California Public Utilities Code Section 130242

(a) In addition to the other powers it possesses, the authority may enter into contracts with private entities, the scope of which may combine within a single contract all or some of the planning, design, permitting, development, joint development, construction, construction management, acquisition, leasing, installation, and warranty of all or components of (1) transit systems, including, without limitation, passenger loading or intermodal station facilities, and (2) facilities on real property owned or to be owned by the authority. (b) The authority may award contracts pursuant to subdivision (a) after a finding, by a two-thirds vote of the members of the authority, that awarding the contract under this section will achieve for the authority, among other things, certain private sector efficiencies in the integration of design, project work, and components. (c) A contract awarded pursuant to this section may include operation and maintenance elements, if the inclusion of those elements (1) is necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the authority, to assess vendor representations and warranties, performance guarantees, or life cycle efficiencies, and (2) does not conflict with collective bargaining agreements to which the authority is a party. (d) Any construction, alteration, demolition, repairs or other works of improvement performed under a contract awarded pursuant to this section shall be considered a public works project subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, and shall be enforced by the Department of Industrial Relations in the same way it carries out this responsibility under the Labor Code. (e) A contract under this section shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid is responsive to the criteria set forth in the invitation for bids. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 60 days before the receipt of the bids. The authority, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids, and may readvertise. All bids submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder security: (1) cash, (2) a cashier` s check made payable to the authority, (3) a certified check made payable to the authority, or (4) a bidder`s bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the authority. Upon an award to the lowest responsible bidder, the security of each unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the authority beyond 60 days from the time the award is made.