The City of Harrisburg ("the City") recognizes that there is
a need to ensure that all work on public construction and maintenance
contracts is performed by responsible, qualified firms that maintain
the capacity, expertise, personnel and other qualifications and resources
necessary to successfully perform such contracts in a timely, reliable
and cost-effective manner.
To effectuate the purpose of selecting responsible contractors
for these public contracts and to protect the City's investments
in such contracts, prospective contractors and subcontractors should
be required to meet preestablished, clearly defined, minimum qualification
standards regarding past project performance in terms of competency,
safety and law compliance, technical abilities, experience, and adequacy
of resources.
Further, due to the critical impact that skilled craft labor
has on the execution of public works projects, and the increasingly
limited availability of such labor, it is necessary to require contractors
and subcontractors to participate in proven apprenticeship training
programs as a condition of bidding to promote successful project delivery
and help ensure future workforce development.
Therefore, the City shall require compliance with the provisions
of this chapter by business entities seeking to provide services as
specified herein. The requirements of this chapter are intended to
supplement, not replace, existing contractor qualification standards
or other criteria currently required by the City.
If the City determines that a Contractor Certification, subcontractor
list or Subcontractor Responsibility Certification contains false
or misleading information that was provided knowingly or with reckless
disregard for the truth or omits material information knowingly or
with reckless disregard of the truth, the firm for which the certification
was submitted shall be disqualified from the project and shall be
prohibited from performing work for the City for a period of three
years. The City may withhold payment of any monies due to the firm
as damages and impose other applicable penalties and sanctions, including
contract termination, as permitted by law or contract.
This chapter is enacted under the authority of Chapter 119 of
the Third Class City Code governing contracts, authorizing the enactment
provisions for and regulation of the procedures for the award of contracts,
as provided by 11 Pa.C.S. § 11901 (a).
The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented by the appropriate
City departments, as determined by the Mayor, within one year from
the effective date of this chapter.