PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: June 30, 2000.
Purpose: To make revisions to chapter 468-16 WAC to bring language into sync with RCW 47.28.30 [47.28.030] as amended July 1999. Other minor revision to clarify language.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending chapter 468-16 WAC, Prequalification of contractors.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 47.01.101, 47.28.030, and 47.28.070.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-11-134 on May 23, 2000.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
June 30, 2000
Gerald E. Smith
Deputy Secretary, Operations
OTS-4082.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 168, filed 4/15/97, effective
5/16/97)
WAC 468-16-080
Qualification procedures for projects under
((fifty)) eighty thousand dollars and effective July 1, 2005, one
hundred thousand dollars.
(1) Contractors may be qualified by
region administrators for projects valued under ((fifty)) eighty
thousand dollars and effective July 1, 2005, one hundred thousand
dollars. Submission of a limited prequalification questionnaire
(DOT form 272-063) to the region administrator or designee is
required, except when the contractor is currently prequalified
with the department of transportation under the provisions of
chapter 468-16 WAC.
(2) Procedures for letting region level projects valued
under ((fifty)) eighty thousand dollars and effective July 1,
2005, one hundred thousand dollars are published in Department
Directives.
(((3) A limited prequalification questionnaire and other
requirements are prescribed in WAC 468-14-040.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 47.01.101, 47.28.030 and 47.28.070. 97-09-045 (Order 168), § 468-16-080, filed 4/15/97, effective 5/16/97; 91-04-014 (Order 128), § 468-16-080, filed 1/28/91, effective 2/28/91.]
(1) A firm may be conditionally qualified when it has been given a below standard (less than 100) performance rating on a final performance report. A firm may also be qualified conditionally by the secretary when performance has become below standard in either "quality of work" or "progress of work" on an interim report for a current project. The region administrator or designated assistant may, under the foregoing condition, request in writing that a contractor be placed in conditional status. A conditionally qualified contractor will be denied bidding proposals while in that status but may receive, at the discretion of the secretary, a bidding proposal for one project.
(2) The assistant secretary for field operations support shall advise the contractor and the region administrator or designated assistant when a contractor has been placed in conditional status.
(3) Should the contractor be the low successful bidder and be awarded a contract subsequent to being placed in conditional status, the issuance of further bidding proposals will be considered only when an interim report is submitted in accordance with WAC 468-16-160 or when a final performance report is submitted in accordance with WAC 468-16-150(12) and the rating thereon is standard or better.
(4) Normally a contractor may have only one active prime contract for the department while qualified conditionally.
(5) Return to fully qualified status of a conditionally qualified contractor will be effected by:
(a) A performance rating of standard or above on contracts completed during the current prequalification year; or
(b) An interim rating of standard or above on all concurrent contracts; or
(c) A standard or above rating on the first interim report for a project awarded subsequent to conditional qualification.
(6) Should the rating continue to be less than standard, the contractor's prequalification will be suspended in accordance with WAC 468-16-180.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 47.01.101, 47.28.030 and 47.28.070. 97-09-045 (Order 168), § 468-16-100, filed 4/15/97, effective 5/16/97; 93-03-020 (Order 134), § 468-16-100, filed 1/12/93, effective 2/12/93; 91-04-014 (Order 128), § 468-16-100, filed 1/28/91, effective 2/28/91.]
(1) Performance reports described in this section, substantially in the format as that appearing at WAC 468-16-210, will be completed for prime contractors only for projects valued at one hundred thousand dollars or more. Each prime contractor's performance report will be classified as to the primary work class being rated. This shall be stated in Section I of the report by listing the major classes of work performed by the contractor e.g., clearing, grading, surfacing, etc.
(2) Performance will be rated under the following headings: Administration, management, and supervision; quality of work; progress of work; and equipment.
(3) The following adjectival ratings are established for performance reports:
| (a) Superior | 131-150 | |
| (b) Above standard | 101-130 | |
| (c) Standard | 100 | |
| (d) Below standard | 70-99 | |
| (e) Inadequate | 50-69 |
(5) The report shall contain a narrative section which verbally provides the details substantiating the numerical rating. The narrative section shall be based upon documentation prepared during the life of the project, such as the project engineer's diary, the inspector's daily report and other pertinent documents. This documentation shall constitute the major portion of the administrative record to be used for any hearings or litigation that may arise from the rating process.
(6) The performance report will be prepared and discussion held with the contractor by the project engineer. The report will include a numerical rating substantiated by a narrative report which describes the contractor's typical performance. The narrative will reference such documents as will substantiate the given numerical rating.
(7) The report will be endorsed by the region operations engineer or designated assistant who will provide a copy to the contractor.
(8) The contractor may appeal the rating to the region administrator in writing within twenty calendar days of the date the report is received by the contractor. If the report is not delivered to the contractor in person, it shall be forwarded by certified mail with a return receipt requested. The appeal must set forth the specific basis upon which it has been made.
(9) The region administrator or designated assistant will review all contractor performance reports after they have been endorsed and may modify the numerical or narrative rating if such is deemed appropriate. The contractor will be advised of any changes made. The region administrator will be required to make comments thereon only when the contractor's overall performance rating has been rated inadequate, below standard, or superior.
(10) Performance reports, when completed at region level, will be submitted to the secretary, Attn: Manager, contractor prequalification office, not later than forty-five calendar days following final completion of the project.
(11) The region administrator or designated assistant shall review the appeal and provide a written response to the contractor by certified mail (return receipt requested) within twenty calendar days of its receipt. A copy of the appeal and the response thereto will be forwarded to the secretary, Attn: Contractor prequalification office.
(12) The contractor may further appeal to the secretary in writing setting forth the specific basis for the appeal. The contractor's appeal shall be made within ten calendar days of the date of receipt of the region administrator's response. When making an appeal, the contractor may also present information in person. The secretary will consider the appeal and respond to it by certified mail within sixty calendar days of its receipt. This determination shall be the final administrative act of the department.
(13) All prime contractor performance reports shall be reviewed by the office of the secretary for completeness, objectivity, and substantiation of numerical ratings. The secretary may modify the report as deemed appropriate as a result of the review. The rated contractor and region administrator shall be given a copy of the modified report. The contractor may appeal the modified report in the manner and within the time allotted in subsection (12) of this section to which the secretary shall respond as cited therein.
(14) A prime contractor performance report shall be considered a preliminary paper until all reviews and appeals have been accomplished and it shall have been stamped and initialed as having been "filed in the office of the secretary."
(15) DOT Form 421-010 is authorized.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 47.01.101, 47.28.030 and 47.28.070. 97-09-045 (Order 168), § 468-16-150, filed 4/15/97, effective 5/16/97; 94-05-004, § 468-16-150, filed 2/2/94, effective 3/5/94; 93-03-020 (Order 134), § 468-16-150, filed 1/12/93, effective 2/12/93; 91-04-014 (Order 128), § 468-16-150, filed 1/28/91, effective 2/28/91.]