To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Bidder Prequalification Process for Complex Capital Projects Estimated at Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or More
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Director of Public Works to require, at his or her discretion, bidder prequalification for complex capital projects, estimated at Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or more, including, without limitation, projects that require intense project management due to technical or other reasons, involve numerous subcontractors or have an anticipated construction duration of more than four (4) months;
2. Approve, and authorize the Director of Public Works to utilize, the attached contractor prequalification packet template for appropriate County of Humboldt construction projects;
3. Authorize the Director of Public Works to revise the attached contractor prequalification packet template as necessary to address the requirements of individual projects; and
4. Authorize the Director of Public Works to appoint, prior to the commencement of the prequalification process, three (3) or more public employees, who have expertise regarding similar projects, to serve on an appeals panel for each project that the prequalification process will be utilized.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
When used, the prequalification process will be funded by the project budget.
DISCUSSION:
In 1999, Section 20101 of the California Public Contract Code was enacted as part of California Assembly Bill 574, which allows many public agencies, including the County of Humboldt, to require licensed contractors that wish to bid for public works jobs to "pre-qualify" for the right to bid on a specific public project or on projects undertaken by a public agency during a specified period of time.
Section 20101 of the California Public Contract Code requires every public agency that creates a prequalification process t...
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