. In the absence of such a specification, only the method provided by paragraph (1) will be used:(1) The lowest bid shall be the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items.(2) The lowest bid shall be the lowest total of the bid prices on the base contract and those additive or deductive items that were specifically identified in the bid solicitation as being used for the purpose of determining the lowest bid price.(3) The lowest bid shall be the lowest total of the bid prices on the base contract and those additive or deductive items that, when taken in order from a specifically identified list of those items in the solicitation, and added to, or subtracted from, the base contract, are less than, or equal to, a funding amount publicly disclosed by the department before the first bid is opened.(4) The lowest bid shall be determined in a manner that prevents any information that would identify any of the bidders or proposed subcontractors or suppliers from being revealed to the public entity before the ranking of all bidders from lowest to highest has been determined.(d) The contract is awarded to the lowest bidder, as determined by the method prescribed in subdivision (c).(e) A responsible bidder who submitted the lowest bid as determined by this section shall be awarded the contract, if it is awarded. This section does not preclude the department from adding to or deducting from the contract any of the additive or deductive items after the lowest responsible bidder has been determined.(f) Nothing in this section shall preclude the prequalification of subcontractors.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 455, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10127 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10127.

10127.  The department may, with the approval of the State Public Works Board, receive bids for the construction of several public works projects as a single project. Where more than one appropriation has been made for the several projects united as a single project under the provisions of this section, payments for the single project shall be made from the separate appropriations on the proportional basis that may be determined by the department and approved by the Department of Finance. In the case of several projects united as a single project pursuant to this section, those projects shall be within 100 miles of one another.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 857, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10128 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10128.

10128.  All contracts awarded under this part shall comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code relating to public works contracts and shall contain all the contract provisions required therein.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10129 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications|Section 10129.

10129.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 3400, no agency of the state charged with the letting of contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of public works may draft or cause to be drafted specifications for bids, in connection with the construction, alteration, or repair of public works, (1) in a manner that limits the bidding, directly or indirectly, to any one specific concern, or (2) calling for a designated material, product, thing, or service by specific brand or trade name unless the specification is followed by the words “or equal” so that bidders may furnish any equal material, product, thing, or service. In applying this section, the awarding authority shall, if aware of an equal product manufactured in this state, name that product in the specification. Specifications shall provide a period of time prior to or after, or prior to and after, the award of the contract for submission of data substantiating a request for a substitution of “an equal” item. If no time period is specified, data may be submitted any time within 35 days after the award of the contract.(b) Subdivision (a) is not applicable if the awarding authority, or its designee, makes a finding that is described in the invitation for bids or request for proposals that a particular material, product, thing, or service is designated by specific brand or trade name for any of the following purposes:(1) In order that a field test or experiment may be made to determine the product’s suitability for future use.(2) In order to match other products in use on a particular public improvement either completed or in the course of completion.(3) In order to obtain a necessary item that is only available from one source.(4) In order to respond to an emergency declared by the state, a state agency, or political subdivision of the state, but only if the facts setting forth the reasons for the finding of the emergency are contained in the public records of the authority issuing the invitation for bid or request for proposals.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 233, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10140 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 3 - Advertisements for Bids|Section 10140.

10140.  (a) Public notice of a project shall be given by publication once a week for at least two consecutive weeks or once a week for more than two consecutive weeks if the longer period of advertising is deemed necessary by the department, as follows:(1) In a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the project is located, or if located in more than one county, in such a newspaper in a county in which a major portion of the work is to be done.(2) In a trade paper of general circulation published in San Francisco for projects located in County Group No. 1, as defined in Section 187 of the Streets and Highways Code, or in Los Angeles for projects located in County Group No. 2, as defined in Section 187 of the Streets and Highways Code, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract and building news among contracting and building materials supply firms.(b) The department may publish the notice to bidders for a project in additional trade papers or newspapers of general circulation that it deems advisable.(c) (1) In the case of the Department of Transportation, instead of the public notice described in subdivision (a), the public notice requirement of this section may instead be met by publishing the public notice electronically on that department’s Internet Web site.(2) If the department exercises its authority under paragraph (1), the department shall also publish information regarding notices listed on the department’s Internet Web site in trade papers, newspapers, or magazines, as appropriate in order to ensure all communities have access to the public notice, including those publications whose primary audience consists of underrepresented groups, including, but not limited to, women, minorities, LGBT, and disabled veterans, pursuant to the frequency requirements specified in subdivision (a).(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 95, Sec. 9. (SB 103) Effective July 21, 2017.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10141 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 3 - Advertisements for Bids|Section 10141.

10141.  The notice shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids, describing in general terms the work to be done and that the bids will be required for the entire project and for the performance of separate designated parts of the entire project, when the department determines that segregation is advisable.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10160 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10160.

10160.  The department may require from prospective bidders answers to questions contained in a standard form of questionnaire and financial statement including a complete statement of the prospective bidder’s financial ability and experience in performing public works. When completed, the questionnaire and financial statement shall be verified under oath by the bidder in the manner in which pleadings in civil actions are verified.Whenever prequalification is required of any bidder on a contract, it shall be required for all prospective bidders to that contract.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 471, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10161 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10161.

10161.  The department may also require from prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, of a standard form of questionnaire concerning the past safety record of each prospective bidder, any officer of such bidder, and any managing employee of such bidder. The department may refuse to prequalify any prospective bidder who fails to submit a completed questionnaire when required, or for the reason that the information contained in the submitted questionnaire or otherwise known to the department indicates a continuing unsatisfactory safety record.The director of the department shall prescribe guidelines listing criteria which will be utilized administratively in determining an unsatisfactory safety record. A refusal by the department to prequalify a prospective bidder shall be issued only after the department has granted such bidder a hearing.This section shall in no way abridge or restrict the right of the department to later determine whether the low bidder on a particular project is the lowest responsible bidder for purposes of award of the contract, including the holding of hearings thereon.The Director of Industrial Relations shall approve the standard form of questionnaire and the guidelines listing criteria which will be utilized administratively by the department in determining an unsatisfactory safety record prior to their use by the department.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10162 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10162.

10162.  The department shall require from all prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, of a standard form of questionnaire inquiring whether such prospective bidder, any officer of such bidder, or any employee of such bidder who has a proprietary interest in such bidder, has ever been disqualified, removed, or otherwise prevented from bidding on, or completing a federal, state, or local government project because of a violation of law or a safety regulation, and if so to explain the circumstances.A bid may be rejected on the basis of a bidder, any officer of such bidder, or any employee of such bidder who has a proprietary interest in such bidder, having been disqualified, removed, or otherwise prevented from bidding on, or completing a federal, state, or local project because of a violation of law or a safety regulation.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10163 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10163.

10163.  The department 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 bidder is qualified to bid. When bids for more than one project are to be received at the same bid opening, the department may permit a bidder to submit bids for each project within such bidder’s prequalification rating, even though such rating is insufficient to permit the bidder to be awarded the contract for each project bid upon.In no event shall any bidder be awarded a contract if such contract award would result in the bidder having under contract work for which prequalification is required in excess of that authorized by his prequalification rating. In determining whether an award of a contract would result in a bidder having under contract work in excess of that authorized by his prequalification rating, the department may use its estimated cost of such contract rather than the amount of the bidder’s bid. If the department determines that a bidder would be awarded the contract for two or more projects but cannot be awarded the contract for all such projects because of the inadequacy of his prequalification rating, the department shall determine which of the bids of such bidder are to be accepted and the contract awarded thereon and which of the bids of such bidder are to be disregarded. In making its decision the department shall be guided by the combination of contract awards which will result in the lowest total cost for the projects involved.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10164 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10164.

10164.  In all state projects where federal funds are involved, no bid submitted shall be invalidated by the failure of the bidder to be licensed in accordance with the laws of this state. However, at the time the contract is awarded, the contractor shall be properly licensed in accordance with the laws of this state. The contract shall not be awarded unless the state agency has verified that the contractor has a valid license in the appropriate classification for the work performed. Any bidder or contractor not so licensed shall be subject to all legal penalties imposed by law, including, but not limited to, any appropriate disciplinary action by the Contractors State License Board. The department shall include a statement to that effect in the standard form of prequalification questionnaire and financial statement. Failure of the bidder to obtain proper and adequate licensing for an award of a contract shall constitute a failure to execute the contract as provided in Section 10181 and shall result in the forfeiture of the security of the bidder.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 432, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10165 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10165.

10165.  The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and are not open to public inspection.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10166 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10166.

10166.  The department shall furnish to each bidder a standard proposal form, which, when filled out and executed may be submitted as his bid. Bids not presented on forms so furnished shall be disregarded. The department shall not furnish proposal forms to any person who is required to submit and has not submitted a questionnaire and financial statement for prequalification at least five days prior to the date fixed for publicly opening sealed bids and been prequalified for at least one day prior to that date.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10167 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10167.

10167.  (a) All bids shall be presented under sealed cover and accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security:(1) An electronic bidder’s bond by an admitted surety insurer submitted using an electronic registry service approved by the department advertising the contract.(2) A signed bidder’s bond by an admitted surety insurer received by the department advertising the contract.(3) Cash, a cashier’s check, or certified check received by, and made payable to, the director of the department advertising the contract.(b) The required bidder’s security shall be in an amount equal to at least 10 percent of the amount bid. A bid shall not be considered unless one of the forms of bidder’s security is enclosed with it.(c) All bids submitted pursuant to this section shall also comply with the provisions of Section 1601 of the Public Contract Code.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 290, Sec. 3. (AB 1671) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10168 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10168.

10168.  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.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)
CA Pub Cont Code § 10169 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Contract Code - PCC|DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES|CHAPTER 1 - State Contract Act|ARTICLE 4 - Bids and Bidders|Section 10169.

10169.  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 director of the department or the chief of the division under which the work is to be performed. The request shall be executed by the bidder or his duly authorized representative. The withdrawal of a bid does not prejudice the right of the bidder to file a new bid.This section does not authorize the withdrawal of any bid after the time fixed in the public notice for the opening of bids.(Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.)