10298.5.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law requiring bidding on public works contracts, as defined in Section 1101, a state or local agency may use the procedures described in Section 10298 for contracts for the installation, and contracts for the purchase and installation, of carpet, resilient flooring, and synthetic turf if all of the following requirements are satisfied:(1) The installation work is not performed in connection with new construction.
(2) The contractor provides an acknowledgment to the state or local agency that the installation is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
(3) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B), the contractor provides the state or local agency with an enforceable commitment that a skilled and trained workforce, as defined in Section 2600, will be used to complete the installation work.
(B) This paragraph shall not apply if the state or local agency has entered into a project labor agreement, as defined in Section 2500, that requires all contractors and subcontractors performing the installation work to use a skilled and trained workforce and the contractor agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.
(b) Any state or local agency that enters into a contract for installation, or for purchase or installation, pursuant to this section shall provide notice of that contract to the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 1773.3 of the Labor Code, regardless of the size of the contract.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.