California Code
PART 2 - CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES
CHAPTER 2 - State Acquisition of Goods and Services

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 10290. - 10290. As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the...

Section 10290.1. - 10290.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in exercising...

Section 10290.3. - 10290.3. (a) Notwithstanding the bidding provisions of this chapter, reverse...

ARTICLE 2 - Approval of Contracts

Section 10295. - 10295. (a) All contracts entered into by any state agency...

Section 10295.1. - 10295.1. (a) A state department or agency shall not contract...

Section 10295.2. - 10295.2. (a) No vehicle acquisition request, vehicle purchase order, or...

Section 10295.3. - 10295.3. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no...

Section 10295.35. - 10295.35. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency...

Section 10295.4. - 10295.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency shall...

Section 10295.5. - 10295.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency shall...

Section 10295.6. - 10295.6. Sections 10295 and 10297 do not apply to any...

Section 10295.8. - 10295.8. For a contract awarded without competitive bidding for the...

Section 10296. - 10296. (a) Every contract entered into by any state agency...

Section 10297. - 10297. The provisions of Section 10295 shall apply both to...

Section 10298. - 10298. (a) The director may consolidate the needs of multiple...

Section 10298.1. - 10298.1. (a) The Department of General Services shall periodically review...

Section 10298.5. - 10298.5. (a) The director may use the procedures described in...

Section 10299. - 10299. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director...

Section 10299.1. - 10299.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the director shall operate...

ARTICLE 3 - Competitive Bidding and Other Acquisition Procedures

Section 10300. - 10300. (a) A Customer and Supplier Advocate shall be established...

Section 10301. - 10301. Except in cases when the agency and the department...

Section 10302. - 10302. (a) Except in cases of emergency where immediate purchase...

Section 10302.5. - 10302.5. All product specifications that the department or any other...

Section 10302.6. - 10302.6. Product specifications as prepared by the department or any...

Section 10303. - 10303. The department shall adopt, publish and apply uniform standards...

Section 10304. - 10304. All bids shall be sealed and shall be publicly...

Section 10304.1. - 10304.1. Notwithstanding Sections 10301, 10302, and 10304, the Department of...

Section 10305. - 10305. After being opened the bids shall be available for...

Section 10306. - 10306. (a) Whenever a contract under this article is not...

Section 10307. - 10307. The director shall establish statewide acquisition standards, the purpose...

Section 10308. - 10308. Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, every acquisition...

Section 10309. - 10309. Except as provided in Sections 10332 and 10333, no...

Section 10310. - 10310. Upon the request of the department, every state agency...

Section 10311. - 10311. (a) An estimate or requisition approved by the state...

Section 10312. - 10312. Immediately upon the rendition of services or the delivery...

Section 10313. - 10313. The director may make the services of the department...

Section 10314. - 10314. Any contract for goods to be manufactured by the...

Section 10315. - 10315. The department may rent, lease, construct, and maintain warehouses...

Section 10316. - 10316. The department may insure in the name of the...

Section 10317. - 10317. Each person in the department who has personal supervision...

Section 10318. - 10318. No state agency or employee thereof shall draft or...

Section 10319. - 10319. To meet an emergency, goods of a perishable nature,...

Section 10320.5. - 10320.5. (a) Commencing January 1, 1992, all state agencies subject...

Section 10322. - 10322. Any person who supplies any state agency with livestock...

Section 10323. - 10323. To assist the department and other state agencies in...

Section 10325. - 10325. Each quarter, the department shall, upon request, provide each...

Section 10326. - 10326. In establishing bid specifications for the acquisition of motor...

Section 10326.1. - 10326.1. (a) A campus or a facility of a California...

Section 10326.3. - 10326.3. (a) As used in this section, “best value procurement”...

Section 10327. - 10327. Except for motor vehicles described in Section 43805 of...

Section 10328. - 10328. The bid requirements prescribed in this article are not...

Section 10329. - 10329. No person shall willfully split a single transaction into...

Section 10330. - 10330. On July 1 of each year, the department shall...

Section 10331. - 10331. The department shall establish a program for delegating authority...

Section 10332. - 10332. Any state agency that receives delegated authority to acquire...

Section 10333. - 10333. (a) The department shall delegate purchasing authority, as specified...

Section 10334. - 10334. (a) No state employee shall acquire any goods from...

ARTICLE 4 - Contracts for Services

Section 10335. - 10335. (a) This article shall apply to all contracts, including...

Section 10335.5. - 10335.5. (a) “Consulting services contract,” as used in this article,...

Section 10335.7. - 10335.7. “State agency,” as used in this article, means every...

Section 10336. - 10336. The Department of Finance may establish those controls over...

Section 10337. - 10337. (a) The State Personnel Board may establish such standards...

Section 10339. - 10339. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10348, no...

Section 10340. - 10340. (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), state agencies...

Section 10341. - 10341. Whenever a contract subject to the provisions of this...

Section 10342. - 10342. After opening, all bids shall be available for public...

Section 10344. - 10344. (a) Contracts subject to the provisions of this article...

Section 10344.1. - 10344.1. The Department of Human Resources, with respect to contracts...

Section 10345. - 10345. (a) Whenever a contract is awarded under a procedure...

Section 10346. - 10346. Contracts may provide for progress payments to contractors for...

Section 10348. - 10348. The department shall prescribe the following: (a) The conditions...

Section 10348.5. - 10348.5. Each state agency shall designate at least one currently...

Section 10349. - 10349. The Department of Human Resources shall establish a program...

Section 10351. - 10351. (a) The department shall exempt from its approval contracts...

Section 10352. - 10352. (a) The department shall conduct a quality control review...

Section 10353. - 10353. A contract in an amount in excess of two...

Section 10353.5. - 10353.5. (a) Any contract for legal services shall contain the...

Section 10365.5. - 10365.5. (a) No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has...

Section 10367. - 10367. (a) Each contractor shall be advised in writing on...

Section 10369. - 10369. (a) Each state agency shall conduct a post-evaluation, by...

Section 10370. - 10370. The evaluations and contractor responses on file with the...

Section 10371. - 10371. The following provisions shall apply to all consulting services...

Section 10372. - 10372. On and after January 1, 2024, when seeking to...

Section 10381. - 10381. (a) The department shall ensure that all state agencies...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Federal Surplus Personal Property

Section 10383. - 10383. The Department of General Services is hereby designated as...

Section 10383.1. - 10383.1. The department shall cooperate with the federal government and...

Section 10383.2. - 10383.2. The department may enter into cooperative agreements with, and...

Section 10383.3. - 10383.3. The Director of General Services may create a committee...

Section 10383.4. - 10383.4. The department shall develop a detailed state plan of...

Section 10383.5. - 10383.5. The cash resources of the Surplus Property - Hardware...

Section 10383.6. - 10383.6. The Department of General Services shall have the possession...

Section 10383.7. - 10383.7. All officers and employees of the State Department of...

Section 10383.8. - 10383.8. The department may make all rules and regulations consistent...

ARTICLE 6 - Purchase of Federal Surplus Property

Section 10385. - 10385. The department may purchase, lease or otherwise acquire from...

Section 10386. - 10386. Any and all negotiations with the federal government or...

Section 10387. - 10387. The department shall do all of the following: (1)...

Section 10388. - 10388. Unless otherwise prescribed by the department, state agencies desiring...

Section 10389. - 10389. This article shall not apply to the Trustees of...

ARTICLE 6.5 - State Surplus Personal Property

Section 10389.1. - 10389.1. The Department of General Services, if feasible and consistent...

Section 10389.2. - 10389.2. (a) The department’s policies and procedures regarding the disposition...

ARTICLE 7.6 - Recycled Oil Markets

Section 10405. - 10405. The following definitions govern the construction of this article:...

Section 10406. - 10406. Every procuring agency shall continuously review and revise its...

Section 10407. - 10407. Every procuring agency shall require that purchases of lubricating...

Section 10408. - 10408. (a) Every procuring agency shall establish and maintain an...

Section 10409. - 10409. Every local agency, as defined in Section 17518 of...

ARTICLE 8 - Conflict of Interest

Section 10410. - 10410. No officer or employee in the state civil service...

Section 10411. - 10411. (a) No retired, dismissed, separated, or formerly employed person...

Section 10412. - 10412. Each contractor who enters into a state contract with...

Section 10413. - 10413. Notwithstanding Section 10410, an employee or state officer, not...

ARTICLE 9 - Remedies and Penalties

Section 10420. - 10420. Every contract or other transaction entered in violation of...

Section 10421. - 10421. The state, or any person acting on behalf of...

Section 10422. - 10422. Any officer or employee of the department who corruptly...

Section 10423. - 10423. Any person contracting with the state by oral or...

Section 10424. - 10424. Persons convicted under Section 10422 or 10423 are also...

Section 10425. - 10425. Willful violation of any other provision of this chapter...

Section 10426. - 10426. (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to...

ARTICLE 10 - Exemptions

Section 10430. - 10430. This chapter does not apply to any of the...

ARTICLE 12 - Minority Business Participation

Section 10470. - 10470. As used in this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 10471. - 10471. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all contracts awarded...

Section 10472. - 10472. In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the...

Section 10473. - 10473. (a) Each awarding department shall establish a method for...

Section 10474. - 10474. Commencing on January 1, 1989, and on January 1st...

ARTICLE 13 - Darfur Contracting Act of 2008

Section 10475. - 10475. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 10476. - 10476. As used in this article, the following definition applies:...

Section 10477. - 10477. (a) A scrutinized company is ineligible to, and shall...

Section 10478. - 10478. (a) A state agency shall require a company that...

Section 10479. - 10479. (a) If the Department of General Services determines that...

Section 10480. - 10480. This act shall be repealed upon affirmative action of...

Section 10481. - 10481. (a) If any one or more provision, section, subsection,...

Section 10490. - 10490. (a) A scrutinized company is ineligible to, and shall...