California Public Contract Code ARTICLE 4 - Contracts for Services

• Section 10335.
  (a) This article shall apply to all contracts, including amendments, entered into by any state agency for services to be rendered to the state, whether or...
• Section 10335.5.
  (a) “Consulting services contract,” as used in this article, means services that do all of the following:(1) Are of an advisory nature.(2) Provide a recommended course of action...
• Section 10335.7.
  “State agency,” as used in this article, means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts,...
• Section 10336.
  The Department of Finance may establish those controls over approval of contracts by the department as are necessary to assure that approval is consistent with...
• Section 10337.
  (a) The State Personnel Board may establish such standards and controls over approval of contracts by the Department of General Services as are necessary to assure...
• Section 10339.
  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10348, no state agency shall draft, or cause to be drafted, any invitation to bid or request for proposal,...
• Section 10340.
  (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), state agencies shall secure at least three competitive bids or proposals for each contract.(b) Three competitive bids or proposals are...
• Section 10340.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding existing law, the State Department of State Hospitals may enter into an agreement for the purposes of continued operation of the existing central utility...
• Section 10341.
  Whenever a contract subject to the provisions of this article is awarded under a procedure which provides for competitive bidding, the bids shall be publicly...
• Section 10342.
  After opening, all bids shall be available for public inspection.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1231, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 1983.)
• Section 10344.
  (a) Contracts subject to the provisions of this article may be awarded under a procedure that makes use of a request for proposal. State agencies that...
• Section 10344.1.
  The Department of Human Resources, with respect to contracts it enters into for state employees for employee benefits, occupational health and safety, training services, or...
• Section 10345.
  (a) Whenever a contract is awarded under a procedure providing for competitive bidding, but the contract is not to be awarded to the low bidder, the...
• Section 10346.
  Contracts may provide for progress payments to contractors for work performed or costs incurred in the performance of the contract. Not less than 10 percent...
• Section 10348.
  The department shall prescribe the following:(a) The conditions under which a contract may be awarded without competition, and the methods and criteria which shall be used...
• Section 10348.5.
  Each state agency shall designate at least one currently existing person or position within the state agency as a contract manager. Every contract manager shall...
• Section 10349.
  The Department of Human Resources shall establish a program for training state agency contracting personnel in contract administration and contract management. The cost of training...
• Section 10351.
  (a) The department shall exempt from its approval contracts under one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) that any state agency awards if the state agency does...
• Section 10352.
  (a) The department shall conduct a quality control review of the audit of the contracting program required by Section 10351.(b) The exemption provided by Section 10351 may...
• Section 10353.
  A contract in an amount in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) that is governed by the provisions of this part shall contain a...
• Section 10353.5.
  (a) Any contract for legal services shall contain the following provisions:(1) The contractor shall agree to adhere to legal cost and billing guidelines designated by the state...
• Section 10365.5.
  (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 for,...
• Section 10367.
  (a) Each contractor shall be advised in writing on the standard contract form that his or her performance, or the firm’s performance under the contract will...
• Section 10369.
  (a) Each state agency shall conduct a post-evaluation, by completing the post-evaluation form, of each consulting services contract totaling five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more that...
• Section 10370.
  The evaluations and contractor responses on file with the state agencies and the department shall not be public records. The department shall act as a...
• Section 10371.
  The following provisions shall apply to all consulting services contracts:(a) Each state agency shall, regardless of the fiscal amount involved, use available private resources only when...
• Section 10381.
  (a) The department shall ensure that all state agencies are kept fully informed of the department’s plans and procedures for implementing the provisions of this article....

Last modified: October 22, 2018