To bid on a California public works project, a contractor must be registered with:
Explanation
Labor Code §1725.5 requires a contractor to register with the Department of Industrial Relations, and §1771.1(a) makes an unregistered contractor ineligible to bid on or be listed in a bid for public work. The CSLB licence is separate and does not substitute for that registration. EDD handles payroll tax and unemployment accounts, not public-works registration, and no city or county registration takes the place of DIR's. Registration is not required for a public works project of $25,000 or less for construction, alteration, demolition, installation or repair work, or of $15,000 or less for maintenance work (§1771.1(n)).
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