(a) (1) Commencing on or before January 1, 2007, the State Contracting Manual shall set forth all procedures and methods that shall be used by the department when seeking to obtain bids for the acquisition of information technology.
(2) Revisions to the manual must be publicly announced, including, but not limited to, postings on the department’s Internet homepage.
(b) The department, in consultation with the California Technology Agency, shall develop, implement, and maintain standardized methods for the development of information technology requests for proposals.
(c) All information technology requests for proposals shall be reviewed by the California Technology Agency and the Department of General Services prior to release to the public.