2025 California Code
Public Utilities Code - PUC
DIVISION 19 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES
CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions
Section 180154.

Universal Citation:
CA Pub Util Code § 180154 (2025)
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180154. (a) Contracts for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding, except in an emergency declared by the authority or by an executive committee to which the authority has delegated responsibility to make that declaration.

(b) If, after rejecting bids received under subdivision (a), the authority determines and declares that, in its opinion, the services, supplies, equipment, or materials may be purchased at a lower price on the open market, the authority may proceed to purchase these services, supplies, equipment, or materials in the open market without further observance of the provisions regarding contracts, bids, or advertisements.

(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)

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