If after rejecting bids the board determines and declares by a four-fifths vote of all its members that in its opinion the supplies, equipment and materials may be purchased at a lower price in the open market, the board may proceed to purchase the supplies, equipment and materials in the open market without further observance of the provisions requiring contracts, bids, or notice.
Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 20212
Transit Districts—Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Known as the Local Agency Public Construction Act
The act spans §§ 20100–20929 (618 sections).
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 465, Sec. 11.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.