Skip to content

Public contracts: best value construction contracting for counties, cities, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.

It became law on Sep 15, 2026.

CA AB 1786 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

Stage
Became law
Started in
Assembly
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Sep 15, 2026

What it does

Existing law establishes a program to allow counties to select a bidder on the basis of best value, as defined, for construction projects in excess of $1,000,000. Existing law also authorizes counties to use a best value construction contracting method to award individual annual contracts, not to exceed $3,000,000, for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, as specified. Existing law establishes procedures and criteria for the selection of a best value contractor and requires that bidders verify specified information under oath. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of a participating county to submit a report that contains specified…

Read the full textRead it on the official site

Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 15, 2026

What moved

Loading recorded actions…

Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

In the news

Reporting that may mention this subject. Possible matches are labeled.

Loading coverage…

Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

Work with this bill

Public contracts: best value construction contracting for counties, cities, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. | 52