§ 22768 Contracting Agency Definition

• •A 'contracting agency' is a group or company that can do special work for the government.
• •To be a contracting agency, the group must meet certain rules and choose to follow this law.
• •The rules for who can be a contracting agency are listed in another part of the law (Section 22920).

A local school wants to hire a company to fix its broken playground.

The company must first check if they meet the rules to be a 'contracting agency' (like having the right skills and licenses). If they do, they can sign up to follow this law and then work for the school.