FINAL BILL REPORT

                 ESHB 2434

                          C 91 L 94

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Changing a time limit for public works bids.

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Riley and Basich).

House Committee on Commerce & Labor

Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce

Background:  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.  The subcontractor names must be submitted within 24 hours of the bid.  Failure to name the subcontractors constitutes a nonresponsive bid.

Summary:  When a contractor is required to submit the names of subcontractors as part of a bid on a public works contract, the names must be submitted within one hour after the published bid submittal time instead of within 24 hours of the bid.  This change applies prospectively.

Votes on Final Passage:

House  90 0

Senate 37 12

Effective:  June 9, 1994