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Public Contract Code § 20150.10

ARTICLE 3.6. Counties of 500,000 or Less Population

Current as of September 28, 2026Pub. Contract Code, § 20150.10Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 694, Sec. 12.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20150.9, on any project which is less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), if, after the first invitation for bids, all bids are rejected, the county may, after reevaluating its cost estimates of the project, pass a resolution by a four-fifths vote of its board of supervisors declaring that the project can be performed more economically by county personnel, or that in its opinion a contract to perform the project can be negotiated with the original bidders at a lower price than that in any of the bids, or the materials or supplies furnished at a lower price in the open market. Upon adoption of the resolution, it may have the project done in the manner stated without further complying with this article.