California § 16852.5 - Any awarding department taking bids in connection with the award of any contract
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 16852.5 — Any awarding department taking bids in connection with the award of any contract, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16852.5. Any awarding department taking bids in connection with the award of any contract
(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, that any person making a bid or offer to perform a contract shall, in his or her bid or offer, set forth the following information: (1) The name and the location of the place of business of each subcontractor certified as a minority, women, or disabled veteran business enterprise who will perform work or labor or render service to the prime contractor in connection with the performance of the contract and who will be used by the prime contractor to fulfill minority, women, and disabled veteran business enterprise participation goals. (2) The portion of work that will be done by each subcontractor under paragraph (1). The prime contractor shall list only one subcontractor for each portion of work as is defined by the prime contractor in his or her bid or offer. (b) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) shall apply to the information required by subdivision (a) relating to subcontractors certified as minority, women, and disabled veteran business enterprises. (c) For purposes of this section, âsubcontractorâ and âprime contractorâ shall have the same meaning as those terms are defined in Section 4113 of the Public Contract Code.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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