{"code":"PCC","codeName":"Public Contract Code","section":"10162","citation":"Pub. Contract Code, § 10162","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [1100. - 22355.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. CONTRACTING BY STATE AGENCIES [10100. - 19150.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. State Contract Act [10100. - 10285.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Bids and Bidders [10160. - 10169.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-1/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The department shall require from all prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, of a standard form of questionnaire inquiring whether such prospective bidder, any officer of such bidder, or any employee of such bidder who has a proprietary interest in such bidder, has ever been disqualified, removed, or otherwise prevented from bidding on, or completing a federal, state, or local government project because of a violation of law or a safety regulation, and if so to explain the circumstances.</p><p>A bid may be rejected on the basis of a bidder, any officer of such bidder, or any employee of such bidder who has a proprietary interest in such bidder, having been disqualified, removed, or otherwise prevented from bidding on, or completing a federal, state, or local project because of a violation of law or a safety regulation.</p>","text":"The department shall require from all prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, of a standard form of questionnaire inquiring whether such prospective bidder, any officer of such bidder, or any employee of such bidder who has a proprietary interest in such bidder, has ever been disqualified, removed, or otherwise prevented from bidding on, or completing a federal, state, or local government project because of a violation of law or a safety regulation, and if so to explain the circumstances. A bid may be rejected on the basis of a bidder, any officer of such bidder, or any employee of such bidder who has a proprietary interest in such bidder, having been disqualified, removed, or otherwise prevented from bidding on, or completing a federal, state, or local project because of a violation of law or a safety regulation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-contract-code/bids-and-bidders-10162","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}