Section 31-25-1305 - Integrated project delivery contracting process - prequalification of participating entities - apprentice training(1) An agency may prequalify participating entities for an IPD contract by public notice of its request for qualifications prior to the date set forth in the notice. A request for qualifications may contain the following elements and such additional information as may be requested by the agency: (a) A general description of the proposed public project;(b) Relevant budget considerations;(c) Requirements of the participating entity, including:(I) If the participating entity is a partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other association, a listing of all of the partners, general partners, members, joint venturers, or association members known at the time of submission of qualifications;(II) Evidence that the participating entity, or the constituent entities or members thereof, has completed or has demonstrated the experience, competency, capability, and capacity, financial and otherwise, to complete projects of similar size, scope, or complexity;(III) Evidence that the proposed personnel of the participating entity have sufficient experience and training to completely manage and complete the proposed public project; and(IV) Evidence of all applicable licenses, registrations, and credentials required to provide the proposed services for the public project, including but not limited to information on any revocation or suspension of any such license, registration, or credential.(d) The criteria for prequalification.(2) From the participating entities responding to the request for qualifications, the agency shall prepare and announce a short list of participating entities that it determines to be most qualified to receive a request for proposal.(3) Where an apprentice program as defined in section 8-15.7-101(4) or certified by the office of apprenticeship in the employment and training administration in the United States department of labor exists in a county in which all or any portion of the municipality is located, or a comparable program for the training of apprentices is available in such county:(a) Each participating entity shall demonstrate to the agency that it has access to either the certified program or a comparable alternative; and(b) Each participating entity shall demonstrate that each of its subcontractors, at any tier, selected to perform work under a contract with a value of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more has access to either the certified program or a comparable alternative.Amended by 2021 Ch. 309,§14, eff. 7/1/2021.L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1816, § 3, effective August 3. L. 2021: IP(3) amended, (HB 21-1007), ch. 1893, p. 1893, § 14, effective July 1.