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Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 5103

Relief of Bidders

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 223 Cal. App. 4th 1181 - Bay Cities Paving & Grading v. City of San Leandro CA1/2 (2014)

Most recently applied in 223 Cal. App. 4th 1181 - Bay Cities Paving & Grading v. City of San Leandro CA1/2 (January 2014)

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 270, Sec. 2

The bidder shall establish to the satisfaction of the court that:

(a) A mistake was made.

(b) He or she gave the public entity written notice within five working days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, after the opening of the bids of the mistake, specifying in the notice in detail how the mistake occurred.

(c) The mistake made the bid materially different than he or she intended it to be.

(d) The mistake was made in filling out the bid and not due to error in judgment or to carelessness in inspecting the site of the work, or in reading the plans or specifications.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.