Developing Bidder Responsibility Criteria

I conducted an all day training session on April 14, 2010 for the City of Bellingham on "Developing and Managing Bidder Responsibility Criteria on Public Works Projects."  

Topics addressed in the 5.5 hours of training included the following:

1. What is Bidder Responsibility?
2. How is Bidder Responsibility Different from Responsiveness?
3. What Bidder Responsibility is Not
4. Bidder Responsibility Pre and Post 2007
5. What Are the Mandatory Bidder Responsibility Criteria?
6. What Are the Subcontractor Responsibility Criteria?
7. What Must be Included in Bidding Documents if Supplemental Bidder Responsibility Criteria Are Used?
8. What Due Process Rights Do Contractors Have?
9. What Role Do Reference Checks Play in Determining Bidder Responsibility?
10. Why Might Bidder Responsibility Criteria Delay a Project?
11. What Are the Interests of Owners, Contractors, and Labor?
12. How Are Public Agencies Using Bidder Responsibility?
13. Evaluating CPARB's Suggested Supplemental Bidder Responsibility Criteria
14. The Future of Bidder Responsibility

This interactive workshop involved evaluating examples of supplemental bidder responsibility criteria from various public agencies, as well as writing criteria for sample projects.

If you are interested in me providing this training for your agency or organization, please contact me.