Public contracts: subcontracting: substituting.

The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act generally prohibits a prime contractor whose bid is accepted by an awarding authority from substituting a person as subcontractor in place of the subcontractor listed in the original bid, except that the awarding authority may consent to the substitution of another person as a subcontractor in specified situations. Existing law requires the awarding authority, or its duly authorized officer, prior to approval of the prime contractor's request for the substitution, to give notice in writing to the listed subcontractor of the prime contractor's request to substitute and of the reasons for the request. This bill would require the awarding authority, or its duly authorized officer, to give that written notice within 5 working days of receiving notice from the prime contractor.