§ 14842.1

(a) The department shall provide an internet web page that includes web links to one or more online directories or databases of businesses certified by state agencies with industrial classification codes, such as the United Nations Standard Product and Service Codes, North American Industry Classification System, or Standard Industrial Classification, that include categories related to goods or commodities, services, information technology, and construction. For purposes of this subdivision, state certification shall include small businesses, disabled veteran business enterprises, minority business enterprises, woman business enterprises, LGBTQ business enterprises, and persons with disabilities business enterprises.

(b) The department shall provide a link to the web page required by subdivision (a) on the department’s internet home page. This section does not limit the authority of the department to include some or all of the information required by subdivision (a) on one or more additional internet web pages.

(c) The department shall notify each state agency or department that the Department of General Services small business certification database is a resource for sourcing vendors to meet the minimum goal of 25 percent procurement for small businesses and microbusinesses described in Section 14838.1.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 423, Sec. 4. (AB 258) Effective January 1, 2024.)