Section 10722 Of Article 2. Plans And Specifications From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.5. >> Article 2.
10722
. Work on all projects shall be done under contract awarded to
the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to this chapter, except that
it may be done by day's labor under the direction of the trustees, by
contract upon informal bids, or by a combination thereof:
(a) When the trustees determine that an emergency exists due to
an act of God, earthquake, flood, storm, fire, landslide, public
disturbance, vandalism, or other unexpected cause which results in
damage to a state-owned building, state-owned real property, or any
improvements thereon, for work and remedial measures which are
required immediately and which are necessary to protect the public
health, safety, and welfare.
The trustees shall annually, on or before December 31, report to
the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee
the instances in which an exemption from the bidding process was
allowed due to "unexpected causes."
(b) At any time after the approval of plans, specifications, and
estimates of cost, if the trustees deem the advertising or award of a
contract, the acceptance of any bid, or the acceptance of any
further bids after the rejection of all submitted bids, is not in the
best interests of the state.