3-Responsible Bidder Packet.pdf

RESPONSIBLE BIDDER QUALIFICATION COMPLIANCE

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Bergen County has a compelling interest in assuring that Public Works Projects meet the highest standard of safety and quality. Ensuring that workers on public projects are trained and competent craft workers is a critical component in public safety. To foster this interest, Bergen County has adopted Ordinance 18-37 entitled “Ordinance for the Establishment of Reasonable Regulations Appropriate for Controlling the Qualifications of Prospective Bidders to be Awarded for Public Works Contracts,” hereinafter the “Responsible Bidder Ordinance.”

Bidders will be required to comply with the provisions of said Ordinance. To establish compliance therewith, Bidders must submit the within Bidder Qualification Form. Said Form is required to establish that the Contract and all Subcontractors demonstrate compliance with the Responsible Bidder Ordinance by complying with the following mandates:

1. The Contractor and all Subcontractors shall be required to demonstrate that they are actively participating in an apprenticeship program providing to each registered apprenticeship combined classroom and on-the-job training under the direct and close supervision of a highly skilled worker in an occupation recognized as an apprenticeable trade, and registered by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the U.S. Department of Labor and meeting the standards established by the Bureau, or registered by a State apprenticeship agency recognized by the Bureau, or

2. The Contractor, if not participating in an apprenticeship program, shall establish that all are employing workers who have “verifiable on-the-job experience equivalent to workers enrolled in or who have graduated from an approved apprenticeship program.” To establish verifiable on the job experience, Contractor shall provide evidence that all craft workers were employed on a full-time basis (1800 hours worked in a calendar year) for the last six (6) years in the trade in which they are seeking to be qualified. Verifiable evidence includes, but is no limited to, identification of the employees, their employers by name and address, and the owner and location of each project on which they worked for the past six (6) years. Any Contractor of Subcontractor seeking to establish verifiable on-the-job training shall further certify that it will not replace any such workers without prior written approval of the County. Any proposed replacement workers shall be subject to the same requirements of this paragraph.

Bidder attaches hereto, as Appendix :A: proof of active participation in an approved apprenticeship program as defined by the County Responsible Bidder Ordinance together with a list of craft workers for the Contractor and all Sub-Contractors who have successfully completed the approved apprenticeship program.

APPENDIX A- List of all workers together with Proof of Apprenticeship Completion

APPENDIX B- List of all workers for which Bidder seeks approval based upon verifiable on-the-job experience equivalent to completion of an approved Apprenticeship Program.

For each craft Worker list the Name, Address, Trade, together with a description of Full Time Experience for at least the Last Six Years including the name and address of the employer, owner name and address of project and dates of employment.