(a) The department shall ensure that all state agencies are kept fully informed of the department’s plans and procedures for implementing the provisions of this article. The department shall make information available on implementation procedures to all interested parties.

(b) The department shall ensure that every consultant services contract contains standard language that fully informs the contractor of his or her duties, obligations, and rights under this article, and any additional contractor rights and obligations which the department determines should be included.

Terms Used In California Public Contract Code 10381

  • Consulting services contract: as used in this article , means services that do all of the following:

    California Public Contract Code 10335.5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the Department of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

(c) Each consulting services contract shall have a provision for settlement of contract disputes.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 759, Sec. 43. Effective January 1, 2001.)

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