California Public Contract Code

§ 20103.8

PCC § 20103.8 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 2 · Part 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1.3

Statute text

A local agency may require a bid for a public works contract to include prices for items that may be added to, or deducted from, the scope of work in the contract for which the bid is being submitted. Whenever additive or deductive items are included in a bid, the bid solicitation shall specify which one of the following methods will be used to determine the lowest bid. In the absence of a specification, only the method provided by subdivision (a) will be used:

(a)The lowest bid shall be the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items.

(b)The lowest bid shall be the lowest total of the bid prices on the base contract and those additive or deductive items that were specifically identified in the bid solicitation as being used for the purpose of determining the lowest bid price.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 243. Effective January 1, 2004.