California Public Contract Code 10332 – Any state agency that receives delegated authority to acquire goods …
Any state agency that receives delegated authority to acquire goods shall be authorized, at a minimum, to make the following types of acquisitions:
(a) Acquisitions not exceeding the dollar value established pursuant to Section 10330.
Terms Used In California Public Contract Code 10332
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
- Goods: means all types of tangible personal property, including materials, supplies, and equipment. See California Public Contract Code 10290
- Office: means the Office of Procurement in the Department of General Services. See California Public Contract Code 10290
- Price schedule: means an agreement between the Office of Procurement and a supplier under which the supplier agrees to accept orders from the office or a state agency for specified goods at set prices for a specified period of time but which does not obligate the office or state agencies to contract for the specified goods from the supplier. See California Public Contract Code 10290
- Regional contract: means a contract of the same type as a statewide contract but applicable only to specified contracting in a particular area or region of the state. See California Public Contract Code 10290
(b) Acquisitions in any amount of goods available under an unexpired statewide or regional contract. Acquisitions of goods for which a valid statewide or regional contract is in effect may not be made, without the approval of the office, from a supplier other than the supplier with whom the state has a valid contract.
(c) Acquisitions in any amount of goods that state agencies are required, by § 2807 of the Penal Code, to acquire from the Prison Industry Authority.
(d) Acquisitions not exceeding the dollar amount, established pursuant to Section 10330, of goods designated in price schedules that the office has established with suppliers. Acquisitions not exceeding the dollar amount, established pursuant to Section 10330, of goods designated in price schedules may be made from a supplier other than the supplier specified on a price schedule if another supplier offers the same or equivalent goods at a price lower than the price established in the price schedule. The agency shall notify the office prior to making the acquisition. The acquisition may be made 48 hours after receipt of the notice by the office unless the office advises the agency that the goods to be acquired are not the same or equivalent to the goods specified on a price schedule.
(e) Acquisitions not exceeding the dollar value, established pursuant to Section 10330, of goods that are available from the state warehouses but which the state agency can acquire from another supplier at a price lower than the price charged by the department. The agency shall notify the office prior to making the acquisition. The acquisition may be made 48 hours after receipt of the notice by the office unless the office advises the agency that the goods to be acquired are not the same or equivalent to the goods available from the state warehouses.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 951, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)