102— Bidding Requirements and Conditions

100-14 Section 102 — Bidding Requirements and Conditions

102.1 Prequalification 1 Before submitting a bid on Department work let to contract, all bidders must be prequalified according to South Carolina Code of Regulations, Section 63.300. 2 To become prequalified, submit a Prime Contractor Prequalification Application for consideration by the Department. Upon approval of prequalification, the Department will issue a Certificate of Prequalification to the Contractor. Submission of an updated Prime Contractor Prequalification Application is required annually within one month of the renewal thereafter to renew the certificate. 3 Providing false or misleading information on the Prime Contractor Prequalification Application is cause for the denial of prequalification or revocation a previously granted prequalification. 4 As part of the prequalification process, Contractors will receive a Contractor Performance Score (CPS) according to the SCDOT Contract Performance System (CPES) as specified in the Prime Contractor Prequalification Application . 5 A Minimum Required CPS may be placed on an advertised project, and only Contractors with a CPS at or above that minimum required score are allowed to submit a bid on that p roject. Prequalified Contractors that have not been issued a score or do not have a current score will be allowed to bid on that p roject. If a project does not have a Minimum Required CPS assigned to it, then all prequalified Contractors in good standing may submit a bid. 102.2 Proposal 1 A Proposal is available for each Contract in a letting and contains the contractual obligations and pertinent information about the w ork, such as the time and date of the letting, the location and description of the proposed work, the required completion date, the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal, the Special Provisions, the applicable Supplemental Specifications, and all addenda . Although the Proposal is intended as the basis of the Contract, it is not submitted as part of the electronic bid but is included by reference. 2 Plans, Specifications, a list of pay items and estimated quantities, and other documents designated in the Proposal are considered a part of the Proposal whether attached or not. 102.3 Interpretation of Quantities 1 The quantities listed in the Proposal and the electronic bid form are approximate estimates and are prepared solely for the comparison of bids. Payment to the Contractor is made only for the actual quantities of work performed and accepted