(a) All work bid under the job order contract shall comply with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 and is subject to all of the penalties and provisions set forth in that chapter.

(b) For purposes of this article, if the primary job order contractor chooses to use subcontractors, the primary job order contractor is required to verify that the subcontractors possess the appropriate licenses and credentials required to perform construction.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the primary job order contractor may use subcontractors that are not listed at the time the job order is issued if the work to be performed under that job order is less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(d) If the primary job order contractor chooses to use a subcontractor that is not listed at the time of bid to perform work on a job order, all of the following apply:

(1) The primary job order contractor shall provide public notice of the availability of work to be subcontracted by trade. The public notice shall include the scope of work; the project location; the name, address, and the telephone number of the primary job order contractor; and the closing date, time, and location for sealed bids to be submitted.

(2) The primary job order contractor shall take sealed bids from the subcontractors solicited for the proposal. These bids shall be publicly opened at a prescribed time and place by the primary job order contractor. After the bids are opened, the job order contractor shall notify the community college district which subcontractor was selected.

(3) The notification shall include every subcontractor for all tiers and shall establish the authorized subcontractor list for the job order. Work shall not commence prior to seven days’ notice of the established subcontractor list and the subsequent addition of any subcontractor to the job order.

(4) The notification shall identify the scope of the work to be performed by each subcontractor to the job order, broken down by craft. If a subcontractor performs multiple crafts, the job order contractor shall identify the work of each craft to be performed.

(e) If the primary job order contractor chooses to make a substitution to the subcontractor list, the primary job order contractor shall provide a minimum of seven days’ notice to the community college district along with justification as to the need for the substitution. The community college district may request a hearing to evaluate the substitution request, which shall be in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1.

(f) If the community college district determines that there has been a violation of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1, including bid shopping by the primary job order contractor, the community college district may terminate the job order or the contractor may lose authorization to proceed with awarded work subject to the community college district’s administrative due process review, if that review is established pursuant to the community college district’s project labor agreement. If the community college district determines that a job order contractor has violated any provision set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1, the community college district may declare the contractor ineligible for future job orders and may result in a loss of prequalification status for a period of time to be determined by the community college district.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 296, Sec. 1. (AB 618) Effective January 1, 2018. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 20665.33.)