2005 California Government Code Sections 14825-14829.2 CHAPTER 6. CALIFORNIA STATE CONTRACTS REGISTER

14825.  The Department of General Services shall publish, or shall
cause to be published, the California State Contracts Register,
describing therein contracts proposed by the state.
   As used in this article, "contract" means an agreement entered
into by a state agency for services, which term shall be construed to
include contracts for construction or alteration of state-owned real
property.
   Provisions of this article shall not apply to contracts for
entertainment by district agricultural associations or for their fair
related events except that summaries of the types of fair related
contracts shall be published in the California State Contracts
Register at least twice each year.
14825.1.  The California State Contracts Register shall be published
not less than twice a month and shall include information deemed
appropriate by the Department of General Services, and shall include
all of the following:
   (a) Contract identification number.
   (b) A description of the contract to be performed.
   (c) All deadlines for submitting bid proposals or other required
steps in the contract process, including the location and estimated
duration of the contract where appropriate.
   (d) Any eligibility requirements and preferences.
   (e) Department, name, and telephone number of the person or
persons to contact for further bid and submittal information.
   The department may make the register available to the general
public electronically through a computer-accessed service.
14826.  In order to broaden subcontracting opportunities for small
business, agencies shall maintain and provide, upon request to
interested parties, the names and addresses of firms to whom requests
for proposals or invitations to bid are to be issued in connection
with all contracts for one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or
more.
14827.  State agencies shall develop procedures for assuring that
proposed contract opportunities are published in the California State
Contracts Register as required by this article.
14827.1.  No state agency shall award a contract unless notice
thereof has first been published in the California State Contracts
Register.
14827.2.  Every state agency shall furnish to the Department of
General Services the information required by Section 14825.1 in
sufficient time for it to be published in the California State
Contracts Register, so as to give potential bidders not less than 10
working days' notice prior to the contract bid opening date.
Agencies shall not release invitations for bid or requests for
proposals prior to publication in the California State Contracts
Register.
14827.3.  The Department of General Services may exempt a state
agency from the requirement of advertising in the California State
Contracts Register where the contract is necessary for the immediate
preservation of life or state property, where the contract is with
another state agency or local and where the Director of General
Services determines that the state's best interest would be better
served by an exemption.  The Department of General Services may,
likewise, exempt a class or classes of contracts, where it appears to
be in the state's best interest to do so.  The department will
identify the exemptions and publish them prominently in each issue of
the California State Contracts Register.
14828.  All governmental contracting entities shall provide to the
Department of General Services which shall maintain, for review by
those desiring the  information, all of the following:
   (a) Names of contractors to whom specific contracts have been
awarded.
   (b) Contract procedures and requirements.
14829.  The Department of General Services shall offer copies of the
California State Contracts Register for sale, and the "price"
thereof shall not exceed the amount necessary to pay all expenses
incurred in its preparation and distribution.
14829.1.  The Department of General Services may adopt rules and
regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into
effect this article.
14829.2.  This article shall remain in effect until January 1, 1988,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
which is chaptered before January 1, 1988, deletes or extends that
date, or unless the Director of General Services determines that as
of December 1, 1987, the programs established by this article are
self-supporting and notifies the Joint Legislative Budget Committee
of that determination.