California Public Contract Code ARTICLE 1.5 - Minority and Women Business Participation Goals for State Contracts

• Section 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 through full and...
• Section 10115.1.
  As used in this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Awarding department” means any state agency, department, governmental entity, or other officer or entity empowered by law...
• Section 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, women business...
• Section 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 rules and regulations for...
• Section 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 Development Agency,...
• Section 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 the...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 owned...
• Section 10115.10.a.
  (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...
• Section 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 inmate day labor...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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 general public...
• Section 10115.15.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10115.2, when awarding contracts for materials, supplies, or equipment, including electronic data processing goods and services, an awarding department shall accept the submission...

Last modified: October 22, 2018