Pub. Util. Code, § 125225.2 · Article 2. Contracts
Pub. Util. Code, § 125225.2
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person who submits, or who plans to submit, a proposal in response to a procurement solicitation may protest any acquisition conducted pursuant to Sections 125222 and 125223 as follows:
(1) Protests based on the content of the procurement solicitation shall be filed with the district within 10 calendar days after the procurement solicitation is first advertised. The executive director, or the designee of the executive director, shall issue a written decision on the protest prior to the opening of the procurement solicitation. A protest may be renewed by refiling the protest with the board within 15 calendar days after the posting of the notice of the intent to award.
(2) Any bidder may protest the intent to award on any ground not based upon the content of the procurement solicitation by filing a protest with the district within 15 calendar days after the posting of the notice of the intent to award. The executive director, or the designee of the executive director, shall issue a written decision on the protest.
(3) Any protest shall contain a full and complete written statement specifying in detail the grounds of the protest and the facts supporting the protest. Protestors shall have an opportunity to appear and be heard before the board prior to the opening of the procurement solicitation in the case of protests based on the content of the procurement solicitation or renewed protests based on the content of the procurement solicitation, or prior to final award in the case of protests based on other grounds.
(b) The decision on the protest by the board shall be in writing and shall constitute a final administrative decision for purposes of judicial review pursuant to Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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History
Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 554, Sec. 10. (AB 3177) Effective January 1, 2019.
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