California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 78610

The department may adopt guidelines or regulations as necessary and consistent with this article, to define the manner of advertising, generic project categories, type, quantity and cost of services, qualification standards and evaluation criteria, content and submittal requirements for statements of qualification, procedures for ranking of firms and administration of the prequalified list, the scope of matters addressed by participation on a prequalified list, manner of notification of, negotiation with, and awarding of contracts to, prequalified firms, and procedures for protesting the award of contracts under this article, or any other matter that is appropriate for implementation of this article.