The department may require from prospective bidders answers to questions contained in a standard form of questionnaire and financial statement including a complete statement of the prospective bidder’s financial ability and experience in performing public works. When completed, the questionnaire and financial statement shall be verified under oath by the bidder in the manner in which pleadings in civil actions are verified.

Whenever prequalification is required of any bidder on a contract, it shall be required for all prospective bidders to that contract.

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Terms Used In California Public Contract Code 10160

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 471, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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