California Council on Science and Technology: contracting.

Existing law generally requires contracts by the state for the acquisition of goods and services be awarded pursuant to various procedures and requirements. Existing law exempts specified projects and types of contracts from those procedures and requirements. The California Council on Science and Technology is a nonpartisan, impartial, not-for-profit corporation, created in 1988 by legislative resolution. This bill would authorize state entities, as defined, to enter into contracts with the council for the council's assistance in translating scientific studies to inform public policy. The bill would require that a contract between the entity and the council be entered into on a noncompetitive bid basis and would exempt the contract from state contracting procedures and requirements.