California Code
DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

Section 1100. - 1100. “Public entity,” as used in this part, means the...

Section 1100.7. - 1100.7. This code is the basis of contracts between most...

Section 1101. - 1101. “Public works contract,” as used in this part, means...

Section 1102. - 1102. “Emergency,” as used in this code, means a sudden,...

Section 1103. - 1103. “Responsible bidder,” as used in this part, means a...

Section 1104. - 1104. No local public entity, charter city, or charter county...

CHAPTER 1.6 - Electronic Transmissions

Section 1600. - 1600. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, counties, a city...

Section 1601. - 1601. (a) Any public entity may adopt methods and procedures...

CHAPTER 2 - Responsive Bidders

Section 2000. - 2000. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring a...

Section 2001. - 2001. (a) Any local agency, as defined in subdivision (d)...

Section 2002. - 2002. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring a...

Section 2003. - 2003. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2002 or any other law requiring...

Section 2010. - 2010. A person that submits a bid or proposal to,...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Certification of Minority and Women Business Enterprises

Section 2050. - 2050. It is the intent of the Legislature that any...

Section 2051. - 2051. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 2052. - 2052. (a) All awarding departments and local agencies shall accept...

Section 2053. - 2053. (a) A participating state or local agency shall certify...

Section 2054. - 2054. (a) The department shall develop and make available to...

Section 2055. - 2055. A participating state or local agency may challenge the...

Section 2056. - 2056. (a) The department shall establish and administer a computerized...

Section 2057. - 2057. This chapter shall not apply to any professional services...

CHAPTER 2.7 - Iran Contracting Act of 2010

Section 2200. - 2200. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2201. - 2201. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 2202. - 2202. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 2202.5. - 2202.5. For purposes of this chapter, a person engages in...

Section 2203. - 2203. (a) (1) A person that, at the time of...

Section 2204. - 2204. (a) A public entity shall require a person that...

Section 2205. - 2205. (a) If the local public entity, or the Department...

Section 2206. - 2206. This act shall occupy the field with regard to...

Section 2207. - 2207. The Legislature shall submit to the Attorney General of...

Section 2208. - 2208. (a) If any one or more provisions, sections, subdivisions,...

CHAPTER 2.8 - Project Labor Agreements

Section 2500. - 2500. (a) A public entity may use, enter into, or...

Section 2501. - 2501. The members of the governing board of a local...

Section 2502. - 2502. If a charter provision, initiative, or ordinance of a...

Section 2503. - 2503. If a charter provision, initiative, or ordinance of a...

CHAPTER 2.9 - Skilled and Trained Workforce Requirements

Section 2600. - 2600. (a) This chapter applies when a public entity is...

Section 2600.5. - 2600.5. The failure of a public entity to provide a...

Section 2601. - 2601. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Apprenticeable occupation” means...

Section 2602. - 2602. (a) When a contractor, bidder, or other entity is...

Section 2603. - 2603. (a) If the Labor Commissioner or his or her...

CHAPTER 3 - Formation

ARTICLE 1 - Roofing Projects

Section 3000. - 3000. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 3002. - 3002. (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 3400...

Section 3004. - 3004. Specifications for any roof project shall be designed to...

Section 3006. - 3006. (a) (1) An architect, engineer, or roofing consultant who...

Section 3008. - 3008. (a) To report bid rigging involving local government agencies...

Section 3010. - 3010. This article shall not apply to a school district...

ARTICLE 3 - Bidders

Section 3300. - 3300. (a) Any public entity, as defined in Section 1100,...

ARTICLE 4 - Preference for Materials

Section 3400. - 3400. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

Section 3410. - 3410. Any public entity, as defined in Section 1100, including...

ARTICLE 5 - Buy Clean California Act

Section 3500. - 3500. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 3501. - 3501. For purposes of this section: (a) “Awarding authority” means...

Section 3502. - 3502. (a) By January 1, 2022, the department, in consultation...

Section 3503. - 3503. (a) An awarding authority shall require the successful bidder...

Section 3504. - 3504. In carrying out its duties under this article, an...

Section 3505. - 3505. The department, by July 1, 2023, shall submit a...

CHAPTER 4 - Subletting and Subcontracting

Section 4100. - 4100. This chapter may be cited as the “Subletting and...

Section 4101. - 4101. The Legislature finds that the practices of bid shopping...

Section 4103. - 4103. Nothing in this chapter limits or diminishes any rights...

Section 4104. - 4104. Any officer, department, board, or commission taking bids for...

Section 4104.5. - 4104.5. (a) The officer, department, board, or commission taking bids...

Section 4105. - 4105. Circumvention by a general contractor who bids as a...

Section 4106. - 4106. If a prime contractor fails to specify a subcontractor...

Section 4107. - 4107. A prime contractor whose bid is accepted may not:...

Section 4107.2. - 4107.2. No subcontractor listed by a prime contractor under Section...

Section 4107.5. - 4107.5. The prime contractor as a condition to assert a...

Section 4107.7. - 4107.7. If a contractor who enters into a contract with...

Section 4108. - 4108. (a) It shall be the responsibility of each subcontractor...

Section 4109. - 4109. Subletting or subcontracting of any portion of the work...

Section 4110. - 4110. A prime contractor violating any of the provisions of...

Section 4111. - 4111. Violation of this chapter by a licensee under Chapter...

Section 4112. - 4112. The failure on the part of a contractor to...

Section 4113. - 4113. As used in this chapter, the word “subcontractor” shall...

Section 4114. - 4114. The county board of supervisors, when it is the...

CHAPTER 5 - Relief of Bidders

Section 5100. - 5100. (a) “Public entity” means the state, Regents of the...

Section 5101. - 5101. (a) A bidder shall not be relieved of the...

Section 5102. - 5102. The complaint shall be filed, and summons served on...

Section 5103. - 5103. The bidder shall establish to the satisfaction of the...

Section 5104. - 5104. Other than the notice to the public entity, no...

Section 5105. - 5105. A bidder who claims a mistake or who forfeits...

Section 5106. - 5106. If the public entity deems it is for its...

Section 5107. - 5107. In all actions brought under the provisions of this...

Section 5110. - 5110. (a) When a project for the construction, alteration, repair,...

CHAPTER 6 - Awarding of Contracts

Section 6100. - 6100. (a) A state agency, as defined in Section 10335.7...

Section 6101. - 6101. (a) A state agency, as defined in Section 10335.7,...

Section 6102. - 6102. (a) A contract that was entered into because of...

Section 6106. - 6106. (a) Any state agency or department, which is subject...

Section 6106.5. - 6106.5. (a) “State agency,” as used in this section, means...

Section 6107. - 6107. (a) As used in this section, “California company” means...

Section 6108. - 6108. (a) (1) Every contract entered into by any state...

Section 6109. - 6109. (a) A public entity, as defined in Section 1100,...

Section 6610. - 6610. Notice inviting formal bids for projects by a public...

Section 6611. - 6611. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of General...

Section 6615. - 6615. For all state contracts, and, to the extent feasible,...

CHAPTER 6.3 - Construction Manager/General Contractor Authority: Department of Transportation

Section 6700. - 6700. (a) This chapter provides for an alternative procurement procedure...

Section 6701. - 6701. (a) The Construction Manager/General Contractor method provided by this...

Section 6702. - 6702. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 6703. - 6703. Construction Manager/General Contractor method projects shall progress as follows:...

Section 6704. - 6704. (a) Any construction manager that is selected to construct...

Section 6705. - 6705. All subcontractors bidding on contracts pursuant to this chapter...

Section 6706. - 6706. The department may retain the services of a design...

Section 6707. - 6707. Contracts awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be valid...

Section 6708. - 6708. Nothing in this chapter is intended to affect, expand,...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Transportation Design-Build Program

Section 6820. - 6820. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 6821. - 6821. (a) The department may utilize the design-build method of...

Section 6822. - 6822. The commission shall use the guidelines developed pursuant to...

Section 6823. - 6823. (a) For contracts for public works projects awarded prior...

Section 6824. - 6824. The procurement process for the design-build project shall progress...

Section 6825. - 6825. (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance...

Section 6826. - 6826. (a) The transportation entity, in each design-build request for...

Section 6826.5. - 6826.5. The department shall submit a report to the transportation...

Section 6827. - 6827. Nothing in this chapter affects, expands, alters, or limits...

Section 6828. - 6828. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any...

Section 6829. - 6829. (a) This chapter shall remain in effect only until...

CHAPTER 6.6 - Alternative Project Delivery Program: Construction Manager/General Contractor Authority

Section 6950. - 6950. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 6951. - 6951. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 6952. - 6952. (a) Subject to the limitations of this chapter, the...

Section 6953. - 6953. Any public works project that is contracted for pursuant...

Section 6954. - 6954. (a) If a contract for CMGC services is entered...

Section 6955. - 6955. All subcontractors bidding on contracts pursuant to this chapter...

Section 6956. - 6956. Nothing in this chapter affects, expands, alters, or limits...

Section 6957. - 6957. (a) Upon completion of a project using an alternative...

Section 6958. - 6958. (a) The provisions of this chapter are severable. If...

CHAPTER 6.7 - Construction Manager/General Contractor Method: Regional Projects on Expressways

Section 6970. - 6970. (a) This chapter provides for an alternative procurement procedure...

Section 6971. - 6971. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the County...

Section 6972. - 6972. (a) A regional transportation agency may utilize the Construction...

Section 6973. - 6973. Construction Manager/General Contractor method projects authorized pursuant to Section...

Section 6974. - 6974. (a) Upon completion of a project using the Construction...

CHAPTER 6.8 - High Road Jobs in Transportation-Related Public Contracts and Grants Pilot Program

Section 6980. - 6980. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 6981. - 6981. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 6982. - 6982. Unless the context requires otherwise, for the purposes of...

Section 6983. - 6983. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 6984. - 6984. (a) Beginning 12 months after an entity is awarded...

Section 6985. - 6985. (a) The Legislature declares all of the following: (1)...

Section 6986. - 6986. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 7 - Contract Clauses

Section 7100. - 7100. Provisions in public works contracts with public entities which...

Section 7101. - 7101. The state or any other public entity in any...

Section 7102. - 7102. Contract provisions in construction contracts of public agencies and...

Section 7103. - 7103. (a) (1) Every original contractor that is awarded a...

Section 7103.5. - 7103.5. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Public works...

Section 7104. - 7104. Any public works contract of a local public entity...

Section 7105. - 7105. (a) Construction contracts of public agencies shall not require...

Section 7106. - 7106. Every bid on every public works contract of a...

Section 7107. - 7107. (a) This section is applicable with respect to all...

Section 7108. - 7108. Any contract of a public entity to provide train...

Section 7109. - 7109. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Antigraffiti technology”...

Section 7110. - 7110. (a) It is the policy of this state that...

Section 7200. - 7200. (a) (1) This section shall apply with respect to...

Section 7201. - 7201. (a) (1) This section shall apply with respect to...

Section 7202. - 7202. (a) The Department of Transportation is prohibited from withholding...

Section 7203. - 7203. (a) A public works contract entered into on or...

CHAPTER 9 - Claims and Disputes

Section 9201. - 9201. (a) A public entity shall have full authority to...

Section 9203. - 9203. (a) Payment on any contract with a local agency...

Section 9204. - 9204. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...