CHAPTER 2.1. University of California Competitive Bidding [10500. - 10527.]

Chapter 2.1 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1128, Sec. 3.

§§ 10500–10527 · 50 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Construction §§ 10500–10506 · 9 sections

   • § 10500 As used in this article, “project” includes the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any University of California structure, building,…
   • § 10500.5 It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate the participation of small businesses, particularly small disadvantaged or minority business enterprises,…
   • § 10501 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Regents of the University of California shall let any contract for a project to the lowest responsible bidder…
   • § 10502 The Regents of the University of California shall give public notice of a project to bidders by publication twice within the 60-day period preceding the day…
   • § 10503 Before entering into any contract for a project, the Regents of the University of California shall cause to be prepared estimates and either: (a) Complete…
   • § 10504 Except as otherwise provided in Section 10504.5 or 10506, work on all projects shall be performed under contract awarded in accordance with Section 10501,…
   • § 10504.5 (a) Where the nature of the work, in the opinion of the Regents of the University of California, is such that the application of all of the provisions of this…
   • § 10505 (a) The Regents of the University of California may perform projects with university employees if the regents deem that the award of a contract, the acceptance…
   • § 10506 The requirements of Sections 10501, 10502, and 10503 shall not be applicable to (1) any project of which the Regents of the University of California is only…
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Best Value Construction Contracting Program §§ 10506.4–10506.10 · 7 sections

   • § 10506.4 (a) This article provides the Best Value Construction Contracting Program for the Regents of the University of California for projects over one million dollars…
   • § 10506.5 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Best value” means a procurement process whereby the lowest responsible bidder may be…
   • § 10506.6 The university shall proceed in accordance with the following when awarding best value contracts under this article. (a) The university shall prepare a…
   • § 10506.7 Selection of the best value contractor shall be made as follows: (a) The university shall evaluate the qualifications of the bidders based solely upon the…
   • § 10506.8 For purposes of this article: (a) “Apprenticeable occupation” means an occupation for which the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the…
   • § 10506.9 (a) If a contractor, bidder, or other entity is required to provide an enforceable commitment that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to complete a…
   • § 10506.10 Except as otherwise provided in this article, this article is not intended to change in any manner any guideline, criteria, procedure, or requirement of the…
3. ARTICLE 2. Materials, Goods, and Services §§ 10507.5–10510 · 8 sections

   • § 10507.5 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the procurement of recycled paper products by the University of California by developing guidelines to…
   • § 10507.7 Except as provided for in this article, the Regents of the University of California shall let all contracts involving an expenditure of more than one hundred…
   • § 10507.8 (a) As provided for in this article, when the University of California determines that it can expect long-term savings through the use of life-cycle cost…
   • § 10508 The requirements of this article shall not be applicable when the regents determine that a brand or trade name article, thing, or product or proprietary…
   • § 10508.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 2.1 (commencing with Section…
   • § 10509 The Regents of the University of California shall prescribe methods of procurement for goods, materials, and services to be purchased, including: (a)…
   • § 10509.5 Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2024, the University of California shall not approve a health benefit plan contract for employees that…
   • § 10510 The requirements of this article shall not be applicable to the procurement of goods, materials, or services funded exclusively by federal agencies to the…
4. ARTICLE 2.5. Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Environmental, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms §§ 10510.4–10510.9 · 6 sections

   • § 10510.4 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Firm” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal…
   • § 10510.5 (a) Selection by the University of California for professional services of private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land…
   • § 10510.6 (a) The University of California shall follow this section in negotiating fees and executing a contract for professional consulting services of a private…
   • § 10510.7 (a) In the procurement of architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, real property development services, and…
   • § 10510.8 (a) The university shall negotiate a contract with the best qualified firm for architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land…
   • § 10510.9 Any individual or firm proposing to provide construction project management services pursuant to this article shall provide evidence that the individual or…
5. ARTICLE 2.7. University of California Vendors §§ 10510.50–10510.54 · 5 sections

   • § 10510.50 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Recovery of Earned but Unpaid Wages Act.
   • § 10510.51 As used in this article: (a) “Aggrieved employee” means either of the following: (1) An employee against whom one or more alleged violations of this article…
   • § 10510.52 (a) A vendor that supplies the university with employees to perform services, shall provide those employees with written notice of the total compensation rate…
   • § 10510.53 (a) It shall be unlawful for any vendor to accept payment from the university pursuant to a contract for services if the vendor is performing services or…
   • § 10510.54 The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other…
6. ARTICLE 3. Real Property §§ 10511–10513 · 3 sections

   • § 10511 (a) (1) The Regents of the University of California shall give public notice to bidders of the sale of University of California real property situated in…
   • § 10512 (a) On the date designated in the public notice, the sealed bids shall be publicly opened. (b) (1) The regents shall accept in public the bid or proposal that…
   • § 10513 The publication and award procedures set forth in this article shall not be applicable to any of the following: (a) The sale of an undivided or fractional…
7. ARTICLE 4. Conflict of Interest §§ 10515–10518 · 4 sections

   • § 10515 (a) No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has been awarded a consulting services contract may submit a bid for, nor be awarded a contract on or after July…
   • § 10516 No officer or employee of the University of California shall engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise from which the officer or employee receives…
   • § 10517 (a) No retired, dismissed, separated, or formerly employed person of the University of California employed with the university or otherwise appointed to serve…
   • § 10518 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), each contractor who enters into a contract with a University of California campus for ten thousand dollars…
8. ARTICLE 5. Remedies and Penalties §§ 10520–10527 · 8 sections

   • § 10520 Every contract or other transaction entered in violation of any provision of this chapter is void, unless the violation is technical or nonsubstantive.
   • § 10521 The University of California, or any person acting on behalf of the university, may bring a civil action seeking a determination by the superior court that a…
   • § 10522 Any officer or employee of the University of California who corruptly performs any official act under this chapter to the injury of the university is guilty of…
   • § 10523 Any person contracting with the University of California by oral or written contract who corruptly permits the violation of any contract made under this…
   • § 10524 Persons convicted under Section 10522 or 10523 are also liable to the University of California for double the amount the university may have lost or be liable…
   • § 10525 Willful violation of any other provision of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor.
   • § 10526 Sections 10522, 10523, 10524, and 10525 of this article do not apply to violations of Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 10510.4) of this chapter.
   • § 10527 This article does not apply to violations of Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 10510.50) of this chapter.