Section 12104.5 Of Chapter 3. Acquisition Of Information Technology Goods And Services From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
12104.5
. (a) All rules and requirements governing an information
technology acquisition, for which the Department of General Services
or the Department of Technology determines that a request for
proposal (RFP) is appropriate, shall be communicated in writing to
all vendors that have expressed an intent to bid and shall be posted
in a public location. Any changes to the rules and requirements
governing that RFP shall be communicated in writing to all vendors
that have expressed an intent to bid and shall be posted in a public
location. Requirements other than those provided by law or outside of
the published RFP and posted addendums shall not be used to score
bids.
(b) (1) All requests for proposals shall contain the following
statement:
"It is unlawful for any person engaged in business within this
state to sell or use any article or product as a "loss leader" as
defined in Section 17030 of the Business and Professions Code."
(2) The Department of General Services shall post in the State
Contracting Manual instructions for including the statement required
by paragraph (1) in all affected contracts.
(3) The statement required by paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be
part of a request for proposal even if the statement is inadvertently
omitted from the request for proposal.
(c) The requirements of this section shall be in addition to any
other requirement provided by law.