WASHINGTON
8)
Can contractors be debarred?
A.) Any contractor or subcontractor who files
a false statement or fails to file any statement or record required
to be filed under this chapter and the rules adopted under this
chapter, shall, after a determination to that effect has been
issued by the director after hearing under chapter 34.05 RCW,
forfeit as a civil penalty the sum of five hundred dollars for
each false filing or failure to file, and shall not be permitted
to bid, or have a bid considered, on any public works contract
until the penalty has been paid in full to the director. The
civil penalty under this subsection shall not apply to a violation
determined by the director to be an inadvertent filing or reporting
error. Civil penalties shall be deposited in the public works
administration account. (RCW 39.12.050)
B.) If a contractor or subcontractor is found
to have violated the provisions of subsection (1) of this section
for a second time within a five year period, the contractor
or subcontractor shall be subject to the sanctions prescribed
in subsection (1) of this section and shall not be allowed to
bid on any public works contract for one year. The one year
period shall run from the date of notice by the director of
the determination of noncompliance. When an appeal is taken
from the director's determination, the one year period shall
commence from the date of the final determination of the appeal.The
director shall issue his or her findings that a contractor or
subcontractor has violated the provisions of this subsection
after a hearing held subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05
RCW. (RCW 39.12.050)
