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California Public Contract Code Section 5103

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The bidder shall establish to the satisfaction of the court
that:
   (a) A mistake was made.
   (b) He or she gave the public entity written notice within five
working days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, after
the opening of the bids of the mistake, specifying in the notice in
detail how the mistake occurred.
   (c) The mistake made the bid materially different than he or she
intended it to be.
   (d) The mistake was made in filling out the bid and not due to
error in judgment or to carelessness in inspecting the site of the
work, or in reading the plans or specifications.

Last modified: January 12, 2009