Section 10163 Of Article 4. Bids And Bidders From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
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. The department shall adopt and apply a uniform system of
rating bidders, on the basis of the standard questionnaires and
financial statements, in respect to the size of the contracts upon
which each bidder is qualified to bid. When bids for more than one
project are to be received at the same bid opening, the department
may permit a bidder to submit bids for each project within such
bidder's prequalification rating, even though such rating is
insufficient to permit the bidder to be awarded the contract for each
project bid upon.
In no event shall any bidder be awarded a contract if such
contract award would result in the bidder having under contract work
for which prequalification is required in excess of that authorized
by his prequalification rating. In determining whether an award of a
contract would result in a bidder having under contract work in
excess of that authorized by his prequalification rating, the
department may use its estimated cost of such contract rather than
the amount of the bidder's bid. If the department determines that a
bidder would be awarded the contract for two or more projects but
cannot be awarded the contract for all such projects because of the
inadequacy of his prequalification rating, the department shall
determine which of the bids of such bidder are to be accepted and the
contract awarded thereon and which of the bids of such bidder are to
be disregarded. In making its decision the department shall be
guided by the combination of contract awards which will result in the
lowest total cost for the projects involved.