SP0318, LD 1085, item 2, 125th Maine State Legislature , Amendment C "A", Filing Number S-188, Sponsored by
‘Resolve, Regarding Prequalification Standards for Contractors’

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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Regarding Prequalification Standards for Contractors’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Single prequalification process. Resolved: That the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services and the Department of Transportation shall jointly adopt one annual prequalification process to be used by contractors that wish to prequalify for projects administered by either agency. The agencies shall include contractors and other interested parties in developing the single prequalification process. The prequalification process developed pursuant to this section must be used by contractors for projects administered by either agency on or after January 1, 2012. The Bureau of General Services and the Department of Transportation shall jointly report to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government on the prequalification process developed pursuant to this section by January 15, 2012. The Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government may report out a bill relating to the prequalification process to the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services and the Department of Transportation to jointly adopt one annual prequalification process to be used by contractors that wish to bid on projects administered by either agency. Contractors and other interested parties must be involved in the development of the single prequalification process. The new prequalification process must be in place by January 1, 2012. The Bureau of General Services and the Department of Transportation are required to report jointly to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government by January 15, 2012 and the committee may report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature.

SP0318, Filing Number S-188, LR 1454, item 2,First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature, page