Jannsen

Plaintiff Steelgard, Inc. (Steelgard) appeals from the order denying a peremptory writ of mandate to prohibit the State Department of General Services (Department) from awarding certain contracts for the purchase of portable classrooms and to direct it to procure such classrooms under the provisions of the State Contract Act. (Ch. 1 (commencing with § 10100), pt. 2, div. 2 of the Pub. Contract Code.) Essentially Steelgard contends the Department when purchasing portable classrooms pursuant to the Emergency School Classroom Law of 1979 (ch. 25 (commencing with § 17785), pt. 9, div. 1, tit. 1 of the Ed. Code) must follow the State Contract Act’s (Pub. Contract Code, § 10100 et seq.) bidding procedures for state construction contracts rather than the bidding procedures for the procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment. (Gov. Code, § 14780 et seq.) The latter procedures were employed by the Department in the procurement of the portable classrooms in question. For reasons herein stated we shall affirm.

Facts

In May 1982, the Department’s Office of Procurement issued invitations for bids for the purchase of approximately 270 portable school classroom facilities.…