Bidding for job order contracts shall progress as follows: (a) (1) The school district shall prepare a set of documents for job order contracts. The documents shall include a unit price catalog and preestablished unit prices, job order contract technical specifications, and any other information deemed necessary to describe adequately the school districtâs needs. (2) Any architect, engineer, consultant, or contractor retained by the school district to assist in the development of the job order contract documents shall not be eligible to bid or to participate in the preparation of a bid with any job order contractor. (b) Based on the documents prepared under subdivision (a), the school district shall prepare a request for bid that invites prequalified job order contractors to submit competitive sealed bids in the manner prescribed by the school district. (1) (A) The prequalified job order contractors, as determined by the school district, shall bid one or more adjustment factors to the unit prices listed in the unit price catalog based on the job order contract technical specifications. Awards shall be made to the prequalified bidders that the school district determines to be the most qualified based upon preestablished criteria made by the school district. The prequalified bidders shall be in compliance with the school districtâs project labor agreement. (B) Compliance shall constitute no more than three major violations on any school district projects within the last three years. If a contractor has more than three violations within a three-year period of time, the school district shall seek administrative review of the violations. Violations will include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) Failure to register core workers with the appropriate building trade union. (ii) Failure to assign apprentices in accordance with Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code. (iii) Failure to comply with subdivision (c) of Section 20919.25. (iv) Incorrect assignment of work in accordance with the school districtâs project labor agreement. (2) The school district may award multiple job order contracts through a request for bid. Job order contracts shall be awarded to the most qualified prequalified bidders described in this subdivision. (3) The request for bids may encourage the participation of local construction firms and the use of local subcontractors. (c) (1) The school district shall establish a procedure to prequalify job order contractors using a standard questionnaire that includes, at a minimum, the issues covered by the standardized questionnaire and model guidelines for rating bidders developed by the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 20101. This questionnaire shall require information including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) If the job order contractor is a partnership, limited partnership, or other association, a listing of all of the partners or association members known at the time of bid submission who will participate in the job order contract. (B) Evidence that the members of the job order contractor have the capacity to complete projects of similar size, scope, or complexity, and that proposed key personnel have sufficient experience and training to competently manage the construction of the project, as well as a financial statement that assures the school district that the job order contractor has the capacity to complete the project. (C) The licenses, registration, and credentials required to perform construction, including, but not limited to, information on the revocation or suspension of any license, credential, or registration. (D) Evidence that establishes that the job order contractor has the capacity to obtain all required payment and performance bonding and liability insurance. (E) Information concerning workersâ compensation experience history, worker safety programs, and apprenticeship programs. (F) A full disclosure regarding all of the following t
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