JEFFERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Prequalification and/or CUPCCA

Pre-Qualification

 California Assembly Bill (AB) 1565 went into effect on January 1, 2014.  AB 1565 requires ALL General Contractors and M/E/P Subcontractors 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. Pre-qualification approval will remain valid for one (1) calendar year from the date of notice of qualification except as noted in the pre-qualification documents. 
• Link to law:  Click Here

 CUPCCA (informal bidding)

(a): Public projects costing $75,000 or less may be performed by the public agency’s own employees (force account), by negotiated contract, or by purchase order.(b): Public projects costing $220,000 or less may be let to contract by informal procedures as set forth in this Article.(c): Public projects costing more than $220,000 must (unless otherwise provided) be let by formal bidding procedures. (d) If all bids received are in excess of $220,000, the governing body may, by a 4/5 vote, award the contract at up to $235,000 to the lowest responsible bidder if it determines its own cost estimate was reasonable. 

• per Public Contract Code 22032and Public Contract Code 22034 

Jefferson School District has contracted with Colbi Technologies to provide a web-based process for submitting to their Prequalified Contractor and CUPCCAA lists called Quality Bidders.  To get started Click Here to Sign Up...

• For detailed instructions in completing your application, please navigate to the bottom of the page from this link Contractor Instructions

 Please contact Jason Seymore with any questions at jseymore@jsdtracy.com.  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 Jefferson School District.

Approved Contractors List: Click Here

CUPCCAA Contractor List:  Click Here