Q: Can I get prequalified as a Prime Contractor
if I’m a Subcontractor?
A: Yes. As long as the firm can meet “all”
requirements of the application, they can be prequalified.
Q: Can I get prequalified as a Prime Contractor
if I’m a supplier, manufacturer or fabricator?
A: No, the CDB only prequalifies performing
contractors.
Q: I want to bid on a CDB project, but I
haven’t submitted the application yet. Can I bid on
a project as long as my application is pending?
A: No. Prequalification must be approved
by 5:00 pm the day prior to the bid opening. An incomplete
or “pending” application will cause rejection
of a bid.
Firms must allow 30 days processing time once a completed
application has been received.
Q: I am not prequalified with CDB, but I
am certified with Central Management Services or the Illinois
Department of Transportation as a minority- or female-owned
business. Can I bid on CDB projects?
A: No. Certification with Central Management
Services (CMS) or the Illinois Department of Transportation
(IDOT) as a minority- or female-owned business is not the
same as being prequalified with the Capital Development Board.
CDB does NOT certify firms as minority- or female-owned. CDB
will recognize firms as being certified with CMS or IDOT when
firms provide a copy of current certification from CMS
or IDOT.
Q: Can I show my Professional Design Firm Prequalification as pending when submitting on a project?
A: If it is being advertised in a CDB Bulletin, prequalification must be in place prior to a submittal. If the User is doing its own selection then contact them to see what their requirements for submitting a proposal are.
Q: Do Landscape Architects or Interior Designers need to be prequalified?
A: No.
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