CUPCCA/Bids

CURRENT BIDS OPEN FOR VENDORS/CONTRACTORS

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 before 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 before the scheduled bid opening on any advertised project 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) - Completing this process will get you on the District's contractor list for small miscellaneous projects.

The California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Commission is under the umbrella of the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA) and provides for alternative bidding procedures when an agency performs public project work by contract.

Public projects of $75,000 or less may be performed by negotiated contract or by purchase order per PCC22032(a).
Public projects of $220,000 or less may be let to contract by the informal bidding procedures per PCC22032(b).
Public projects of more than $220,000 shall be let to contract by formal bidding procedures per PCC22032(c).
If all bids received are in excess of two hundred twenty thousand dollars ($220,000), the governing body of the public agency may, by 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 per PCC22034.

Meadows Union School District has contracted with Colbi Technologies to provide a web-based process for prequalification called Quality Bidders. To get started, Click Here to Sign Up.

APPEAL

A contractor who has timely submitted a completed application form and who receives a rating of "Not Prequalified" or "Qualified Up to [DOLLAR VALUE]" from the District may appeal that determination. There is no appeal from a finding that a contractor is not prequalified due to a late application or failure to submit required information. A contractor may appeal the District's decision with respect to its request for prequalification by giving notice to the District no later than five (5) business days after receipt of notice of its qualification status. Notice shall be sent to the attention of:

Meadows Union School District
Cynthia Z. Beltran, Assistant Superintendent of Admin Services
2059 Bowker Road, El Centro, CA 92243

Unless a contractor files a timely appeal, the contractor waives any right to challenge the District's qualification decision, whether by administrative, judicial, or other legal process or proceeding. The District reserves the right to resolve appeals before or after bid opening or award of any contract. The date for submission and opening of bids for a specific project and any subsequent contract award will not be delayed or postponed to allow for completion of an appeal process.

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

Please contact Cynthia Z. Beltran with any questions at [email protected] or (760) 352-7512 ext. 1055. You may also contact [email protected] with any questions about the use of the Quality Bidders web-based tool.

Approved Contractors List: Click for report

Approved Contractors List for CUPCCA: Click for report