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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 3 - General Services Advisory Council › Section 14721.

14721. The functions of the council shall include but not be limited to:
(a) Consideration of improved methods of providing centralized services.
(b) Consideration of suggestions from the Department of General Services before new programs or procedures are placed in operation.
(c) Consideration and development of practical solutions to problems received from state agencies relating to centralized services.
(d) Development of support of statewide standards and policies created by mutual agreement of the Department of General Services and state agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 3 - General Services Advisory Council › Section 14722.

14722. The council shall serve as an advisory body and make recommendations to the Department of General Services. The members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 3 - General Services Advisory Council › Section 14723.

14723. The Director of General Services may create special advisory committees to advise the director with regard to specific problems which may arise in providing centralized services to state agencies. The director shall appoint the members thereof and they shall serve at his pleasure. He shall also designate the chairman and vice chairman thereof. The committees shall be under the direction of the director and shall be wholly advisory in character and shall not be delegated any administrative authority or responsibility. Members of such committees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for any actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties under this section.
Such committees shall act only in an advisory capacity for the purpose of discussing specific problems relating to providing centralized services and making recommendations in regard thereto to the director.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Sale of Residential Dwellings › Section 14735.

14735. Upon being directed by the Controller to sell a residential dwelling pursuant to Section 16201, the department shall sell the residential dwelling in the manner prescribed and in accordance with the procedure established in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3201) of Part 5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or if applicable, in the manner prescribed and in accordance with the procedures established in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 9601) of Division 9 of the Commercial Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5 - State Records › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14740.

14740. This chapter shall be known as the State Records Storage Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 31. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5 - State Records › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14741.

14741. As used in this chapter “record” or “records” means all papers, maps, exhibits, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, punched cards, and other documents produced, received, owned or used by an agency, regardless of physical form or characteristics. Library and museum materials made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes, and stocks of publications and of processed documents are not included within the definition of the term “record” or “records” as used in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5 - State Records › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14741.1.

14741.1. As used in this chapter, “public use forms” means those forms used by the state to obtain or to solicit facts, opinions, or other information from the public or private citizens, partnerships, corporations, organizations, business trusts, or any nongovernmental entity or legal representative thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1118, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5 - State Records › ARTICLE 2 - Administration of State Records › Section 14745.

14745. The director shall establish and administer in the executive branch of state government a records storage program that will apply efficient and economical records storage methods to the utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of state records.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 32. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5 - State Records › ARTICLE 2 - Administration of State Records › Section 14746.

14746. The duties of the director shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) Establishing standards, procedures, and techniques for effective storage of records.
(b) Providing appropriate protection for records designated by state agencies, with the concurrence of the director, as essential to the functioning of state government in the event of a major disaster.
(c) Obtaining from agencies reports required for the administration of the program.
(d) Establishing, maintaining, and operating record centers for the storage, processing, and servicing of scheduled records for state agencies pending their deposit with the State Archives or their disposition in any other manner authorized by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 33. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Forms Management › Section 14770.

14770. The director shall establish and staff an activity within the department to be known as the “forms management center” for the orderly design, implementation and maintenance of a statewide forms management program.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 398.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Forms Management › Section 14772.

14772. Each state agency shall appoint a forms management representative and provide necessary assistance to implement the State Forms Management Program within the agency.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 398.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Forms Management › Section 14773.

14773. “State agency” as used in this chapter does not include educational institutions.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 398.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Forms Management › Section 14774.

14774. This chapter shall not apply to any state form with provisions specifically authorized and established by statute.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 398.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Forms Management › Section 14775.

14775. (a) By June 30, 1995, each state agency shall inventory all reports and forms it requires businesses to complete and submit in order to comply with agency requirements. As part of this inventory, each state agency shall eliminate all forms it determines are no longer needed to enable the agency to carry out its statutory responsibilities. By June 30, 1995, each state agency shall submit this inventory to the Director of General Services in order to enable the director to carry out his or her responsibilities under subdivision (c) of Section 14771.
(b) Commencing December 31, 1995, and annually thereafter, each state agency shall review one-third of the reports and forms it requires businesses to submit for compliance purposes, so that each report or form is reviewed on a triennial basis. Upon review, a report or form shall be eliminated unless the agency head certifies that each reporting requirement meets all of the following criteria:
(1) The continued reporting requirement is necessary for the agency to meet specifically identified statutory responsibilities.
(2) The agency has authority to require the report.
(3) The report is not duplicatory of, or in conflict with, other reports required of business by the agency or other agencies of state government.
(4) The information cannot be obtained in a more cost-effective manner.
(5) The agency actually reviewed, and is actively using, the information obtained in the previous reports required of business.
(c) If an agency head certifies that a reporting requirement meets the criteria specified in subdivision (b), any business required to comply with that requirement may, consistent with Section 8526, appeal that certification to the Office of Administrative Hearings.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 14773, this section shall apply to all state agencies as defined in Section 11000.
(e) This section shall not apply to any report or form required by statute, any regulation adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Ch. 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Pt. 1), or any judicial or administrative order.
(f) This section shall not be construed to eliminate any requirement imposed on a state agency to comply with the rulemaking portion of the Administrative Procedure Act (Ch. 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Pt. 1).
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 769, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14825.

14825. The Department of General Services shall publish, or shall cause to be published, the California State Contracts Register, describing therein contracts proposed by the state.
As used in this article, “contract” means an agreement entered into by a state agency for services, which term shall be construed to include contracts for construction or alteration of state-owned real property.
Provisions of this article shall not apply to contracts for entertainment by district agricultural associations or for their fair related events except that summaries of the types of fair related contracts shall be published in the California State Contracts Register at least twice each year.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14825.1.

14825.1. The California State Contracts Register shall be published not less than twice a month and shall include information deemed appropriate by the Department of General Services, and shall include all of the following:
(a) Contract identification number.
(b) A description of the contract to be performed.
(c) All deadlines for submitting bid proposals or other required steps in the contract process, including the location and estimated duration of the contract where appropriate.
(d) Any eligibility requirements and preferences.
(e) Department, name, and telephone number of the person or persons to contact for further bid and submittal information.
The department may make the register available to the general public electronically through a computer-accessed service.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1175, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14826.

14826. In order to broaden subcontracting opportunities for small business, agencies shall maintain and provide, upon request to interested parties, the names and addresses of firms to whom requests for proposals or invitations to bid are to be issued in connection with all contracts for one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14827.

14827. State agencies shall develop procedures for assuring that proposed contract opportunities are published in the California State Contracts Register as required by this article.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14827.1.

14827.1. No state agency shall award a contract unless notice thereof has first been published in the California State Contracts Register.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14827.2.

14827.2. Every state agency shall furnish to the Department of General Services the information required by Section 14825.1 in sufficient time for it to be published in the California State Contracts Register, so as to give potential bidders not less than 10 working days’ notice prior to the contract bid opening date. Agencies shall not release invitations for bid or requests for proposals prior to publication in the California State Contracts Register.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14827.3.

14827.3. The Department of General Services may exempt a state agency from the requirement of advertising in the California State Contracts Register where the contract is necessary for the immediate preservation of life or state property, where the contract is with another state or local agency and where the Director of General Services determines that the state’s best interest would be better served by an exemption. The Department of General Services may, likewise, exempt a class or classes of contracts, where it appears to be in the state’s best interest to do so. The department shall identify the exemptions and publish them utilizing the Financial Information System for California.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. (SB 1505) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14828.

14828. All governmental contracting entities shall provide to the Department of General Services which shall maintain, for review by those desiring the information, all of the following:
(a) Names of contractors to whom specific contracts have been awarded.
(b) Contract procedures and requirements.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14829.

14829. The Department of General Services shall offer copies of the California State Contracts Register for sale, and the “price” thereof shall not exceed the amount necessary to pay all expenses incurred in its preparation and distribution.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6 - California State Contracts Register › Section 14829.1.

14829.1. The Department of General Services may adopt rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect this article.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 823, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14835.

14835. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1198.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14836.

14836. (a) The Legislature hereby declares that it serves a public purpose, and it is of benefit to the state, to promote and facilitate the fullest possible participation by all citizens in the affairs of the State of California in every possible way. It is also essential that opportunity is provided for full participation in our free enterprise system by small business enterprises.
(b) Further, it is the declared policy of the Legislature that the state should aid, counsel, assist, and protect, to the maximum extent possible, the interests of small business concerns, including microbusinesses, in order to preserve free competitive enterprise and to ensure that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts or subcontracts for property and services for the state.
(c) In supporting the success of California small businesses, the state economy is strengthened by the diversity and resiliency of its small businesses and it is essential to ensure all small businesses are able to fully participate in the domestic and global markets, including, but not limited to, businesses owned by women, disabled individuals, people who identify as LGBTQ, immigrants, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 730, Sec. 4. (AB 2019) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14838.2.

14838.2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Market demand is a driving factor in determining profitability of California companies and the ability of those companies to invest in business growth.
(b) The onset of COVID-19 and the subsequent economic downturn and recession has laid bare considerable social and economic inequities, and, overall, nearly one-half of all small businesses face permanent closure, with women-owned, minority-owned, and LGBTQ-owned businesses facing even higher foreclosure thresholds.
(c) The current economic recession caused by COVID-19 is hitting our minority and disadvantaged communities the hardest.
(d) California companies are often at a competitive disadvantage when responding to public contract proposals from government agencies because of factors associated with higher taxes, wages, rents, labor benefits, and insurance rates.
(e) The competitiveness of California companies is also impacted as a result of in-state business preference policies that exist in other states.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 730, Sec. 6. (AB 2019) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14838.4.

14838.4. No small business preference shall be allowed if allowing the small business preference would result in a computed bid of the preference recipient which would exceed the amount of funds appropriated by the Legislature for the construction project, plus any augmentation that may be made by the State Public Works Board pursuant to authority granted in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 586, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14838.5.

14838.5. (a) Notwithstanding the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this part and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, a state agency may award a contract for the acquisition of goods, services, or information technology that has an estimated value of greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000), but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), to a certified small business, including a microbusiness, or to a disabled veteran business enterprise, as long as the agency obtains price quotations from two or more certified small businesses, including microbusinesses, or from two or more disabled veterans business enterprises.
(b) In carrying out subdivision (a), a state agency shall consider a responsive offer timely received from a responsible certified small business, including a microbusiness, or from a disabled veteran business enterprise.
(c) If the estimated cost to the state is less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the acquisition of goods, services, or information technology, or a greater amount as administratively established by the director, a state agency shall obtain at least two price quotations from responsible suppliers whenever there is reason to believe a response from a single source is not a fair and reasonable price.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. (AB 31) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14838.64.

14838.64. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this part and Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 10700) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, the California State University may award a contract for the acquisition of goods, services, or information technology that has an estimated value of greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000), but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), to a certified small business, including a microbusiness, or to a disabled veteran business enterprise, if the California State University obtains price quotations from two or more certified small businesses, including microbusinesses, or from two or more disabled veteran business enterprises.
(b) In carrying out subdivision (a), the California State University shall consider a responsive offer timely received from a responsible certified small business, including a microbusiness, or from a disabled veteran business enterprise.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. (AB 173) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14838.7.

14838.7. (a) Notwithstanding the advertising and bidding provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this code and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, a state agency may award a contract for construction, including the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind that has an estimated value of greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) but less than the cost limit, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 10105 of the Public Contract Code, to a certified small business, including a microbusiness, or to a disabled veteran business enterprise, as long as the agency obtains written bid submittals from two or more certified small businesses, including microbusinesses, or from two or more disabled veteran business enterprises.
(b) In implementing subdivision (a), state agencies shall consider a responsive offer timely received from a responsible certified small business, including a microbusiness, or from a disabled veteran business enterprise.
(c) If the estimated cost to the state is less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the public work construction project, a state agency shall obtain at least two written bid submittals from responsible contractors whenever there is reason to believe a response from a single source is not a fair and reasonable price.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 120. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14839.1.

14839.1. (a) The department shall have sole responsibility for certifying and determining the eligibility of small businesses and microbusinesses under this chapter.
(b) Local agencies shall have access to the department’s list of certified small businesses on the department’s Internet Web site, which is available to the public, for use as a reference guide to confirm a small business certification.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 114, Sec. 1. (AB 1783) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14840.

14840. (a) (1) In the process of certifying and determining the eligibility of a disabled veteran business enterprise or a small business enterprise, including a microbusiness, the department shall require the applicant or certified firm to submit a written declaration, under penalty of perjury, that the information submitted to the department pursuant to this chapter, and in the case of a disabled veteran enterprise all information submitted to the department pursuant to Section 999.2 of the Military and Veterans Code, is true and correct.
(2) The department shall make available the option for an applicant or certified firm to voluntarily identify that the business is at least 51 percent owned by, and whose management and daily operations are controlled by, one or more individuals who identifies as any of the following:
(A) Black (a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa); Hispanic (a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin regardless of race); Native American (an American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, or Native Hawaiian); Pacific-Asian (a person whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, or the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific including North Marianas); Asian-Indian (a person whose origins are from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh).
(B) A woman.
(C) LGBTQ.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law, including Title 1.8 (commencing with Section 1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, the department may publicly display this information within the certification profile of the firm using the state’s certification system.
(b) (1) If the department determines that just cause exists, it may require the owner of the disabled veteran business enterprise, microbusiness, or small business, the applicant, or the certified firm to complete and submit to the department a federal Form 4506-T from the Internal Revenue Service, United States Department of the Treasury, requesting a transcript of a tax return.
(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, “just cause” means either of the following circumstances exist:
(A) The department receives a complaint regarding the certified firm.
(B) The department determines, based on its findings during the course of any certification eligibility review of the applicant or certified firm, that the action described in paragraph (1) is necessary.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 730, Sec. 8. (AB 2019) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14841.

14841. Upon completion of an awarded contract for which a commitment to achieve small business or disabled veteran business enterprise participation goals was made, the contractor shall report to the awarding department the actual percentage of small business and disabled veteran business enterprise participation that was achieved. A contract that includes disabled veteran business enterprise participation shall also meet the requirements of Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 676, Sec. 3. (AB 230) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14842.1.

14842.1. (a) The department shall provide an internet web page that includes web links to one or more online directories or databases of businesses certified by state agencies with industrial classification codes, such as the United Nations Standard Product and Service Codes, North American Industry Classification System, or Standard Industrial Classification, that include categories related to goods or commodities, services, information technology, and construction. For purposes of this subdivision, state certification shall include small businesses, disabled veteran business enterprises, minority business enterprises, woman business enterprises, LGBTQ business enterprises, and persons with disabilities business enterprises.
(b) The department shall provide a link to the web page required by subdivision (a) on the department’s internet home page. This section does not limit the authority of the department to include some or all of the information required by subdivision (a) on one or more additional internet web pages.
(c) The department shall notify each state agency or department that the Department of General Services small business certification database is a resource for sourcing vendors to meet the minimum goal of 25 percent procurement for small businesses and microbusinesses described in Section 14838.1.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 423, Sec. 4. (AB 258) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14843.

14843. (a) The department may make all rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect this chapter. Rules and regulations shall be adopted, amended, or repealed in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1.
(b) The department shall consider appropriate remedial actions to be taken in regards to mandatory reporting agencies that failed in three out of five years to meet their small business or disabled veteran business enterprise goals, including, but not limited to, the removal of the department’s delegated contract authority or the placement of additional restrictions on contracting activity. The department shall set forth its actions related to this subdivision within the department’s consolidated annual report.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 730, Sec. 9. (AB 2019) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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14844. (a) The department shall contract for a statewide procurement and contracting disparity study, in order to guide outreach strategies, state government program development, and improvements to contracting policies.
(b) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall post a report to its internet website setting forth the results of the study and implementation actions taken in response to it.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 730, Sec. 10. (AB 2019) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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14846. (a) (1) Using existing resources, each state agency shall consolidate its existing staff functions that relate to contract opportunities for small business into a single point of contact for small businesses, and designate a small business advocate as a liaison to small business suppliers.
(2) Each small business advocate shall, at a minimum, provide for both of the following:
(A) Make information regarding pending solicitations available to, and consider offers from, California small business suppliers capable of meeting the state’s business need, and who have registered with the state for this purpose.
(B) Ensure that payments due on a contract with a small business are made promptly, as provided for in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 927) of Part 3 of Division 3.6 of Title 1.
(3) This subdivision shall not apply to state agencies whose contracting expenditures total less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annually.
(b) Prior to placing orders under the California multiple awards schedule program, state agencies shall first consider offers from small businesses that have established multiple award schedules whenever practicable.
(c) State agencies shall identify and implement innovative acquisition operating processes, including payment processes, and strategies for small business participation. To maximize the benefits, state agencies shall actively share information about these innovative processes with other state agencies.
(d) State agencies shall prepare solicitations, and any related bid submission requirements, in a manner consistent with the scope, complexity, and anticipated cost of the acquisition. If appropriate, state agencies shall provide bidders with simplified and streamlined tools and methods for responding to solicitations that allow bidders to efficiently, expeditiously, and cost-effectively respond to the contracting opportunity.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 756, Sec. 12. (AB 1574) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 6.5 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act › ARTICLE 2 - Small Business Advocacy › Section 14847.

14847. (a) In determining eligibility of a business for an award, state agencies may consider all of the following:
(1) Whether the bidder has the necessary facilities, organizational capability, experience, managerial and technical competency and skills, and financial resources to fulfill the terms of the contract.
(2) Whether the bidder has the capability to comply with the required delivery or performance schedule, taking into consideration other business commitments.
(3) Whether the bidder has a history of satisfactory or better performance, as demonstrated by a results-oriented track record, written performance evaluations, or other relevant information obtained from references.
(b) State agencies may enter into contracts with multiple sources when in the best interests of the state.
(c) The Department of General Services shall establish procedures and guidelines for the implementation of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 917, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14850.

14850. All state printing shall be done in the Office of State Printing.
State work only shall be done in the Office of State Printing. The Office of State Printing may also be known as the Office of State Publishing.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 784, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14851.

14851. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), the Office of State Publishing may accept or authorize paid advertisements in materials printed or published by the office, a state agency, or a vendor, except that the office shall not print, publish, or authorize paid political advertising.
(b) The Office of State Publishing may print checks and other printed matter necessary for the operation of any industry board or state agricultural district board at the expense of the state.
(c) To reduce duplication of staff resources and to provide consistency in the review for appropriateness of advertisements, an agency of the state that was not authorized to accept paid advertising in its publications before January 1, 2006, shall use the services of the Office of State Publishing for all paid advertising in its publications.
(d) Funds derived from the placement of paid advertisements on agency literature or publications pursuant to this section shall be available to the agency, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund agency operations.
(e) The Office of State Publishing shall not accept or authorize any paid advertisements in materials printed or published for the Secretary of State.
(f) The authorization provided in subdivision (a) to the Office of State Publishing shall apply to materials printed or published for an executive branch agency administered by a constitutional officer other than the Governor only upon the written consent of the director of the agency or his or her designee. The director or his or her designee may revoke this consent at any time in a writing appropriately delivered to the Office of State Publishing.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 513, Sec. 1. (SB 1079) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14852.

14852. All printing required by the California Exposition and State Fair and district agricultural associations is exempt from Section 14850.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1110, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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14853. The department has entire charge and superintendence of the state printing and binding.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14854.

14854. The department shall decide upon the style and manner of printing all laws and other state documents except those printed for the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
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14855. The department may revise, reduce or decline to execute any order, or part of any order, which it deems unnecessary or unwarranted by law, and which will tend to consume unnecessarily the appropriation for support of the Office of State Printing.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14856.

14856. Appropriations from the General Fund shall not be expended for the printing or publishing of any book, pamphlet, report of activities, or compilation or synopsis of laws, rules or regulations, or other document concerning any of those activities of any state agency that is supported from special funds.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14857.

14857. When any chart, map, diagram, or other engraving is required to illustrate any document ordered to be printed, such chart, map, diagram, or engraving shall be prepared or procured by the department. Bills for engraving, lithographing, or lithograph printing not so prepared or procured shall not be allowed by the Controller.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14858.

14858. The department may cause the state printing plant, its contents and all printing supplies and other property used or intended to be used for state printing, wherever located, to be insured against damage or destruction by fire.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 14860.

14860. Whenever the Office of State Printing is not equipped to fill an order for printing or other work, the Office of State Printing shall so notify the state agency or agencies submitting the order and the state agency or agencies shall then make purchases of such printing or other work directly through the Office of Procurement of the department.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 2 - Costs › Section 14865.

14865. All printed matter for all state agencies and the Regents of the University of California shall be prepared at the expense of their respective funds or appropriations.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 2 - Costs › Section 14866.

14866. The cost of all printing and publishing by the Office of State Printing shall be fixed by the department in an amount which will pay for all costs relating to such printing and publishing, including depreciation on plant and equipment.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 2 - Costs › Section 14867.

14867. The department shall cause to be installed and the Office of State Printing shall use a cost finding system for determining the cost of all work performed in the Office of State Printing.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 2 - Costs › Section 14868.

14868. Charges for printing publications, including legislative printing, shall include the cost of printing and distributing copies thereof to libraries as required by Section 14901.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1038.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 3 - Operation of the Office of State Printing › Section 14870.

14870. The department shall execute promptly all orders for printing or binding received from the various state agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 5.5 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 7 - Printing › ARTICLE 3 - Operation of the Office of State Printing › Section 14871.

14871. Orders for printing shall be forwarded to the department by the state agency ordering the printing. Such orders shall contain a statement showing that sufficient funds have been encumbered and made available to cover the cost of the printing ordered. The Office of State Printing shall not commence work until a printing order, approved by an authorized officer of the agency ordering the printing, has been received.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)