CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS SUBCONTRACTOR FORUM SESSION Matthew R. Weaver, P.E. Contractor Evaluations Engineer November 19, 2009

CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS PRESENTATION OUTLINE Contractor Evaluation and Prequalification Section Roles –Subcontractor Prequalification Applications –Subcontractor Requests –Subcontractor Past Performance Report Payment Issues Municipal Projects Becoming a Prime Contractor DBE Information

CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS ROLE: PREQUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS New Applications –Contact References –Evaluate Responses from References Renewal Applications Additional Codes Applications –Contact References –Evaluate Responses from References Provisional and Conditional Prequalification

CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS ROLE: SUBCONTRACTOR REQUESTS Verify Subcontractor Prequalification ROLE: SUBCONTRACTOR PAST PERFORMANCE REPORT PAYMENT ISSUES Investigate Sanction Prime if Necessary

CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS MUNICIPAL PROJECTS Project Advertisement must state that a Sub can bid as Prime (Pub. 39) Electronic Bidding through ECMS (Pub. 637) Incorporating Pub. 408 Bidding Rules 50% Prequalification Requirement

CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS BECOMING A PRIME CONTRACTOR Complete CS-4300 (01/2009) Part 1 New Business Considerations: –50% Prequalification Requirement for Bids –Consequences for Rejected Bids –Past Performance Reports Evaluated Every 6 Months for Ability Factor Adjustments

CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS DBE INFORMATION DBE Supportive Services Program –Phone: 877-PENNDBE ( ) – –Web: Monitoring DBE Commitments in ECMS Mediation Rights for DBEs Monitoring of Commercially Useful Function

CONTRACTOR EVALUATION AND PREQUALIFICATION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS THANKS!! Matthew R. Weaver, P.E. (717)