SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
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William S. Hart Union High School District requires prequalification of general contractors and M/E/P subcontractors for public works contracts over $1 million funded by state funds. Applications accepted quarterly with detailed evaluation and appeal process.
California Assembly Bill (AB) 1565 went into effect on January 1, 2014. AB 1565 requires ALL General Contractors and M/E/P Subcontractors (licensed pursuant to Section 7058 of the Business and Professions Code, specifically holding C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43, and C-46 licenses) be prequalified, if the contract is valued at $1 million or more and funded whole or in part with State Facility Bond funds. On June 10, 2024, AB1433 was amended and requires all General Contractors and M/E/P Subcontractors to be prequalified, if the contract is valued at $1 million or more and funded in whole or in part with State General Funds, inclusive of LCFF funds.
Therefore, notice is hereby given that, beginning June 10, 2024, the William S. Hart Union High School District (“District”) shall require all general contractors and, if utilized, all electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors (collectively “Contractors”) on public works governed by Public Contract Code Section 20111.6 to be pre-qualified prior to submitting bids for certain public works. It is mandatory that all Contractors who intend to submit bids fully complete the prequalification questionnaire, provide all materials requested herein, and be approved by the District to be on the final bidders list. No bid will be accepted from a Contractors that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid on a project as a Joint Venture, or expect to submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified to bid.
Prequalification applications may be submitted four times each year: (1) from January 1 through January 10; (2) from April 1 through April 10; (3) from July 1 through July 10; and (4) from October 1 through October 10. Contractors who submit a complete prequalification package will be notified of their qualification status, such notice to be mailed no later than fifteen business days after submission of the information.
Answers to questions contained in the attached questionnaire, information about current bonding capacity on an aggregate and per project limit, notarized statement from surety, and the most recent reviewed or audited financial statements, with accompanying notes and supplemental information, are required. The District will use these documents as the basis of rating Contractors. The District reserves the right to check other sources available. The District decision will be based on objective evaluation criteria. Prequalification approval will remain valid for one (1) calendar year from the date of notice of qualification.
While it is the intent of the prequalification questionnaire and documents required there with to assist the District in determining bidder responsibility prior to the submission of bids and to aid the District in selecting the lowest responsible bidder, neither the fact of prequalification, nor any prequalification rating, will preclude the District from a post-bid consideration and determination on a specific project of whether a bidder has the quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily perform the proposed work, and has demonstrated the requisite trustworthiness. Contractors are encouraged to submit prequalification packages as soon as possible, so that they may be notified of prequalification status well in advance of upcoming projects.
The prequalification packages (questionnaire answers and financial statements) submitted by Contractors are not public records and are not open to public inspection. All information provided will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law, although the contents may be disclosed to third parties for the purpose of verification, investigation of substantial allegations, and in the process of an appeal hearing.
Each questionnaire must be signed under penalty of perjury in the manner designated at the end of the form, by an individual who has the legal authority to bind the Contractor on whose behalf that person is signing. If any information provided by a Contractor becomes inaccurate, the Contractor must immediately notify the District and provide updated accurate information in writing, under penalty of perjury.
The District reserves the right to waive minor irregularities and omissions in the information contained in the prequalification application submitted and to make all final determinations.
Contractors will be allowed to appeal a negative pre-qualification determination in accordance with California Public Contract Code 20101.d. There is no appeal from a refusal for an incomplete or late application, but re-application during one of the designated periods is permitted. A Contractor may appeal the District’s decision with respect to its request for prequalification by giving written notice to the Assistant Superintendent Business Services no later than 4:00p.m. of the fifth business day after receipt of notice of its qualification status. Without a timely appeal, the contractor waives any and all rights to challenge the decision of the District, whether by administrative process, judicial process or any other legal process or proceeding.
In Conjunction with this pre-qualification policy, the District hereby established a bidder pre-qualification appeals panel. The sole issue before the appeals panel shall be the scoring of the contractor. The decision of the appeals panel shall be the District's final administrative decision. The District shall act upon properly filed requests within ten calendar days from the date of receipt of such request. If after review, the District again rejects the contractor's application, the contractor may request an administrative hearing with the appeal panel. At the hearing, the contractor may present oral testimony concerning the contractor's ability and responsibility. The District shall notify the contractor of his decision within five business days following the hearing. The decision of the panel is final.
The date for submission and opening of bids for a specific project will not be delayed or postponed to allow for completion of an appeal process.
Note: A Contractor may be found not prequalified for bidding on a specific public works contract to be let by the District, or on all contracts to be let by the District until the Contractor meets the District’s requirements. In addition, a Contractor may be found not prequalified for either:
(1) Omission of requested information or
(2) Falsification of information.
NOTICE: TO CONTRACTORS WHO ARE USING SUBCONTRACTORS FOR ANY JOB, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE DISTRICT ALSO REQUIRES, THE PREQUALIFICATION OF ALL ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND PLUMBING SUBCONTRACTORS. THE DISTRICT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE A LIST OF PREQUALIFIED ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND PLUMBING SUBCONTRACTORS.
The qualification of subcontractors in the following crafts or trades, following acceptance of your bid, but before the award is made:
(This question refers only to a bankruptcy action that was not described in answer to question 3.8-3.9, above)
Debarred, disqualified, removed or otherwise prevented from bidding on, or completing, any government agency or public works project for any reason?
A default, to satisfy any claims made against a performance or payment bond issued on your firm’s behalf, in connection with a construction project, either public or private?
In a civil suit or found guilty in a criminal action for making any false claim or material misrepresentation to any public agency or entity?
State the percentage that your firm was required to pay. You may provide an explanation for a percentage rate higher than one per cent, if you wish to do so.
By a surety company, or has there ever been a period of time when your firm had no surety bond in place during a public construction project when one was required?
Pay either back wages or penalties for your own firm’s failure to comply with the state’s prevailing wage laws?
Penalized or required to pay back wages for failure to comply with the federal Davis- Bacon prevailing wage requirements?
From whom you intend to request the dispatch of apprentices to your firm for use on any public work project for which you are awarded a contract by District.
Any provision of California apprenticeship laws or regulations, or the laws pertaining to use of apprentices on public works?
Either your firm or the owner of a project on which your firm was the contractor, in the past five years?
Safety and health issues of your employees (and subcontractors, if applicable), and is the program enforced? [LC §6401.7(a)(6)]
READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY AND ANSWER ACCORDINGLY.
(as it appears on license)
List Owner(s) of Company
Include a Certificate of Insurance that shows you maintain General Liability insurance, Auto Liability insurance and Worker's Compensation insurance.
You must show evidence of 5 years Worker's Compensation insurance.
Contractor will be immediately disqualified if the answer to any of questions 1-10 are “no.”
Contractor will be immediately disqualified if the answer to either questions 11-14 is "yes."
If the answer to question 13 is “yes,” and if the debarment would be the sole reason for denial of pre-qualification, the District will pre-qualify the applicant, but exclude their participation during the debarment period.
A contractor disqualified solely because of a “Yes” answer given to question 11, 12, or 14 may appeal the disqualification and provide an explanation of the relevant circumstances during the appeal procedure.
If the license number verification through the CSLB returns a different company name than the name you indicated on this application, it will be cause for disqualification by the Hart District. If the license number verification through the CSLB indicates your license is currently suspended, it will be cause for disqualification by the Hart District.
If the DIR registration number verification returns a different company name than the name you indicated on this application, it will be cause for disqualification by the Hart District. If your DIR registration has expired, it will be cause for disqualification by the Hart District.
NOTE: A financial statement that is not either reviewed or audited by an independent licensed accountant within 12 months of your submitted application is unacceptable. If you are not supplying either reviewed or audited financials and you are qualified as a Small Business, you may answer this question with "no" and then a new question will open for your response.
Public Contract Code section 20101(e) exempts from this requirement a contractor who has qualified as a small business pursuant to Government Code section 14837(d)(1), if the bid is “no more than 25 percent of the qualifying amount provided in section 14837(d)(1).” As of January 1, 2001, the qualifying amount is $10 million, and 25 percent of that amount, therefore, is $2.5 million. Have you uploaded your Small Business Certification from the Department of General Services?
In addition to completing the online questionnaire, each contractor must upload its most current reviewed or year- end audited financial statement with accompanying notes and supplemental information, which has been prepared by a certified public accountant within twelve (12) months of the application submission. In the event the reviewed or year-end audited financial statement is older than three (3) months, also upload a current financial statement prepared within three (3) months of the application submission. Provide a signed separate letter verifying that the accountant has complied with the Certificate’s specified requirements in reviewing or auditing the contactor’s financial statements.
If you are not uploading current reviewed or year-end audited financial statements and you are qualified as a Small Business, you must upload your Certification from the Department of General Services.
NOTE: Notarized statements must be from the surety company, not an agent or broker. Failure to attach the notarized statement is cause for automatic disqualification for the Hart District.
An additional notarized statement from the surety may be requested by the William S. Hart Union High School District at the time of bid submission, if this prequalification package is submitted more than 60 days prior to submission of a bid.
Type "Yes" or "No." If the answer is “Yes,” provide the beginning and ending dates of the debarment period:
Type "Yes" or "No." If “Yes,” explain.
NOTE: A corporation whose shares are publicly traded is not required to answer this question.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “Yes,” explain.
NOTE: Include information about other firms if one firm owns 50% or more of another, or if an owner, partner, director, or officer of your firm holds a similar position in another firm.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “Yes,” explain.
NOTE: Include information about other firms if an owner, partner, director, or officer of your firm holds a similar position in another firm.
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5.
If less than 3 years, this is an automatic disqualification for the Hart District.
Type "Yes" or "No." If "Yes," explain including the reason for the change.
Type "Yes" or "No." If "Yes," explain including the reason for the change.
Type "Yes" or "No." If "Yes," explain.
Type "Yes" or "No." If yes, explain identifying all such projects by owner, owner’s address, the date of completion of the project, amount of liquidated damages assessed and all other information necessary to fully explain the assessment of liquidated damages.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” explain. State whether the firm involved was the firm applying for prequalification here or another firm. Identify by name of the company, the name of the person within your firm who was associated with that company, the year of the event, the owner of the project, the project, and the basis for the action.
NOTE: “Associated with” refers to another construction firm in which an owner, partner, director, or officer of your firm held a similar position, and which is listed in response to question 1c or 1d on this form.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” explain. Identify the year of the event, the owner, the project, and the basis for the finding by the public agency.
NOTE: The next two questions refer only to disputes between your firm and the owner of a project. You need not include information about disputes between your firm and a supplier, another contractor, or subcontractor. You need not include information about “pass-through” disputes in which the actual dispute is between a sub-contractor and a project owner. Also, you may omit reference to all disputes about amounts of less than $10,000.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” identify the claim(s), action(s), damage(s), loss(es), cost(s), expense(s), or other liabilities by providing the project name, date of the claim, name of the claimant, a brief description of the nature of the claim, the court in which the case was filed, the case number, and a brief description of the status (pending or, if resolved, a brief description of the resolution).
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” identify the claim(s), action(s), damage(s), loss(es), cost(s), expense(s), or other liabilities by providing the project name, date of the claim, name of the entity (or entities) against whom the claim was filed, a brief description of the nature of the claim, the court in which the case was filed, the case number, and a brief description of the status (pending, or if resolved, a brief description of the resolution).
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” explain the amount of each such claim, the name and telephone number of the claimant, the date of the claim, the grounds for the claim, the present status of the claim, the date of resolution of such claim if resolved, the method by which such was resolved if resolved, the nature of the resolution, and the amount, if any, at which the claim was resolved.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” explain, including identifying who was involved, the name of the public agency, the date of the investigation, the grounds for the finding, the court in which the case was filed, the case number, and a brief description of the status (pending, or if resolved, a brief description of the resolution).
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” explain, including identifying who was involved, the name of the public agency, the date of the conviction, the grounds for the conviction, the court in which the case was filed, the case number, and a brief description of the status (pending, or if resolved, a brief description of the resolution).
Bonding capacity: Provide documentation from your surety identifying the following:
Type "Yes" or "No." If yes, provide details indicating the date when your firm was denied coverage and the name of the company or companies that denied coverage; and the period during which you had no surety bond in place.
Type "Yes" or "no." If “yes,” describe the citations, including the dates of the citations, the nature of the violation, the project on which the citation(s) was or were issued, and the amount of penalty paid, if any. If the citation was appealed to the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board and a decision has been issued, state the case number and the date of the decision.
NOTE: If you have filed an appeal of a citation, and the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board has not yet ruled on your appeal, you need not include information about it.
Type "Yes" or "no." If “yes,” describe each citation, including the dates of the citations, the nature of the violation, the project on which the citation(s) was or were issued, and the amount of penalty paid, if any. If the citation was appealed to the Appeals Board and a decision has been issued, state the case number and the date of the decision..
NOTE: If you have filed an appeal of a citation and the Appeals Board has not yet ruled on your appeal, or if there is a court appeal pending, you need not include information about the citation.
Type "Yes" or "no." If “yes,” describe each citation, including the dates of the citations, the nature of the violation, the project on which the citation(s) was or were issued, and the amount of penalty paid, if any. If the citation was appealed to the Appeals Board and a decision has been issued, state the case number and the date of the decision.
NOTE: If you have filed an appeal of a citation and the Appeals Board has not yet ruled on your appeal, or if there is a court appeal pending, you need not include information about the citation.
If your EMR average rate for five years is 1.25 or higher, this is an automatic disqualification for the Hart District.
NOTE: An Experience Modification Rate is issued to your firm annually by your workers’ compensation insurance carrier.
Type "Yes" or "No." If ”yes,” describe the nature of each violation, identifying the name of the project, the date of its completion, the public agency for which it was constructed; the number of employees who were initially underpaid and the amount of back wages and penalties that you were required to pay.
NOTE: This question refers only to your own firm’s violation of prevailing wage laws, not to violations of the prevailing wage laws by a subcontractor.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” describe the nature of the violation, identifying the name of the project, the date of its completion, the public agency for which it was constructed; the number of employees who were initially underpaid, the amount of back wages you were required to pay along with the amount of any penalty paid.
Type "Yes" or "No." If “yes,” provide the date(s) of such findings.
If “yes,” also attach copies of the Department’s final decision(s) in the next question.
Attach copies of the Department’s final decision(s).
Contractor shall provide information about its six most recently completed public works projects and its three largest completed private projects within the last five years. Names and references must be current and verifiable. Use separate, signed sheets of paper that contain all of the following information:
If you wish, you may, using the same format, also provide information about other projects that you have completed that are similar to the project(s) for which you expect to bid.
Q ( Pool Projects): Do you have any upcoming Pool Projects ?
A: No. We don't have pools within the district.
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