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                          HOUSE BILL 1766

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Romero, McMorris, D. Schmidt, Dunshee, Miloscia, Conway, Campbell, Lambert and Haigh

Read first time 02/04/1999.  Referred to Committee on State Government.

Requiring identification of subcontractors in bids on public works.

    AN ACT Relating to bids on public works; and amending RCW 39.30.060.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 39.30.060 and 1995 c 94 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    Every invitation to bid on a contract that is expected to cost ((in excess of)) one ((hundred thousand)) million dollars or more for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work of the state or a state agency or municipality as defined under RCW 39.04.010((,)) or an institution of higher education as defined under RCW 28B.10.016((, or a school district)) shall require each bidder to submit as part of the bid, or within one hour after the published bid submittal time, the names of the subcontractors ((whose subcontract amount is more than ten percent of the bid price)) with whom the bidder, if awarded the contract, will subcontract for performance of the work ((designated on the list to be submitted with the bid)) of heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing as described in chapter 18.106 RCW, and electrical as described in chapter 19.28 RCW, or to name itself for the work.  The bidder shall not list more than one subcontractor for each category of work identified, unless subcontractors vary with bid alternates, in which case the bidder must indicate which subcontractor will be used for which alternate.  Failure of the bidder to submit as part of the bid the names of such subcontractors or to name itself to perform such work or the naming of two or more subcontractors to perform the same work shall render the bidder's bid nonresponsive and, therefore, void.  The requirement of this section to name the bidder's proposed heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical subcontractors applies only to proposed heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical subcontractors who will contract directly with the general contractor submitting the bid to the public entity.

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