Purchase estimates for supplies or equipment submitted to the Department of General Services pursuant to § 10311 of the Public Contract Code received during the last 90 days of a fiscal year and for which a purchase order award is pending at the end of that fiscal year, may be awarded during the initial 90 days of the subsequent fiscal year. The 90-day period shall be extended commensurate with the time required to resolve any protest filed pursuant to § 10306 of the Public Contract Code.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law and regardless of the date of receipt of the materials, supplies or equipment, the date of expenditure and encumbrance for a purchase authorized by this section shall be construed to be the last day of the fiscal year in which the purchase estimate is received by the department. A purchase order awarded in accordance with the provisions of this section shall cite this section and the actual date of award.

Terms Used In California Government Code 13332.17

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • department: refer to the Director and Department of Finance, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 13001
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 153, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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