California Assembly Bill (AB) 1565 went into effect on January 1, 2014.  AB 1565 requires all General Contractors and M/E/P Subcontractors to be prequalified, if the project is valued at $1 million or more and funded whole or in part with State Facility Bond funds, per…

• Public Contract Code 20111.5 enables districts to require prime contractors to be prequalified prior to accepting bids.
• Public Contract Code 20111.6 requires the district to do so for certain projects. This applies to prime contractors and MEP sub-contractors with the following licenses:
  • General Contractors (A and B), Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing subcontractors (C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43, and C-46)

The district must receive complete applications at least ten (10) business days prior to the scheduled bid opening on any advertised project in order for the candidate to qualify for a project in excess of $1,000,000 and partially funded by the State. Prequalification approval will remain valid for one (1) calendar year from the date of notice of qualification except as noted in the prequalification documents.

Public projects of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or less may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated contract, or by purchase order. (b) Public projects of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) If all bids received are in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), (c) the governing body of the public agency may, by the adoption of a resolution by a four-fifths vote, award the contract, at two hundred twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($212,500) or less, to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the public agency was reasonable.

• per Public Contract Code 22032 and Public Contract Code 22034

SUSD has contracted with Colbi Technologies to provide a web-based process for submitting to their Pre-Qualification and CUPCCAA lists called Quality Bidders. To get started, visit our Quality Bidders page.

• For detailed instructions in completing your application, see the Contractor Instructions.

Please contact Shellie Gibson with any questions by email or at (661) 294-5300.  You may also contact qbsupport@colbitech.com with any questions about the use of the Quality Bidders web-based tool.

Thank you for your interest in working with Saugus Union School District.

• Approved Contractors List
• CUPCCAA Contractor List