Following Arnold v. California Exposition & State Fair (2004) 125 Cal.App.4th 498, this decision holds that a master carnival operator contract to run the midways at the county fair was not a government contract subject to the Public Contracts Code’s competitive bidding requirements because the operator did not charge the government anything or provide it any goods or services, but instead provided services to and charged guests at the county fair. The contract was akin to a lease or rental of the fair’s midway for use by the operator.