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2024 Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, and Contract Item Codes Accessibility Assistance: Caltrans makes every attempt to ensure our documents are accessible. Due to variances between assistive technologies, there may be portions of this document which are not accessible.
Printable version (PDF) Published: July 2019. Section 2, “Bidding,” of the Standard Specifications covers proposal requirements and conditions that apply to a contractor bidding on a project.
Caltrans 2022-2024 overall DBE Participation goal is 22.2%.
Sections 4100 through 4114 of the Public Contract Code are called the “Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act” (Fair Practices Act) and apply to Caltrans construction projects. It is designed to prevent prime contractors from “bid shopping” for subcontractors after bids are opened and the low bidder is known.
Caltrans Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is dedicated to increasing the participation of Small Business (SB), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) firms in both Federal and State contracting and procurement.
To print individual pages, select "Adobe PDF" from the printer list when printing a bid. If Adobe Acrobat is not installed on your computer, there are free PDF
Printable Version (PDF) Published: September 2020. When applying Caltrans policy to the administration of construction contracts, knowing how to interpret contract documents and plans, and how to apply engineering experience and judgment is important.
