Founded in 1927, the Long Beach City College District (District) is one of the 109 community colleges in California. The District encompasses the cities of Long Beach, Signal Hill, Avalon and most of Lakewood. To assist in providing services to the public, the District enters into contracts with general contractors, trade contractors, and vendors.
Public Contracts Code Section 20651.5 permits the governing board of any community college district to require each prospective bidder for a contract, as described under Section 20651, to complete and submit to the district a standardized questionnaire and financial statement in a form specified by the district, including a complete statement of the prospective bidder's financial ability and experience in performing public works.
To comply with this requirement, the District has developed a Pre-Qualification Application (Application), which must be completed in advance by all firms competing for contracts exceeding $3,500,000. The Application requests firms to disclose information relating to certain areas, such as:

• Experience;
• Quality and timeliness of past performance;
• Reliability and responsibility;
• Compliance with equal employment requirements;
• Compliance with wage, hours and other fair labor standards;
• Integrity and business ethics of the firm and its key personnel;
• Gifts given, or contributions made to members or alternate members or employees of the District; and
• Financial and operational capability.

Effective January 1, 2005, contracts in excess of $3,500,000 will be awarded to only firms pre-qualified prior to receipt of the bid or proposal.

Who should complete this application?

• Any general contractor or trade contractor wishing to bid on a bid or proposal, as a prime contractor, for projects in excess of $3,500,000.
• Contactors that have a project history with at least one (1) project whose project/construction value exceeds $3,500,000.