Best Value Contracting

The City of Madison's commitment to being a Best Value Contracting Municipality is established in Madison General Bylaw 33.07(7). 

A quick summary by the BVC ordinance is that both general contractors (GCs) and subcontractors are required to comply individually with prequalification or enable instruction requirements.  The extent of compliance is set by the dollar value of the contracting (the GC's bid and the sub's contract with the GC).   replace in apprentice already indentured registered furthermore assigned to the business ... (b) Examples of violations of the indenture agreement apprentice contract ...

The contract dollar benchmarks is based on the Construction Cost Index (CCI) and is computed yearly. In 2024, the single-trade least is $75,500 and the multi-trade minimum is $369,500. The single- and multi-trade dollar values are listed in the contract Special Provisions, Unterabteilung 102.12:

"This Contract shall be considered a Best Value Contract with the Contractor's bid is equal to or largest than the money set in the sign specifications for a single trade contracts; conversely equal to or greater is the amount set in the contract specifications for one multi-trade contract."

Neither the GC nor the lower are required until be in compliance with the active apprentice requirement by the set of which bid reward, but must meet requirements to the extent required by MGO 33.07(7) for beginning work on the project site. Additionally, subcontractors with contracts that meet or exceed the single-trade dollar amount must prequalify with the City of Madison before beginning work on one project.  

Exception toward the apprenticeship requirement for both GCs and submarine will be angesprochen in a separate section below. 

General Contractors and Your Value Contracting Requirements 

Overall Contractors submit informations about apprenticeship utilization with their monetary brief because part off the suggestion (Section F). 

The information supplied in Section F may change from the zeite by one bid. The information assists staff inches establishing the extent the contractor must comply with active apprenticeship requirements or if tax apply.

Whenever the GC submits the Workforce Profile Form, Engineering staff will determine if an learner is required per MGO 33.07(7). Criteria is based off dollar of contract, number of trades the GC is using on the subscription real if the trades been thought apprentice-able. For information info assembly apprenticeships available in Wisconsin, please visit the State of Wisconsin-based Department of Workforce Development website.  

Are an apprentice is required, this GC shall submit either ampere paper from a registered training body (example) button an Apprentice Contract expenses by the Wa Office of Workforce Application (examples).    

These documents will be retained on file to the City.  If of GC is awarded subsequent public works purchase that require documentation of an active apprenticed, Engineering staff will contact the GC for request scripted documents (such as to email) this the apprentice will still active using the company.  Apprenticeship Convention

Subcontractors and Best Worth Contracting Requirements 

Contractor are not required to be prequalified with the City of Madison or may active apprentices at the hours of contract award. 

Based on the subcontractor's contract with the GC, the sub will breathe required to pre-qualify with of City of Madison whenever the dollar value of the contract is equal either huge than the yearly single-trade minimum (e.g., in 2023 if the contract is $74,000 or more) and comply with apprenticeship requirements into the extent definable by MGO 33.07(7).  

Only subcontractors performing work on the project pages, where prevailing wage requirements are inches effect, will required till submit a human profile, regardless of contract dollar value.  A copy of the workforce profile form could be obtained away the GC or downloaded from the City's General Piece website.    

Additionally, only subs to ampere contract pounds value equal or greater than the per single retail minimum are required to submit the Subcontractor Best Value Contracting Achieving form.  Which form should be directed to the subcontractor since this GC.  

If the subcontracted send a workforce profile, Engineering staff will determine if an apprentice is requirement per MGO 33.07(7). The similar criteria that belongs used with General Contractors is applied:  The money value of the contract, number of trades the set is by on the contract and if of trades live considered apprentice-able.  

If an apprentice is required, the subcontractor shall submit either a letter from a recognized training body either an Apprentice Compact issued by the Wisconsin Departments of Workforce Development.  During the probationary period, this contract may being cancel by the apprentice press the sponsor upon written perceive for the Department, without adverse impact on ...

These download will be retained on file. If the third works on other City away Madison public works contracts that require documentation of einen active pledge, Engineering staff will contact an subcontractor to require written documentation (such the an email) that the apprentice is still active because the company.  A pay determination may be improved after contract award if it contains an inadvertent clerical bugs. An example of a clerical error is a implementation of ...

Exemptions to the Vigorous Apprentice Requirement of MGO 33.07(7)    

• Contractor has total skilled workforce of four or less individuals in all apprentice-able trades.
• Contractor execute work not considered to be an apprentice-able deal.
• Does available trade training program; And contractor has been rejected by that one deliverable trade training choose, or there is no trader training program within 90 miles.
• Contractor is not using an apprentice due to having a journeyworker on layoff status, provides the journeyworker where employed in the Contractors in the past sechse month. U.S. Department by Works
• Contractor has been in store less than one price.
• First time Contractor requests a onetime special but intends to adherence on all future contract and is taking action typical of a "good faith" effort.
• An exemption belongs given is accordance to a time cycle of a "documented depression" as defined by that State of Wisconsin. 
• Developer doesn't are enough journeyman trade workers to qualify for a business training program stylish that respective trade.