California Health and Safety Code

§ 78885

HSC § 78885 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 45 · Part 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The department may prequalify bidders for remedial or removal actions taken pursuant to Section 78870 or 78875. The department may reject the bid of any prospective bidder that has not been prequalified.

(b)To prequalify bidders, the department shall adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders. In order to obtain information for that rating, the department may require from prospective bidders answers to questions, including, but not limited to, questions about the bidder’s financial ability, the bidder’s experience in removal and remedial action involving hazardous substances, the bidder’s past safety record, and the bidder’s past performance on federal, state, or local government projects. The department may also require prospective bidders to submit financial statements.

(c)The department shall utilize the business financial data and information submitted by a bidder pursuant to subdivision (b) only for the purposes of prequalifying bidders pursuant to this section and shall not otherwise disseminate this data or information.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.