Bidder Responsibility Task Force to Meet

The Task Force on Bidder Responsibility, created by Washington State's Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB), will meet for the first time on March 24, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

The Task Force was created in response to concerns by contractors about how some public agencies are implementing supplemental bidder responsibility criteria on public works projects that are overly restrictive and potentially anti-competitive.  The Task Force consists of both owners, contractors, and subcontractors and will attempt to forge a common understanding of how bidder responsibility criteria should be used on public works projects.

Another related topic of discussion will be how pre-bid eligibility criteria for subcontractors is being implemented on GC/CM (General Contractor/Construction Manager) projects.

RCW 39.04.350 outlines how supplemental bidder responsibility criteria may be used, and RCW 39.10.400 addresses pre-bid eligibility on GC/CM projects.