BILL NUMBER: SB 502	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  364
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 11, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 10504.5 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 502, Block. University of California: bidding requirements.
   Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California,
except as specified, to let any contract for a project to the lowest
responsible bidder. Existing law also provides that where the
Regents of the University of California are of the view that a
project of $100,000 or less does not require the application of all
provisions of law relating to competitive bidding by the university,
the regents shall solicit bids in writing and award the work to the
lowest responsible bidder or reject all bids.
   This bill would raise this dollar threshold for the cost of a
project to $640,000.
    The bill would require the Regents of the University of
California, with respect to projects that do not require the
application of all competitive bidding provisions, to establish a
procedure to qualify and rate a bidder for work to be awarded when
the cost of the project exceeds $300,000 but does not exceed
$640,000, as specified. The bill would also require each campus or
facility to publicly post a brief description of the project, the
awarded amount, and contractor's name.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 10504.5 of the Public Contract Code is amended
to read:
   10504.5.  (a) Where the nature of the work, in the opinion of the
Regents of the University of California, is such that the application
of all of the provisions of this chapter in connection with that
work is not required, and the cost of the project does not exceed six
hundred forty thousand dollars ($640,000), the regents shall solicit
bids in writing and shall award the work to the lowest responsible
bidder or reject all bids.
   (b) (1) The Regents of the University of California shall
establish a procedure to qualify and rate a bidder for work to be
awarded pursuant to subdivision (a) when the cost of the project
exceeds three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) but does not exceed
six hundred forty thousand dollars ($640,000).
   (2) The procedures shall require a bidder to complete and submit a
qualification questionnaire. The qualification questionnaire shall
cover, at a minimum, the issues covered by the Model
Pre-qualification Questionnaire developed in 1999 by the Department
of Industrial Relations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 20101.
The procedures shall also require a bidder to complete and submit a
financial statement, unless the bidder is a contractor who has
qualified as a Small Business Administration entity pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 14837 of the Government
Code. A bidder who is required to complete and submit a qualification
questionnaire shall include the general contractor and, if utilized,
the electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractor, except that
the nonqualification of a subcontractor shall not disqualify an
otherwise qualified contractor.
   (3) Each campus or facility shall adopt and apply a uniform system
of rating a bidder on the basis of the completed qualification
questionnaire and, if available, financial statements to determine
the minimum requirements permitted for qualification to submit a bid.
Each campus or facility may process qualification questionnaires and
financial statements on a quarterly basis to qualify a prospective
bidder for a period of one calendar year from the date of
qualification.
   (4) Upon award to the lowest responsible bidder, each campus or
facility shall publicly post on its Internet Web site a brief
description of the project and the awarded amount along with the name
of the contractor who is the lowest responsible bidder.