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2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 2.5 - Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Environmental, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms › Section 10510.5.

10510.5. (a) Selection by the University of California for professional services of private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, real property development services, or construction project management firms shall be on the basis of demonstrated competence and on the professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the services required. In order to implement this method of selection, the university shall adopt procedures that assure that these services are engaged on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications for the types of services to be performed and at fair and reasonable prices to the university. Furthermore, these procedures shall assure maximum participation of small business firms, as defined by the Director of General Services pursuant to Section 14837 of the Government Code.
(b) These procedures shall specifically prohibit practices that might result in unlawful activity including, but not limited to, rebates, kickbacks, or other unlawful consideration, and shall specifically prohibit university employees from participating in the selection process when those employees have a relationship with a person or business entity seeking a contract under this section.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 699, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 2.5 - Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Environmental, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms › Section 10510.6.

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, engineering, land surveying, environmental, real property development services, or construction project management firm.
(b) After providing notification to the successful firm of its selection, the university shall provide written instructions for the negotiations that are to follow. These instructions shall provide the private consulting firm with necessary information that shall allow the negotiations to proceed in an orderly fashion. Negotiations shall begin within 14 days after the successful firm has been notified of its selection or upon receipt of the cost proposal. The contractor should be notified if additional time is necessary to begin negotiations.
(c) Upon the completion of negotiations, the university and the private firm shall proceed to execute a contract that the university shall complete within 45 days. The contractor should be notified if additional time is necessary to complete the contract. The university and private firm shall work together to ensure the successful delivery of the requested services in a timely fashion.
(d) In the event an impasse is reached in negotiations, the university may terminate negotiations and enter into negotiations with the next qualified firm, in the same manner as prescribed in Section 10510.8 with respect to management services contracts.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 699, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 2.5 - Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Environmental, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms › Section 10510.8.

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, and construction project management services at compensation that the university determines is fair and reasonable to the University of California.
(b) Should the university be unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with the firm considered to be the most qualified, at a price the university determines to be fair and reasonable to the University of California, negotiations with that firm shall be formally terminated. The university shall then undertake negotiations with the second most qualified firm. Failing accord with the second most qualified firm, the university shall terminate negotiations. The university shall then undertake negotiations with the third most qualified firm.
(c) Should the university be unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with any of the selected firms, the university shall select additional firms in order of their competence and qualification and continue negotiations in accordance with this article until an agreement is reached.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 699, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 2.5 - Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Environmental, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms › Section 10510.9.

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 responsibilities have expertise and experience in construction project design review and evaluation, construction mobilization and supervision, bid evaluation, project scheduling, cost-benefit analysis, claims review and negotiation, and general management and administration of a construction project.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 699, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 2.7 - University of California Vendors › Section 10510.50.

10510.50. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Recovery of Earned but Unpaid Wages Act.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 480, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 2.7 - University of California Vendors › Section 10510.52.

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 the university or required by university policy, whichever is higher, and the employee’s hourly rate of pay and hourly value of employer-provided benefits. The vendor shall provide employees with these notices at the time each employee is assigned to perform services for the university and thereafter, each January, and within seven days of a change to the employee’s hourly rate.
(b) (1) In January and July of each year, the vendor shall provide basic payroll information to the university and members of any joint labor-management committee. The vendor shall provide all employees who agree to perform services for the university or continue doing so with written notice of this requirement and the written notice shall also include the following text:
“Basic payroll information pertaining to all employees who accept an assignment or continue performing services for the University of California will be shared with the University of California and the organizations that represent University of California employees. The information that will be shared includes your full name, university work location, mobile telephone number, email address, and home address. The purpose of sharing this information is to ensure that the University of California and the organizations that represent University of California employees can contact you if they discover you have been paid less than required by the vendor’s contract with the university or university policy and so that the University of California can provide you with a timely offer of employment as soon as you become eligible.”
(2) Basic payroll information for an individual employee who performs services for the university shall also, upon request, be made available for inspection by that individual employee or that individual employee’s authorized representative or be furnished to that individual employee or that individual employee’s authorized representative.
(c) If an auditor, vendor, the university, or any other person conducts or receives an audit, verification, notice, report, or finding with regard to whether a vendor has compensated employees at the total compensation rate required by the vendor’s contract with the university or university policy, including the vendor’s failure to provide employees with any “wage and benefits parity” rate required by university policy, that audit, verification, notice, report, or finding shall be provided to the university and members of any joint labor-management committee.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 480, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 2.7 - University of California Vendors › Section 10510.54.

10510.54. The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 480, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 3 - Real Property › Section 10511.

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 property to be sold exceeds the amount specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to real property whose estimated value exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000) net to the seller.
(b) Notice of the sale of real property shall be by publication a minimum of six times, between 2 and 12 weeks preceding the day set for receiving bids, as follows:
(1) A minimum of three times in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is situated.
(2) At least three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Los Angeles, the City of San Diego, the City of San Francisco, or the City of Sacramento, whichever is deemed most appropriate by the regents.
(3) The published notices shall specify the general description of the property, the source for bid materials and information, and the date and place for the receiving of sealed bids.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 361, Sec. 1. (AB 2726) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 3 - Real Property › Section 10512.

10512. (a) On the date designated in the public notice, the sealed bids shall be publicly opened.
(b) (1) The regents shall accept in public the bid or proposal that it deems to offer the best combination of price, terms, and bidder’s qualifications to the university, or reject all bids or proposals. A bidder’s qualifications may include factors other than price and terms, such as the bidder’s ability to complete the transaction or to secure development entitlements.
(2) If a successful bidder fails to perform in the manner specified, the regents may, at their sole option and without further notice, accept, from those remaining bids or proposals submitted and opened in public pursuant to subdivision (a), the bid or proposal that it deems to offer the best combination of price, terms, and bidder’s qualifications to the university.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 361, Sec. 2. (AB 2726) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 3 - Real Property › Section 10513.

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.
(b) A sale of a right of use in real property that is less than fee ownership.
(c) A sale of real property subject to title conditions or restrictions on the university’s ownership deriving from the origin of that ownership by gift, devise, or otherwise, if that sale would be inconsistent with those title conditions or restrictions.
(d) The disposition of real property acquired through exercise of a power of sale pursuant to a deed of trust, foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, transactions when property is accepted in settlement of a defaulted mortgage, legal settlement, or held as an asset in the university’s investment portfolio.
(e) A sale of public lands under the direction of the federal land agent.
(f) A sale to a person or entity who will dedicate the real property to public use.
(g) A sale of real property acquired after January 1, 1985, through eminent domain proceedings initiated by the Regents of the University of California. In those cases, the person from whom the property was acquired shall be notified and be accorded an exclusive opportunity for 90 days to purchase the property at its fair market value. If the person fails to undertake proceedings to purchase the property within 90 days, the procedures specified in Sections 10511 and 10512 shall then be followed in the sale of the property.
(h) An exchange to acquire real property of another person or entity for university purposes. Any exchange shall be upon terms and conditions agreed to by the exchanging parties.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 361, Sec. 3. (AB 2726) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 4 - Conflict of Interest › Section 10515.

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, procurement of goods or supplies, or any other related action that is required, suggested, or otherwise deemed appropriate in the end product of the consulting services contract.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to either of the following:
(1) Any person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who is awarded a subcontract of a consulting services contract that amounts to no more than 10 percent of the total monetary value of the consulting services contract.
(2) Consulting services contracts that comply with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 10510.4).
(c) (1) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any person, firm, or subsidiary awarded a consulting services contract by a University of California medical center when the provision of service, procurement of goods or supplies, or any other related action required, suggested, or otherwise deemed appropriate in the end product of the consulting services contract, is necessary to avoid a competitive disadvantage in the hospital industry, improve patient care, protect the privacy of patient information, or avoid significant delay and additional expense.
(2) The University of California shall report within 30 days on any exemption granted under paragraph (1) to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Department of Finance. The report shall include a description of the circumstances that warranted the exemption, the effects of the exemption on patient care or patient privacy, and a calculation of the projected costs savings to the institution as a result of the exemption.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 699, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 4 - Conflict of Interest › Section 10516.

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 employee has a financial interest if that employment, activity, or enterprise is sponsored or funded, or sponsored and funded, by any university department through or by a university contract unless the employment, activity, or enterprise is within the course and scope of the officer’s or employee’s regular university employment. No officer or employee in the university shall contract on his or her own individual behalf as an independent contractor with any university department to provide services or goods. This section shall not apply to officers or employees of the university with teaching or research responsibilities, nor shall it apply to student employees for payment for additional campus activities or engagements outside of the scope of their primary university employment.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. (SB 1122) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 4 - Conflict of Interest › Section 10517.

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 contract in which he or she engaged in any of the negotiations, transactions, planning, arrangements, or any part of the decisionmaking process relevant to the contract while employed in any capacity by any university department. The prohibition of this subdivision shall apply to a person only during the two-year period beginning on the date the person left university employment.
(b) For a period of 12 months following the date of his or her retirement, dismissal, or separation from the University of California, no person employed in the university or otherwise appointed to serve in the university may enter into a contract with any university department, if he or she was employed by that department in a policymaking position in the same general subject area as the proposed contract within the 12-month period prior to his or her retirement, dismissal, or separation. The prohibition of this subdivision shall not apply to a contract requiring the person’s services as an expert witness in a civil case or to a contract for the continuation of an attorney’s services on a matter he or she was involved with prior to leaving the university.
(c) This section does not prohibit the rehire or reappointment of University of California employees after retirement, consistent with university administrative policies, nor does it apply to inventors and authors of intellectual property licensed under technology transfer agreements.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1122, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative July 1, 2003, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1122.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 4 - Conflict of Interest › Section 10518.

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 identification number by the chancellor of that university campus. Each contractor who has been assigned a number shall list it on each contract the contractor enters into with the university campus, regardless of the amount of the contract. In the case of a corporation or firm, the chancellor’s assigned number shall be used exclusively on each contract with that particular chancellor’s campus. The assigned number shall remain unchanged regardless of future name changes.
(b) If the identification numbers cannot be tracked centrally by the Regents of the University of California, then the regents, and not the chancellors, shall assign the identification numbers.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 699, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10520.

10520. Every contract or other transaction entered in violation of any provision of this chapter is void, unless the violation is technical or nonsubstantive.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1122, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative July 1, 2003, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1122.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10521.

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 entered in violation of any provision of this chapter. If the court finds substantial evidence of a violation, it may issue a temporary injunction to prevent any further dealings upon the contract or other transaction, pending a final determination on the merits of the case. If the action results in a final determination that the contract or other transaction has been entered in violation of this chapter, it shall be void, and the state or person bringing the action shall be awarded costs and attorney’s fees. This section shall not be construed to permit an award of costs and attorney fees to the person or entity contracting or otherwise transacting with the university.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1122, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative July 1, 2003, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1122.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10522.

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.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1122, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative July 1, 2003, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1122.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10523.

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.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1122, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative July 1, 2003, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1122.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10524.

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 by this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 242.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10525.

10525. Willful violation of any other provision of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1122, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative July 1, 2003, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1122.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10526.

10526. Sections 10522, 10523, 10524, and 10525 of this article do not apply to violations of Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 10510.4) of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 699, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.1 - University of California Competitive Bidding › ARTICLE 5 - Remedies and Penalties › Section 10527.

10527. This article does not apply to violations of Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 10510.50) of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 480, Sec. 2. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10700.

10700. This chapter may be cited as the California State University Contract Law.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10701.

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. “Project” includes a project located on California State University property and performed pursuant to a contract entered into or awarded by an auxiliary organization, as defined in Section 89901 of the Education Code, and funded in whole or in part by public funds.
(b) “Service contract” means any contract for services in connection with a project other than a project contract, and includes, but is not limited to, contracts for architectural, engineering, planning, testing, general studies, or feasibility services.
(c) “Trustees” means the Trustees of the California State University and their designees.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 346, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10702.

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 incidental work or service in connection with the delivery of the material or supplies.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10703.

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 supervision or paid for in whole or part out of public funds.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10704.

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 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code. For the purposes of this chapter, a project located on California State University property and performed pursuant to a contract entered into or awarded by an auxiliary organization, as defined in Section 89901 of the Education Code, and funded in whole or in part by public funds, shall be deemed to be under the sole and direct control of the trustees.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 346, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10705.

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 this section if the estimated cost does not exceed the value of a minor capital outlay project for which, pursuant to Section 10108, the services of the Department of General Services are not required and a state agency or department is authorized to carry out its own project.
(b) If the estimated total cost of any construction project or work carried out under this section exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), the trustees shall solicit bids in writing and shall award the work to the lowest responsible bidder or reject all bids. The trustees may carry out work in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) under this section by day labor if the trustees deem that the award of a contract, the acceptance of bids, or the acceptance of further bids is not in the best interests of the state, but the amount of work performed by day labor under this section shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 219, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10706.

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, upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10706.5.

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 the trustees under this chapter, upon terms that are mutually agreed upon.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 346, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10707.

10707. The trustees may enter into service contracts. Such contracts shall be subject only to Section 10820 and to such other provisions of this chapter, if any, as the trustees may from time to time designate as applicable.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10708.

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 portions of the design services and construction of a project under this chapter. The contractor shall design the project pursuant to the scope of services set forth in the request for proposals, build the project, and present the completed project to the trustees for their approval and acceptance.
(b) Work under this section shall be carried out by a contractor chosen by a competitive bidding process that employs selection criteria in addition to cost. Any design work performed pursuant to this section shall be prepared and signed by an architect certificated pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(c) When the design of portions of the project permits the selection of subcontractors, the contractor shall competitively bid those portions. The contractor shall provide to the trustees a list of subcontractors whose work is in excess of one-half of 1 percent of the total project cost as soon as the subcontractors are identified. Once listed, the subcontractors shall have the rights provided in the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1).
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 318, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10709.

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, on the terms it determines are in the best interests of the California State University if they find that the anticipated cost for the alterations effected by the energy conservation construction contract will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the California State University of energy that would have been consumed by the California State University in the absence of those alterations. The letting of contracts pursuant to this section shall be conducted through competitive means.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 522, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 10710.

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 renovation or modification, to be done according to unit prices. The contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, and shall be based primarily on plans and specifications for typical work. No project shall be performed under a contract of this type except by order of the trustees. No annual contracts may be awarded under these provisions for capital outlay projects, where the total cost of the project exceeds the value of a minor capital outlay project for which, pursuant to Section 10108, the services of the Department of General Services are not required and a state agency or department is authorized to carry out its own project.
(b) For purposes of this section, “unit price” means the amount paid for a single unit of an item of work, and “typical work” means a work description applicable universally or applicable to a large number of individual projects, as distinguished from work specifically described with respect to an individual project.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 219, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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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 Code, shall cause to be prepared full, complete, and accurate plans and specifications and estimates of cost, giving such directions as will enable any competent mechanic or other builder to carry them out.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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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 taken.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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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 contract upon informal bids, or by a combination thereof:
(a)  When the trustees determine that an emergency exists due to an act of God, earthquake, flood, storm, fire, landslide, public disturbance, vandalism, or other unexpected cause which results in damage to a state-owned building, state-owned real property, or any improvements thereon, for work and remedial measures which are required immediately and which are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
The trustees shall annually, on or before December 31, report to the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee the instances in which an exemption from the bidding process was allowed due to “unexpected causes.”
(b) At any time after the approval of plans, specifications, and estimates of cost, if the trustees deem 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 689, Sec. 1.)
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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; but such work 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.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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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.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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10725. Except in unit basis contracts, contracts shall not be made exceeding in amount the estimates of costs approved by the trustees. Plans and specifications and estimates of costs, including expense of advertising and inspection, shall not be approved by the trustees requiring a greater expenditure of money than is appropriated for the specific purpose in the law authorizing the expenditure.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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10726. The trustees may receive bids for the construction of several public works projects at the California State University 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 such proportional basis as may be determined by the trustees and approved by the Department of Finance.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 34, Sec. 37. (SB 860) Effective June 20, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Contract Code - PCC › DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - California State University Contract Law › ARTICLE 3 - Advertisement for Bids › Section 10740.

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 given as follows:
(a) By publication for two consecutive insertions in a weekly trade paper of general circulation, published either in Los Angeles or San Francisco, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract news among contracting firms; and
(b) Once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation 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.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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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.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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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, or once a week for more than two consecutive weeks if such longer period of advertising is deemed necessary by the trustees, next preceding the day set for the receiving of bids:
(a) In two trade papers of general circulation, one published in Los Angeles and one in San Francisco, devoted primarily to the dissemination of contract and building news among contracting and building material supply firms; or
(b) In one newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the major portion of the project is located, and in one such trade paper published in the county group, as defined in Section 187 of the Streets and Highways Code, in which the work is to be done; or
(c) Electronically on the California State University’s Internet Web site.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 34, Sec. 38. (SB 860) Effective June 20, 2014.)
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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 of the entire project, when the trustees determine that segregation is advisable.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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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 the Department of General Services are not required and a state agency or department is authorized to carry out its own project, the trustees shall 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 projects. 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 417, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
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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 bidder is qualified to bid.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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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 or contract thereafter awarded shall be invalidated by the failure of the bidder or contractor to be properly licensed in accordance with the laws of this state, nor shall any such contractor be denied payment under any such contract because of such failure; provided, however, that the first payment for work or material under such contract shall not be made by the Controller unless and until the Registrar of Contractors certifies to him that the records of the Contractors’ State License Board indicate that such contractor was or became properly licensed between the time of bid opening and the making of the certification. Any bidder or contractor not so licensed shall be subject to all legal penalties imposed by such laws, including, but not limited to, any appropriate disciplinary action by the Contractors’ State License Board, and the trustees shall include a statement to that effect in the standard form of prequalification questionnaire and financial statement.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)
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10763. The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and are not open to public inspection.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 4.)