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Public works training requirement

Effective July 1, 2019, all businesses are required to have training before bidding and/or performing work on public works projects and prevailing wage under RCW 39.04.359 and RCW 39.12. The bidder must designate a person or persons to be trained on these requirements. The training will be provided by the department of Labor and Industries or by a training provider whose curriculum is approved by the department. Beginning July 1, 2019, this requirement will be added to the Bidder Responsibility criteria that must be met.

Please refer to Labor and Industries’ website for more information and training dates, requirements, and exemptions. Failure to attend this training could result in a determination of “not responsible” and the bidder not being awarded a public works contract.

Public Works

Port Districts Requirements for Apprentices

In accordance with RCW 39.04.320, fifteen percent (15%) apprenticeship participation is required for certain projects estimated to cost one million ($1,000,000) dollars or more. Bidders may contact the Department of Labor and Industries, Specialty Compliance Services Division, Apprenticeship Section, P.O. Box 44530, Olympia, WA 98504-4530, by phone (360) 902-5320, or e-mail at Apprentice@lni.wa.gov, to obtain information on available apprenticeship programs.

In accordance with new legislation HB 1050 all port districts are required to add the requirement that apprentices must perform 15% or more of the total labor hours in public works contracts estimated at $1 million or more. If the 15% apprenticeship labor hours is met the contractor will receive an incentive fee of $1,000. If less than 15% apprenticeship labor hours is used a $500 decrease in the total amount of the contract will be taken for not meeting the required apprenticeship labor hours. L&I will monitor apprenticeship labor hours.

Cooperative Purchasing

RCW 39.34 allows cooperative purchasing between public agencies in the State of Washington. Public agencies that file an Interlocal Joint Purchasing Agreement with the Port of Tacoma may wish to procure the public work herein offered by the selected Contractor. The selected Contractor shall extend the same cost, terms, and conditions offered to the Port of Tacoma to the Northwest Seaport Alliance under a separate agreement, contract, or purchase order(s). The Port of Tacoma is not liable in any regard for such agreement, contracts, or purchase orders. Each public agency accepts responsibility for compliance with any additional or varying laws and regulations governing public work by or on behalf of the public agency. The Port of Tacoma accepts no responsibility for the performance of the Contractor in providing public work to the Northwest Seaport Alliance, nor any responsibility for the payment price to the Contractor for the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s purchases.