Section 10351 Of Article 4. Contracts For Services From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. (a) The department shall exempt from its approval contracts
under one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) that any state
agency awards if the state agency does all of the following:
(1) Designates an agency officer as responsible and directly
accountable for the agency's contracting program.
(2) Establishes written policies and procedures and a management
system that will ensure the state agency's contracting activities
comply with applicable provisions of law and regulations and that it
has demonstrated the ability to carry out these policies and
procedures and to implement the management system.
(3) Establishes a plan for ensuring that contracting personnel are
adequately trained in contract administration and contract
management.
(4) Conducts an audit every two years of the contracting program
and reports to the department as it may require.
(5) Establishes procedures for reporting to the department and the
Legislature on such contracts as the Legislature may require in the
Budget Act.
(b) Any state agency may request the department to exempt from its
approval classes or types of contracts under this section. When the
department receives a request but refuses to grant the exemption, it
shall state in writing the reasons for the refusal. It is the intent
of the Legislature that the department shall actively implement the
provisions of this section and shall exempt from its approval as wide
a range of classes or types of contracts as is consistent with
proper administrative controls and the best interests of the state.