{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-4529","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 4529","heading":"","body":"This chapter shall not apply where the state or local agency head determines that the services needed are more of a technical nature and involve little professional judgment and that requiring bids would be in the public interest.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 5. PUBLIC WORK AND PUBLIC PURCHASES [4000. - 4563.]","CHAPTER 10. Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms [4525. - 4529.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"686396d5df4d1645b1d7a092221115566adfa059c2e535531e42925cac43a2ff","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-4528","next":"us-ca/gov-4529.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}