FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 1370

                         C 378 L 93

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Regulating public works.

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Ludwig, Heavey, Orr, Bray, Veloria, King and G. Cole).

House Committee on Commerce & Labor

Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce

Background:  General contractors who bid on public works projects include in the bid the work to be done by subcontractors.  These general contractors are usually not required to name the subcontractors whose estimate was incorporated into the bid or to use these subcontractors once the contract is awarded.  The general contractor who is awarded the contract is not prohibited from finding subcontractors willing to do the contract work at a lower price than the price incorporated into the original bid.

Summary:  An invitation to bid on a public works contract of $100,000 or more must require, as part of the bid, the submission of the names of subcontractors with whom the prime contractor will contract to perform the categories of work listed in the bid.  This requirement applies to subcontract amounts that are more than 10 percent of the contract price.  Subcontractor names may also be submitted within 24 hours of the bid.  Failure to name the subcontractors constitutes a nonresponsive bid.

Votes on Final Passage:

House  97 0

Senate 39 9

Effective:  July 25, 1993