Amended in Senate April 21, 2015

Senate BillNo. 630


Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 27, 2015


An act to add Section 6102 to the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 630, as amended, Hancock. Public contracts: bidders: cost overruns.

Existing law prohibits a state agency or department, as specified, from awarding a public works or purchase contract to a bidder or contractor who has been convicted in the preceding 5 years of violating a state or federal law respecting the employment of undocumented aliens, and prohibits such bidder or contractor from being eligible to bid for or receive a public works or purchase contract.

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This bill would additionally prohibit a state agency or department from awarding a public works or purchase contract to a bidder or contractor without requesting information from the bidder or contractor about cost overruns on previous public works projects or purchase contracts awarded to that bidder or contractor.

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This bill would require a bidder or contractor bidding on a state public works contract to include with the bid a report of all cost overruns on public works projects or purchase contracts previously awarded by the state to that bidder or contractor.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 6102 is added to the Public Contract
2Code
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6102.  

No state agency or department shall award a public works
4or purchase contract to a bidder or contractor without requesting
5information from the bidder or contractor about cost overruns on
6previous public works projects or purchase contracts awarded to
7that bidder or contractor.

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A bidder or contractor bidding on a state public works
9contract shall include with the bid a report of all cost overruns on
10public works projects or purchase contracts previously awarded
11by the state to that bidder or contractor.

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