Public Contract Code
Division 2. General Provisions Part 1. Administrative Provisions Chapter 4. Subletting and Subcontracting
§ 4104. Contents of bids or offers
Any officer, department, board, or commission taking bids for the construction of any public work or improvement shall provide in the specifications prepared for the work or improvement or in the general conditions under which bids will be received for the doing of the work incident to the public work or improvement that any person making a bid or offer to perform the work, shall, in his or her bid or offer, set forth:
- The name, the location of the place of business, the California contractor license number, and public works contractor registration number issued pursuant to Section 1725.5 of the Labor Code of each subcontractor who will perform work or labor or render service to the prime contractor in or about the construction of the work or improvement, or a subcontractor licensed by the State of California who, under subcontract to the prime contractor, specially fabricates and installs a portion of the work or improvement according to detailed drawings contained in the plans and specifications, in an amount in excess of one-half of 1 percent of the prime contractor's total bid or, in the case of bids or offers for the construction of streets or highways, including bridges, in excess of one-half of 1 percent of the prime contractor's total bid or ten thousand dollars ($10,000), whichever is greater.
- An inadvertent error in listing the California contractor license number or public works contractor registration number provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be grounds for filing a bid protest or grounds for considering the bid nonresponsive if the corrected contractor's license number is submitted to the public entity by the prime contractor within 24 hours after the bid opening and provided the corrected contractor's license number corresponds to the submitted name and location for that subcontractor.
- Subject to subparagraph (B), any information requested by the officer, department, board, or commission concerning any subcontractor who the prime contractor is required to list under this subdivision, other than the subcontractor's name, location of business, the California contractor license number, and the public works contractor registration number, may be submitted by the prime contractor up to 24 hours after the deadline established by the officer, department, board, or commission for receipt of bids by prime contractors.
- A state or local agency may implement subparagraph (A) at its option.
- The portion of the work that will be done by each subcontractor under this act. The prime contractor shall list only one subcontractor for each portion as is defined by the prime contractor in his or her bid.
Division 2. General Provisions Part 1. Administrative Provisions Chapter 6.5. The Design-Build Demonstration Program
§ 6823. Establishment of labor compliance program for public works projects; exempt projects
- For contracts for public works projects awarded prior to January 1, 2012, a transportation entity authorized to use the design-build method of procurement shall establish and enforce a labor compliance program containing the requirements outlined in Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code or shall contract with a third party to operate a labor compliance program containing the requirements outlined in Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code. This requirement shall not apply to projects where the transportation entity or design-build entity has entered into any collective bargaining agreement that binds all of the contractors performing work on the projects.
- For contracts for public works projects awarded on or after January 1, 2012, the project shall be subject to the requirements of Section 1771.4 of the Labor Code.
Division 2. General Provisions Part 1. Administrative Provisions Chapter 6.6. Alternative Project Delivery Program: Construction Manager/General Contractor Authority
§ 6953. Public works projects subject to certain Labor Code provisions
Any public works project that is contracted for pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of Section 1771.4 of the Labor Code.
Division 2. General Provisions Part 2. Contracting by State Agencies Chapter 1. State Contract Act Article 2. Plans and Specifications
§ 10128. Compliance with Labor Code provisions relating to public works contracts
All contracts awarded under this part shall comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code relating to public works contracts and shall contain all the contract provisions required therein.
Division 2. General Provisions Part 3. Contracting by Local Agencies Chapter 1. Local Agency Public Construction Act Article 42. Public Entities - Public Work and Public Purchases
§ 20672. Public projects in excess of $3,000; requirement of payment of prevailing wages
Any public project by a public leaseback corporation in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000) shall be constructed under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, and such contract shall require the payment of prevailing wages as determined by the public leaseback corporation in the manner and form provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
Division 2. General Provisions Part 3. Contracting by Local Agencies Chapter 1. Local Agency Public Construction Act ARTICLE 60.4. Job Order Contracting for School Districts
§ 20919.27. Prevailing wages
- A job order contract shall set forth in the general conditions of the job order contract the party or parties responsible for seeing that the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code are complied with.
- (b) For purposes of job order contracting, prevailing wages when required to be paid shall apply to all work ordered under the job order contract regardless of thresholds set forth in Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code.
- The job order contractor shall pay the prevailing wage in effect at the time the job order is issued by the school district and all increases as published by the Department of Industrial Relations for the term of the job order contract, including all overtime, holiday, and shift provisions published by the Department of Industrial Relations.
- The school district shall designate one individual to act as a monitor to inspect job sites for labor compliance violations at the request of the designated labor representative in its project labor agreement.
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