CUPCCAA

The Fullerton Joint Union High School District ("District") has elected to be subject to the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act ("CUPCCAA") and invites all interested licensed contractors to submit their company information for inclusion on the District's Informal Bidding Contractors List for each calendar year. NOTE: Companies must resubmit each year.

Per California Public Contract Code 22032, any Public Works Project that is estimated to be $200,000 or less is subject to the Informal Bidding Procedure set forth by the State of California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission. All trade categories are subject Informal Bidding Procedures. Contractors that are interested in being on the Informal Bidding Contractors List are required to have a current license and are subject to verification through the Contractors State License Board.

Additionally, pursuant to SB 854, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid or awarded a contract for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) per California Labor Code 1725.5.

If interested in being placed on the District's Informal Bidding Contractors List, please complete the online application at the following website:

Contractor Instructions

The list will be used to notify contractors of upcoming public projects bid informally. You can apply for the list at any time, but the list expires on December 31st. Applications for the following year can be submitted beginning November 1st.

(a)Public projects of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or less may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated contract, or by purchase order.

(b)Public projects of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) If all bids received are in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000),

(c)the governing body of the public agency may, by the adoption of a resolution by a four-fifths vote, award the contract, at two hundred twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($212,500) or less, to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the public agency was reasonable.

• per Public Contract Code 22032 and Public Contract Code 22034  

Please contact Ella Ongkoputro with any questions at eonkoputro@fjuhsd.org  or (714) 680-5622.  You may also contact qbsupport@colbitech.com with any questions about the use of the Quality Bidders web-based tool.

Thank you for your interest in working with Fullerton Joint Union High School District.