AB 848

Bill Subjects

Abstract

The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act requires state agencies entering into contracts for the provision of goods, information technology, and services to the state, and the construction of state facilities, to provide for a preference up to and including 5% for any bid of a small business and microbusiness, or a nonsmall business that provides for small business and microbusiness subcontractor participation, in solicitations where an award is to be made to the lowest responsible bidder or highest scored bidder meeting specifications. Existing law also requires that in the event of a precise tie between the low responsible bid of a bidder meeting specifications of a small business or microbusiness, and the low responsible bid of a bidder meeting the specifications of a disabled veteran-owned small business or microbusiness, the contract be awarded to the disabled veteran-owned small business or microbusiness. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.