Washington Administrative Code › Title 468 - Transportation, Department of (See Title 88) › Chapter 468-16 - Prequalification of contractors › Section 468-16-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout
				this chapter and have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
				indicates otherwise.
(1)
Above
			 standard
- Performance ranging from standard to that meeting the lower
			 range of superior.
(2)
Active
			 contractor
- A contractor who has participated in department activities
			 through maintaining required prequalification and having a history of
			 performing department work.
(3)
Affiliate
- An associate, subordinate associate, or subsidiary
			 firm which may involve the intermingling of funds, officers, or officials of
			 one or more firms.
(4)
Assistant secretary for field operations support
-The primary
			 representative of the secretary of transportation responsible for the highway
			 construction program and for the qualification of contractors employed
			 thereon.
(5)
Below
			 standard
- Performance bordering on standard extending to the limits of
			 inadequate.
(6)
Bidding
			 proposal
- A form issued by the department for the submission of a
			 contractor's bid containing spaces for entering bid amounts, authentication,
			 and other data.
(7)
Capacity
			 multiplier
- A number between 5.0 and 7.5 multiplied by a firm's net
			 worth to calculate its maximum bidding capacity.
(8)
Conditional qualification
-
			 A temporary qualification status given a contractor who has received a "below
			 standard" or "inadequate" overall rating or for other reasons which result in
			 restrictions to a contractor's ability to bid on department work.
(9)
Contractor
- Any person,
			 partnership, firm, corporation or joint venture who or which, in the pursuit of
			 an independent business, undertakes, offers to undertake, or submits a bid to
			 perform construction work for the department.
(10)
Department
- The department
			 of transportation.
(11)
Endorser
- The region operations engineer or immediate supervisor
			 of the construction project engineer, or project architect or, under specified
			 conditions, the region administrator responsible for reviewing contractor's
			 performance reports.
(12)
Inadequate
- Performance failing completely to meet the prescribed
			 standard or requirement.
(13)
Integrity
- The quality of being of sound moral principle,
			 uprightness, honesty, and sincerity.
(14)
Joint venture
- Two or more
			 persons, sole proprietorships, companies, corporations, or combinations
			 thereof, entering into an agreement for a business venture such as a
			 construction project.
(15)
Limited work class
- A work classification given when a contractor
			 lacks the total experience, organization, equipment, or skills required to
			 perform the entire range of work within a work class.
(16)
Maximum capacity rating
-
			 The total value of uncompleted prime contract work a contractor is permitted to
			 have under contract with the department at any time.
(17)
Performance inquiry
- A
			 request made to a contractor's previous employers for an evaluation of the
			 quality and manner of that contractor's performance.
(18)
Performance rating
- A
			 numerical rating which is equal to the grand total of the evaluation elements
			 of the prime contractor's performance report used to measure and quantify the
			 quality of contractor performance.
(19)
Prequalification
- The
			 process of evaluating a contractor's financial status, organizational
			 structure, experience, integrity, and other required qualifications to
			 determine a contractor's responsibility and suitability for performing
			 department work. This term is used interchangeably with
			 qualification.
(20)
Prime
			 contractor performance report
- A report prepared to evaluate the
			 performance of a prime contractor upon completion of, or at an interim period
			 during a department project which is used to adjust a prime contractor's
			 qualification status.
(21)
Project estimate
- A document prepared by the department
			 establishing the estimated value of all items of work, the total estimated
			 value of work within each class of work, and the estimated total value of a
			 project.
(22)
Rater
-
			 The designated individual, normally the project engineer, responsible for
			 evaluation of the quality and manner of performance of a contractor in the
			 completion of a project.
(23)
Revocation of qualification
- The act by which a contractor's
			 qualification is terminated.
(24)
Secretary
- The secretary of transportation who may delegate his
			 or her functions under this chapter to the assistant secretary for field
			 operations support or such other individual as deemed appropriate.
(25)
Standard
- The expected,
			 acceptable quality of performance, considered to meet the demand, need or
			 requirement.
(26)
Standard
			 questionnaire
- The application form completed by a contractor to
			 present information relating to the applicant's financial status, experience,
			 organization, and equipment for the purpose of becoming qualified to perform
			 department work.
(27)
Superior
- Preeminent performance consistently at an extremely
			 high level.
(28)
Suspension
			 of qualification
- The termination of a contractor's qualification for a
			 specified period of time.
(29)
Unsatisfactory
- Below standard or inadequate performance, failing
			 to meet requirements.
(30)
Work class
- A specific type of work within the various
			 classifications of work, e.g., grading, draining, fencing, etc.
(31)
Work class rating
- The
			 maximum value within a class of work that is used to determine a firm's
			 eligibility to receive a bid proposal document for a single project.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   47.01.101,
				  47.28.030 and
				  47.28.070. 97-09-045 (Order 168),
				  § 468-16-030, filed 4/15/97, effective 5/16/97; 93-03-020 (Order 134),
				  § 468-16-030, filed 1/12/93, effective 2/12/93; 91-04-014 (Order 128),
				  § 468-16-030, filed 1/28/91, effective
				  2/28/91.