In addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any development project for an adaptive reuse project that includes 40 or more housing units and that includes a building of more than four stories in height shall be subject to all of the following skilled and trained workforce provisions: (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the project applicant shall enter into construction contracts with prime contractors only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The contract contains an enforceable commitment that the prime contractor and subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce, as defined in Section 2601 of the Public Contract Code, to perform work on the development project that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades. However, this enforceable commitment requirement shall not apply to any scopes of work where new bids are accepted pursuant to subdivision (b). (2) The project applicant or prime contractor shall establish minimum bidding requirements for subcontractors that are objective to the maximum extent possible. The project applicant or prime contractor shall not impose any obstacles in the bid process for subcontractors that go beyond what is reasonable and commercially customary. The project applicant or prime contractor shall accept bids submitted by any bidder that meets the minimum criteria set forth in the bid solicitation. (3) The prime contractor has provided an affidavit under penalty of perjury that, in compliance with this section, it will use a skilled and trained workforce and will obtain from its subcontractors an enforceable commitment to use a skilled and trained workforce for each scope of work in which it receives at least three bids attesting to satisfaction of the skilled and trained workforce requirements. (4) When a prime contractor or subcontractor is required to provide an enforceable commitment that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to complete a contract or development project, the commitment shall be made in an enforceable agreement with the developer that provides the following: (A) The prime contractor and subcontractors at every tier will comply with this section. (B) The prime contractor will provide the project applicant, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance by the prime contractor. (C) The prime contractor shall provide the project applicant, on a monthly basis while the development project or contract is being performed, the monthly reports demonstrating compliance submitted to the prime contractor by the affected subcontractors. (b) If a prime contractor fails to receive at least three bids in a scope of construction work from subcontractors that attest to satisfying the skilled and trained workforce requirements as described in this section, the prime contractor may accept new bids for that scope of work. The prime contractor need not require that a skilled and trained workforce be used by the subcontractors for that scope of work. (c) If the skilled and trained workforce requirements of this section apply, the prime contractor shall require subcontractors to provide, and subcontractors on the development project shall provide, both of the following to the prime contractor: (1) An affidavit signed under penalty of perjury that a skilled and trained workforce shall be employed on the development project. (2) Reports on a monthly basis, while the development project or contract is being performed, demonstrating compliance with this section. (d) Upon issuing any invitation or bid solicitation for the development project, but no fewer than 14 business days before the bid is due, the project applicant or prime contractor shall send a notice of the invitation or solicitation that describes the development project to the following entities within the jurisdiction of the proposed development project site:
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