House Journal: Page 775: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Amendment H-8248 was adopted.
SENATE FILE 2048 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2091
Horbach of Tama asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate File 2048 for House File 2091.
Senate File 2048, a bill for an act prohibiting disbursements of
moneys from the vision Iowa fund to entities entering into certain
labor-related agreements, and providing an effective date, was taken
up for consideration.
Dotzler of Black Hawk offered amendment H-8222 filed by Dotzler,
et al., as follows:
H-8222
1 Amend Senate File 2048, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. By striking everything after the enacting
4 clause and inserting the following:
5 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 72.7 PUBLIC WORKS
6 PROJECTS - COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS.
7 Prior to awarding a contract to perform work on a
8 public works project pursuant to a competitive bidding
9 procedure, a public contracting entity shall consider,
10 in determining whether a bidder is responsible, the
11 bidder's record of reliability and timely completion
12 of past projects, the qualifications of the bidder and
13 its employer and subcontractors to properly perform
14 the type of work required by the contract, and the
15 past experience of the bidder and its subcontractors
16 on projects of the same or similar nature. In
17 addition, for a bid to be considered a responsible
18 bid, the bidder and its subcontractors shall possess a
19 documented record of reliability and timely completion
20 of past projects of the same or similar scope of work
21 and a sufficient number of qualified and trained
22 employees to properly perform the type and nature of
23 work required under the contract. Proof of a
24 sufficient number of qualified and trained employees
25 shall not be required if the bidder and its
26 subcontractors can establish its payment of the
27 prevailing wage for the work to be performed as
28 determined by the department of workforce development
29 based upon wage determinations established by the
30 United States department of labor for similar work
31 pursuant to 29 C.F.R. § 1.5 and 29 C.F.R. § 1.6(b)."
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