CHAPTER 1. State Contract Act [10100. - 10285.5.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1981, Ch. 306.

§§ 10100–10285.5 · 182 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Scope of Chapter and General Provisions §§ 10100–10111.2 · 18 sections

   • § 10100 This chapter may be cited as the State Contract Act.
   • § 10101 (a) Contracts for the purchase of supplies or materials, which are purchased pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290), are not subject to this…
   • § 10102 Improvements on the property of the state on the waterfront of the City and County of San Francisco under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Port Commission…
   • § 10103 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,…
   • § 10103.5 Work performed by prisoners pursuant to an order by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or by the California Correctional…
   • § 10104 As used in this chapter, “mobilization” includes preparatory work and operations, including, but not limited to, those necessary for the movement of personnel,…
   • § 10105 (a) As used in this chapter, “project” includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other…
   • § 10106 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means any of the following: (1) The Department of Water Resources as to any project under the jurisdiction of…
   • § 10107 Whenever provision is made by law for any project that is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Parks and…
   • § 10108 Where the nature of the work in the opinion of the department is such that its services in connection therewith are not required, it may authorize the carrying…
   • § 10108.5 (a) When the nature of the work by departments, boards, commissions, or conservancies within the Resources Agency, in the opinion of the Department of General…
   • § 10108.6 Notwithstanding Section 10108 and subdivision (a) of Section 10108.5, the department, upon request from the state agency concerned, may authorize the carrying…
   • § 10108.7 (a) The Department of Corrections shall provide in the general conditions under which bids will be received, that any person making a bid or offer to perform a…
   • § 10108.8 The Department of Corrections, where feasible, shall enter into two or more procurement contracts for the purchase and development of the Business Information…
   • § 10109 Any notice inviting bids on a project which specifies locations of possible materials, such as a borrow pit or gravel bed, for use in the proposed project…
   • § 10110 (a) Where the nature of the work is historic restoration for the state park system, as determined jointly by the director and the Director of Parks and…
   • § 10111 Commencing January 1, 2007, the department shall make available a report on contracting activity containing the following information: (a) A listing of…
   • § 10111.2 A department shall, upon request from a contractor plan room service, provide an electronic copy of a project’s contract documents at no charge to the…
2. ARTICLE 1.1. Construction Manager/General Contractor Procurement Method for the Department of Water Resources §§ 10112–10112.10 · 11 sections

   • § 10112 (a) This article provides for an alternative procurement procedure for certain projects performed by the Department of Water Resources. (b) (1) It is the…
   • § 10112.1 As used in this article: (a) “Construction manager” means a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is a licensed contractor pursuant to Chapter 9…
   • § 10112.2 (a) The Construction Manager/General Contractor method provided by this article may be used by the department, but is not limited to, when it is anticipated…
   • § 10112.3 Construction Manager/General Contractor method projects shall progress as follows: (a) (1) The department shall establish a procedure for the evaluation and…
   • § 10112.4 (a) Any construction manager that is selected to construct a project pursuant to this article shall possess or obtain sufficient bonding to cover the contract…
   • § 10112.5 All subcontractors bidding on contracts pursuant to this article shall be afforded the protections contained in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of…
   • § 10112.6 The department may retain the services of a design professional or construction project manager, or both, throughout the course of the project in order to…
   • § 10112.7 A contract awarded pursuant to this article before it is repealed on January 1, 2033, shall continue in full force and effect until completion, including any…
   • § 10112.8 Nothing in this article is intended to affect, expand, alter, or limit any rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
   • § 10112.9 (a) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an interim report no later than July 1, 2025, that describes each Construction Manager/General…
   • § 10112.10 (a) The authority to perform water resources projects pursuant to this article is for no more than seven projects. (b) This article shall remain in effect…
3. ARTICLE 1.3. Job Order Contracting Procurement Procedure for the Department of General Services §§ 10113–10113.1 · 2 sections

   • § 10113 As used in this article: (a) “Adjustment factor” means the job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the department’s prices as published in the…
   • § 10113.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may use an alternative procurement procedure for public works contracts, as defined in Section 1101, as…
4. ARTICLE 1.5. Minority and Women Business Participation Goals for State Contracts §§ 10115–10115.15 · 14 sections

   • § 10115 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The essence of the American economic system of private enterprise is free competition. Only…
   • § 10115.1 As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Awarding department” means a state agency, department, governmental entity, or other officer or…
   • § 10115.2 In awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, the awarding department shall consider the efforts of a bidder to meet minority business enterprise,…
   • § 10115.3 (a) The awarding department shall establish a method of monitoring adherence to the goals specified in this article. (b) The awarding department shall adopt…
   • § 10115.4 In implementing this article, the awarding department shall utilize existing resources such as the Office of Small and Minority Business, the Minority Business…
   • § 10115.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the failure of an awarding department to meet the goals established under this article shall not affect…
   • § 10115.7 (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize any awarding department to discriminate in the awarding of any contract on the basis of ancestry or…
   • § 10115.8 If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions…
   • § 10115.9 A limited liability company may be certified as a disabled veteran business enterprise pursuant to this article if the limited liability company is wholly…
   • § 10115.10 (a) It shall be unlawful for a person or firm to: (1) Knowingly and with intent to defraud, fraudulently obtain, retain, attempt to obtain or retain, or aid…
   • § 10115.11 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, statewide participation goals for contracts let by the Department of Corrections shall be exclusive of…
   • § 10115.12 (a) Any awarding department taking bids in connection with the award of any contract shall provide in the general conditions under which bids will be received,…
   • § 10115.13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts awarded by any state agency, department, officer, or other state governmental entity for the purchase of…
   • § 10115.15 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10115.2, when awarding contracts for materials, supplies, or equipment, including electronic data processing goods and services, an…
5. ARTICLE 2. Plans and Specifications §§ 10120–10129 · 12 sections

   • § 10120 Before entering into any contract for a project, the department shall prepare full, complete, and accurate plans and specifications and estimates of cost,…
   • § 10121 The original draft or a certified copy of the plans, specifications, and estimates of cost shall be filed permanently in the office of the department before…
   • § 10122 Work on all projects shall be done under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to this part, except that it may be done by day’s labor…
   • § 10122.5 For the purposes of Section 10122, all day labor utilized by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall be performed by individuals who are…
   • § 10122.6 Notwithstanding the project cost limit provided in Section 10105, work in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) which would otherwise constitute a…
   • § 10123 Contracts upon informal bids authorized under Section 10122 shall be let only to a holder of a valid state contractor’s license unless such work is exempt from…
   • § 10124 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.
   • § 10125 Except in unit basis contracts, contracts shall not be made exceeding in amount the estimates of costs approved by the director and plans and specifications…
   • § 10126 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10125, the estimate of cost may be approved by the director, which includes alternates contemplating additions to, or…
   • § 10127 The department may, with the approval of the State Public Works Board, receive bids for the construction of several public works projects as a single project.…
   • § 10128 All contracts awarded under this part shall comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the…
   • § 10129 (a) Notwithstanding Section 3400, no agency of the state charged with the letting of contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of public works may…
6. ARTICLE 3. Advertisements for Bids §§ 10140–10141 · 2 sections

   • § 10140 (a) Public notice of a project shall be given by publication once a week for at least two consecutive weeks or once a week for more than two consecutive weeks…
   • § 10141 The notice shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids, describing in general terms the work to be done and that the bids will…
7. ARTICLE 4. Bids and Bidders §§ 10160–10169 · 10 sections

   • § 10160 The department may require from prospective bidders answers to questions contained in a standard form of questionnaire and financial statement including a…
   • § 10161 The department may also require from prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, of a standard form of questionnaire concerning the past…
   • § 10162 The department shall require from all prospective bidders the completion, under penalty of perjury, of a standard form of questionnaire inquiring whether such…
   • § 10163 The department shall adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders, on the basis of the standard questionnaires and financial statements, in respect to…
   • § 10164 In all state projects where federal funds are involved, no bid submitted shall be invalidated by the failure of the bidder to be licensed in accordance with…
   • § 10165 The questionnaires and financial statements are not public records and are not open to public inspection.
   • § 10166 The department shall furnish to each bidder a standard proposal form, which, when filled out and executed may be submitted as his bid. Bids not presented on…
   • § 10167 (a) All bids shall be presented under sealed cover and accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security: (1) An electronic bidder’s bond by an…
   • § 10168 Whether or not bids are opened exactly at the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bid shall not be received after that time.
   • § 10169 Any bid may be withdrawn at any time prior to the time fixed in the public notice for the opening of bids only by written request for the withdrawal of the bid…
8. ARTICLE 5. Award of Contracts §§ 10180–10186 · 7 sections

   • § 10180 On the day named in the public notice, the department shall publicly open the sealed bids and award the contracts to the lowest responsible bidders. In the…
   • § 10181 If the successful bidder fails to execute the contract, his bidder’s security shall be forfeited to the state. The cash or proceeds shall be deposited in the…
   • § 10182 If the director deems it is for the best interests of the state, he may, on the refusal or failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract, award it…
   • § 10183 The failure of the successful bidder to furnish any bond required of him by law, within the time fixed for his execution of the contract, constitutes a failure…
   • § 10184 The bidders’ security of the second and third lowest responsible bidders may be withheld until the contract has been finally executed. The cash, cashier’s…
   • § 10185 If the director deems the acceptance of the lowest responsible bid or bids is not for the best interests of the state, after stating his or her reasons for…
   • § 10186 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Fair Chance Employment Act.” (b) Any person submitting a bid to the state on a contract involving…
9. ARTICLE 6. State Agency Design-Build Projects §§ 10187–10195 · 9 sections

   • § 10187 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the design-build method of project delivery, using a best value procurement methodology, has been authorized for…
   • § 10187.5 For purposes of this article, the following definitions and the definitions in subdivision (a) of Section 13332.19 of the Government Code shall apply: (a)…
   • § 10188 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the director, following notification to the State Public Works Board, may procure design-build contracts for public works…
   • § 10190 The director shall notify the State Public Works Board regarding the method to be used for selecting the design-build entity, prior to advertising the…
   • § 10191 The procurement process for the design-build projects shall progress as follows: (a) (1) The director shall prepare a set of documents setting forth the scope…
   • § 10192 (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance bonds for the project in the form and in the amount required by the director, and issued by a…
   • § 10193 (a) The department, in each design-build request for proposals, may identify specific types of subcontractors that must be included in the design-build entity…
   • § 10194 (a) If the department elects to award a project pursuant to this article, retention proceeds withheld by the department from the design-build entity shall not…
   • § 10195 Nothing in this article affects, expands, alters, or limits any rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
10. ARTICLE 6.5. Progressive Design-Build Contracting §§ 10198–10198.8 · 9 sections

    • § 10198 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Best value” means a value determined by evaluation of objective criteria that relate…
    • § 10198.1 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and subject to the limitation of paragraph (2), the director may procure progressive design-build contracts. (2) The…
    • § 10198.2 The procurement process for progressive design-build projects shall progress as follows: (a) The department shall prepare and issue a request for…
    • § 10198.3 (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance bonds for the project in the form and in the amount required by the director, and issued by a…
    • § 10198.4 (a) After selecting a design-build entity based upon qualifications, the department may enter into a contract and direct the design-build entity to begin…
    • § 10198.5 (a) The department, in each design-build request for qualifications, may identify specific types of subcontractors that shall be included in the design-build…
    • § 10198.6 (a) If the department elects to award a project pursuant to this article, retention proceeds withheld by the department from the design-build entity shall not…
    • § 10198.7 Nothing in this article affects, expands, alters, or limits any rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
    • § 10198.8 (a) The department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, on or before January 1, 2026, a report containing a description of each public works…
11. ARTICLE 6.5.1. San Quentin Progressive Design-Build Contracting §§ 10199–10199.6 · 7 sections

    • § 10199 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Best value” means a value determined by evaluation of objective criteria that may include,…
    • § 10199.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the secretary may procure progressive design-build contracts for the design-build project. (b) The secretary shall develop…
    • § 10199.2 The procurement process for a progressive design-build project shall progress as follows: (a) The department shall determine the scope and estimated price of…
    • § 10199.3 (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance bonds for the design-build project in the form and in the amount required by the secretary,…
    • § 10199.4 (a) After selecting a design-build entity for the design and preconstruction phase, the department may enter into a contract or contracts and direct the…
    • § 10199.5 (a) The department, in the request for qualifications or request for proposals, may identify specific types of subcontractors that are required to be included…
    • § 10199.6 This article does not affect, expand, alter, or limit any rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
12. ARTICLE 6.5. Department of Water Resources Design-Build Projects §§ 10200–10214 · 11 sections

    • § 10200 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the design-build method of project delivery, using a best value procurement methodology, has been authorized for…
    • § 10200.5 For purposes of this article, the following definitions and the definitions in subdivision (a) of Section 13332.19 of the Government Code shall apply: (a)…
    • § 10204 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the director, following any required notification made pursuant to Section 10206, may procure design-build contracts for…
    • § 10206 For purposes of projects at the Salton Sea, the director shall notify the California Water Commission regarding the method to be used for selecting the…
    • § 10208 The procurement process for the design-build projects shall progress as follows: (a) (1) The director shall prepare a set of documents setting forth the scope…
    • § 10209 (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance bonds for the project in the form and in the amount required by the director, and issued by a…
    • § 10210 (a) The department, in each design-build request for proposals, may identify specific types of subcontractors that must be included in the design-build entity…
    • § 10211 (a) If the department elects to award a project pursuant to this article, retention proceeds withheld by the department from the design-build entity shall not…
    • § 10212 (a) The design-build authorization in Section 10204 shall not include the authority to perform construction inspection services for water resources projects…
    • § 10213 Nothing in this article affects, expands, alters, or limits any rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
    • § 10214 (a) The authority to procure design-build contracts for State Water Facilities, as defined in Section 12934 of the Water Code, pursuant to this article is for…
13. ARTICLE 6.7. Progressive Design-Build Projects §§ 10215–10215.8 · 9 sections

    • § 10215 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Best value” means a value determined by evaluation of objective criteria that may include,…
    • § 10215.1 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, both of the following departments may procure progressive design-build contracts for public works projects for which the…
    • § 10215.2 The procurement process for progressive design-build projects shall progress as follows: (a) The department shall determine the scope and estimated price of…
    • § 10215.3 (a) The design-build entity shall provide payment and performance bonds for the design-build project in the form and in the amount required by the director,…
    • § 10215.4 (a) After selecting a design-build entity for the design and preconstruction phase, the department may enter into a contract and direct the design-build entity…
    • § 10215.5 (a) The department, in each request for qualifications or request for proposals, may identify specific types of subcontractors that are required to be included…
    • § 10215.6 (a) Any department authorized by Section 10215.1 to utilize progressive design-build contracts pursuant to this article shall prepare and submit to the…
    • § 10215.7 This article does not affect, expand, alter, or limit any rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
    • § 10215.8 This article shall remain in effect only until December 31, 2033, and as of that date is repealed. The repeal of this article shall not affect the contracts…
14. ARTICLE 7. Contract Requirements §§ 10220–10232 · 11 sections

    • § 10220 Every contract awarded under this part shall be submitted to the Attorney General or the attorney appointed according to law and authorized to represent the…
    • § 10221 Every contract shall provide for the filing of separate performance and payment bonds by the contractor in the form of bonds executed by an admitted surety…
    • § 10222 (a) Each bond shall equal at least one-half of the contract price, except as otherwise provided in Section 9554 of the Civil Code, in the California Toll…
    • § 10223 The payment bond shall secure the payment of the claims of laborers, mechanics or materialmen employed on the work under the contract and shall contain all…
    • § 10224 The performance bond shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract by the contractor.
    • § 10225 No payment shall be made upon the contract to the contractor or any assignee of the contractor until any order by the director that a sufficient surety be…
    • § 10226 Every contract shall contain a provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of the work contemplated shall be completed, and shall…
    • § 10227 Every contract shall provide that the department may make changes in the plans and specifications pursuant to this part.
    • § 10230 Every contract subject to this part, for which disabled veteran business enterprise participation is included in the bid, shall contain a provision requiring…
    • § 10231 Every contract subject to this part shall contain a provision requiring each contractor to comply with all air pollution control rules, regulations,…
    • § 10232 Every contract shall contain a statement by which the contractor swears under penalty of perjury that no more than one final, unappealable finding of contempt…
15. ARTICLE 7.1. Resolution of Contract Claims §§ 10240–10240.13 · 14 sections

    • § 10240 The remedy for the resolution of claims arising under contracts made under the provisions of this chapter shall be arbitration pursuant to this chapter.
    • § 10240.1 The claimant may initiate arbitration not later than 90 days after the date of service in person or by mail on the claimant of the final written decision by…
    • § 10240.2 A failure by the claimant to pursue diligently and exhaust, as to the claim, the required administrative procedures set forth in the contract under which the…
    • § 10240.3 Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator selected by the parties from the certified list created by…
    • § 10240.4 No decision made by a department shall be conclusive on any issue in the arbitration.
    • § 10240.5 (a) The Departments of General Services, Transportation, and Water Resources shall jointly adopt and may, from time to time, modify, revise, or repeal uniform…
    • § 10240.6 As used in this article, “claim” means a demand for monetary compensation or damages, arising under or relating to the performance of a contract awarded under…
    • § 10240.7 As used in this article, “Public Works Contract Arbitration Committee” means the committee created by Article 7.2 (commencing with Section 10245).
    • § 10240.8 Unless the parties to the contract otherwise agree, the arbitration decision shall be decided under and in accordance with the law of this state, supported by…
    • § 10240.9 A party to the contract may join in the arbitration as a party, any supplier, subcontractor, design professional, surety, or other person who has so agreed and…
    • § 10240.10 Nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing the parties to the contract, after the claim has arisen, from mutually agreeing in writing to waive…
    • § 10240.11 Except as provided in this article and in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 10240.5, the procedure governing the arbitrations shall be as set forth…
    • § 10240.12 A party may, within the applicable time periods and upon the grounds specified in this section and in Article 1 (commencing with Section 1285) of Chapter 4 of…
    • § 10240.13 The cost of conducting the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties. The filing fee, witness fees, costs of discovery, or any other cost necessarily…
16. ARTICLE 7.2. Public Works Contract Arbitration Committee §§ 10245–10245.4 · 5 sections

    • § 10245 There is hereby established the Public Works Contract Arbitration Committee, which shall consist of seven members, as follows: (a) Three public members, who…
    • § 10245.1 Each member appointed by the Governor shall serve for a term of four years, but shall continue in office until the successor to the member is appointed. Each…
    • § 10245.2 The committee may make recommendations to the departments respecting the arbitration practice and procedure provided by Article 7.1 (commencing with Section…
    • § 10245.3 The committee may establish standards and qualifications for the certification of arbitrators and certify as arbitrators persons meeting such standards and…
    • § 10245.4 The Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide administrative services, facilities, and fiscal support to implement this article and Article 7.1…
17. ARTICLE 8. Modifications; Performance; Payment §§ 10250–10265 · 20 sections

    • § 10250 The department may increase or decrease quantities of work to be done under a unit basis contract during the progress of the work.
    • § 10251 The department may cause the insertion of provisions in any contract for the performance of such extra work and the furnishing of materials therefor by the…
    • § 10252 The director may grant such extensions of time for completion as he deems for the best interests of the state.
    • § 10253 If the director deems that a contractor has failed to supply an adequate working force, or material of proper quality, or has failed to comply with Section…
    • § 10254 If the defaults are not remedied within the time specified in the notice, the contractor’s control shall terminate as of the expiration of that time.
    • § 10255 Upon such termination, the director may take possession of and use all or any part of the contractor’s materials, tools, equipment, and appliances upon the…
    • § 10256 Such informal contracts may be awarded only after a proposal form has been prepared, a copy is served upon the contractor whose control has been terminated,…
    • § 10257 The provisions of this part, except as to prequalification, are not applicable to the award of informal contracts.
    • § 10258 If the control of a contractor is terminated or he abandons the work, and the work is performed by day’s labor or informal contract as provided in Section…
    • § 10259 On the completion of the contract, the original contractor is entitled to the return of all his unused materials, and his equipment, tools, and appliances,…
    • § 10260 The notices required by this article may be served on the contractor or on his agent having charge of the work, personally, or by registered mail addressed to…
    • § 10261 (a) Payments upon contracts shall be made as the department prescribes upon estimates made and approved by the department, but progress payments shall not be…
    • § 10261.5 (a) Any state agency which fails to make any progress payment within 30 days after receipt of the payment request from a contractor on a construction contract…
    • § 10261.7 (a) Within 10 days of making a construction contract payment, a state agency that maintains an Internet Web site shall post on its Internet Web site the…
    • § 10262 The contractor shall pay to his or her subcontractors, within seven days of receipt of each progress payment, the respective amounts allowed the contractor on…
    • § 10262.3 To facilitate enforcement of Section 10262, the Department of General Services shall publish in the California State Contracts Register notice of progress…
    • § 10262.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a prime contractor or subcontractor shall pay to any subcontractor, not later than seven days after receipt of each progress…
    • § 10263 (a) Provisions shall be included in any invitation for bid and in any contract documents to permit the substitution of securities for any moneys withheld by a…
    • § 10264 (a) With the exception of projects over water requiring marine access, and which have a contract amount greater than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000),…
    • § 10265 A claim pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code is not required, but legal action on any claim shall…
18. ARTICLE 9. Offenses §§ 10280–10284 · 5 sections

    • § 10280 Any officer or employee of the department who corruptly performs any official act to the injury of the state, is guilty of a felony.
    • § 10281 Any contractor or his agent or employee who corruptly permits the violation of any contract awarded under this part to the injury of the state, is guilty of a…
    • § 10282 Any subcontractor or agent or employee of any contractor or subcontractor, who has knowledge of any work being done in violation of any contract under this…
    • § 10283 Such felonies are punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code.
    • § 10284 Such persons are also liable to the state for double the amount the state may have lost, or be liable to lose by reason of the acts made crimes by this article.
19. ARTICLE 10. Ineligibility to Contract §§ 10285–10285.5 · 6 sections

    • § 10285 The term “person,” as used in this article, means any individual, partnership, joint venture, or association or any other organization or any combination…
    • § 10285.1 Any state agency may suspend, for a period of up to three years from the date of conviction, any person from bidding upon, or being awarded, a public works or…
    • § 10285.2 Before suspending any person under this article, the state agency shall provide a hearing upon reasonable notice. In determining whether to suspend, and the…
    • § 10285.3 In the event that any state agency has suspended any person under this article, any other state agency shall adopt the terms of that suspension without further…
    • § 10285.4 In the event that any state agency has suspended any person under this article, that agency may terminate the suspension if it determines that termination is…
    • § 10285.5 Nothing in this article shall require any state agency to contract with, or to permit the employment of a person as a subcontractor, or any person on any…