California Public Contract Code ARTICLE 3.6 - Counties of 500,000 or Less Population

• Section 20150.
  The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by counties of 500,000 or less population as provided for in Part 2 (commencing with Section...
• Section 20150.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), every county, whether general law or charter, containing a population of less than...
• Section 20150.2.
  As used in this article, “public project” means:(a) A project for the erection, improvement, and repair of public buildings and works.(b) Work in or about streams, bays,...
• Section 20150.3.
  Expenditures for public projects shall not include the costs of:(a) Equipment, supplies and materials acquired by a public agency to enable the timely completion of a...
• Section 20150.4.
  Public projects between four thousand dollars ($4,000) and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be let to contract by informal or formal bidding procedures.Public projects of...
• Section 20150.5.
  Each county shall adopt ordinances or regulations providing for formal and informal bidding procedures as required by this article for public projects conducted by such...
• Section 20150.6.
  Ordinances or regulations establishing informal bidding procedures shall provide that the county shall, as soon as is practicable after the time for the renewal of...
• Section 20150.7.
  The notice inviting informal bids shall be by published notice and may, in addition, be supplemented by mailed notice to contractors registered pursuant to Section...
• Section 20150.8.
  The notices inviting formal bids shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and distinctly state the project to...
• Section 20150.9.
  In its discretion, the county may reject any bids presented. If, after the first invitation for bids, all bids are rejected, after reevaluating its cost...
• Section 20150.10.a.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20150.9, on any project which is less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), if, after the first invitation for bids, all...
• Section 20150.11.
  It shall be unlawful to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any public project for the purpose of evading the provisions of...
• Section 20150.12.
  The board of supervisors of the county shall adopt plans, specifications, and working details for all public projects the expenditure for which exceeds ten thousand...
• Section 20150.13.
  All bidders on public projects which exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in cost, shall be afforded the opportunity to examine the plans, specifications, and working...
• Section 20150.14.
  The provisions of this article shall not apply to the construction of any public building used for facilities of juvenile forestry camps or juvenile homes,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018