Pub. Contract Code, § 5103 · Chapter 5. Relief of Bidders
Pub. Contract Code, § 5103
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.
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