Section
6310 Statutory Authority 16 V.S.A. 559(b)
Section 6320 Policy And Procedure
To ensure that school construction projects are bid through a
fair and open process and bids are received from responsible and qualified
contractors.
Section 6330
Cross References
State Board Rules: 6000 Series - School Construction and 9000
Series Public Bids
Section
6340 Pre-qualification Procedures
A school board shall determine which contractors are eligible
to bid on school construction contracts in excess of $ 500,000. For the purpose
of these rules an award to a general contractor shall constitute one contract.
The prequalification procedures are as follows:
1. The board shall establish prequalification
criteria for the contract in question.
2. The board shall publicly advertise at
least 60 days prior to proposed bid opening that it has established
prequalification criteria a bidder must meet and that it is seeking interested
bidders to apply for prequalification.
3. The advertisement shall include:
(a) A brief description of the project for
which the contract will be bid
(b)
When bids are anticipated to be opened.
(c) When and where prequalification
statements are to be received.
(d)
Notice that prequalification statements are to be submitted on the AIA - A305
1986 forms or most recently amended form AIA - A305, with attachments thereto,
if necessary, to respond to additional pre-qualification criteria established
by the board.
Section
6341 Determination Of Pre-qualification
The school board shall review each applicants ability to
perform the work required and shall prequalify an applicant if the board finds
that the applicant:
(a) maintains a
clear and stable organizational structure;
(b) holds licenses and/or registrations
appropriate to the work to be performed;
(c) has sufficient experience or expertise
with related projects;
(d) has
sufficient financial capacity;
(e)
does not maintain a current construction load that would interfere with its
ability to perform the work;
(f)
has positive references from credible and knowledgeable sources; and
(g) meets any other lawful criteria
established by the school board specific to the qualifications of the
contractor to perform the work required in a timely and adequate
manner.
Section 6342
Notice To Applicants
6342.1 After determining
which applicants are prequalified, the school board shall notify all applicants
of whether they are eligible to bid on the contract. The notice shall be in
writing and shall be issued at least 30 days prior to the proposed bid
opening.
6342.2 The notice sent to
applicants determined to be eligible to bid on the contract shall also contain
information on the availability of plans and specifications and when and how
bids are to be submitted.
