Maintenance, Operations, Facilities, and Transportation

Maintenance and Operations

Often working behind the scenes, our Maintenance and Operations department ensures that the district’s schools and buildings are kept to a standard level of care that is conducive to learning. This includes landscape maintenance of district property, cleaning, painting, and conducting repairs related to electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and alarm systems.

Facilities

Our Facilities staff is responsible for the planning and implementation of renovation, modernization, and expansion of our school facilities in order to provide an excellent physical environment for our current and future students and staff.

Our Mission

Our mission is to execute the facilities program at the Saugus Union School District year round, providing a 21st century, safe, functional, Common Core ready learning environment that supports the district’s goal of providing excellence in education, maintaining local accountability and minimizing overhead costs.

Bids and Vendor Information

From time to time, we look to hire services and purchase goods from registered vendors. If you are a vendor or would like us to add you to our vendor list, please give us a call or visit our Quality Bidders page.

Prequalification and CUPCCAA Lists

To get started, visit our Quality Bidders page or go to www.qualitybidders.com.

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.

SUSD Prequalification

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 fifteen (15) 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.

CUPCCAA (Informal Bidding)

Public projects of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) 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 twenty thousand dollars ($220,000) If all bids received are in excess of two hundred twenty thousand dollars ($220,000), (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 thirty five thousand dollars ($235,000) or less, to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the public agency was reasonable.

Facilities Team

Transportation

Our Transportation Department is responsible for the safe and efficient transport of our students. Our bus drivers follow all state regulations regarding school bus operation and traffic laws. You can rest easy knowing that your child’s safety is our top priority.

Special Education Transportation

Currently the district transports approximately 180 special education students Monday through Thursday and approximately 140 special education students on Fridays. We currently operate 13 routes. We also provide activity bus transportation for special education field trips.