Washington Administrative Code › Title 468 - Transportation, Department of (See Title 88) › Chapter 468-310 - Prequalification of ferry system contractors › Section 468-310-010 - General requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Contractors desiring to offer bids for the performance of
				contracts for the construction, improvement or repair of a ferry operated by
				the Washington state ferries or for the repair, overhaul, or the dry-docking of
				any ferry operated by Washington state ferries must first be prequalified by
				the Washington state department of transportation (hereinafter "department")
				and shall file a standard prequalification questionnaire and financial
				statement (hereinafter "prequalification questionnaire") using forms furnished
				by the department. Contractors desiring to offer bids for the performance of
				contracts for the construction, improvement, or repair of ferry terminal
				facilities shall submit for consideration a prequalification questionnaire (DOT
				form 420-010) in accordance with chapter 468-16 WAC. The prequalification
				questionnaire shall include a report of the financial ability of the
				contractor, its organization, key personnel, equipment and plant facilities,
				and experience. Complete answers to all questions and the furnishing of all
				information as indicated by column headings or otherwise throughout the
				prequalification questionnaire are an essential part of compliance with these
				rules. A prequalification questionnaire from a contractor not previously
				prequalified under these rules, who desires to bid on a project must be
				received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the bid opening (or such other
				time as the department may specify with respect to any project) in order to
				receive consideration for that bid opening. The contractor shall authorize the
				department to obtain all information which it may deem pertinent with respect
				to the contractor's financial worth, assets and liabilities, and the adequacy
				of its performance of contracts performed by the contractor in whole or in part
				within the preceding three years. The department shall issue a certificate of
				prequalification to any contractor found to possess the qualifications
				prescribed.
Prequalification may be established in any calendar quarter and
				is renewable annually. Information submitted in the prequalification
				questionnaire will be used to establish the initial prequalification,
				classification and maximum capacity ratings of the contractor for its current
				fiscal year or remaining portion thereof plus one additional calendar quarter.
				Prequalification will be renewed annually thereafter or at other times as
				designated by the department.
The department shall not make available for public inspection
				and copying financial information supplied by or on behalf of the contractor
				for the purpose of qualifying to submit a bid or proposal as provided herein.
				The foregoing restriction shall not, however, prohibit the department from
				giving such information in evidence or in pretrial discovery in any court
				action or administrative hearing involving the department and the
				contractor.
The department may at any time during which the certificate of
				prequalification is in effect demand a new prequalification questionnaire and
				if the same is not provided within sixty days of the date of request, the
				certificate of prequalification held by the contractor will be considered
				forfeited and the contractor will not be permitted to bid on contracts let by
				the department for those classes of ferry system construction or repair
				enumerated in WAC
				468-310-050(6)
				 until a new statement has been received by the department.
If at any time during the valid period of the certificate of
				prequalification the latest prequalification questionnaire on record with the
				department ceases to represent fairly and substantially the financial position
				or the equipment and plant facilities of the contractor to whom the certificate
				was issued, it shall be the responsibility of that contractor to so notify the
				department and to refrain from further bidding on ferry system construction or
				repair contracts until their prequalification has been confirmed or revised.
				Failure to give such notice will constitute a violation of these rules.
Qualified contractors shall be notified of impending expiration
				of their qualification and will be provided the necessary questionnaire forms
				for renewal at least forty-five days before the expiration date.
The department reserves the right to require a personal
				interview with any contractor when considering their
				qualifications.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  47.60.680 and
				  47.60.690. 99-03-025 (Order 189),
				  § 468-310-010, filed 1/11/99, effective 2/11/99. Statutory Authority: 1983
				  c 133. 83-19-014 (Order 84), § 468-310-010, filed
				  9/12/83.