California Public Contract Code ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Specifications

• Section 10120.
  Before entering into any contract for a project, the department shall prepare full, complete, and accurate plans and specifications and estimates of cost, giving such...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 represented...
• Section 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 project, shall not...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 10126.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10125, the estimate of cost may be approved by the director, which includes alternates contemplating additions to, or deletions from,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 draft...

Last modified: October 22, 2018