Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce requirement: notice.

Existing law establishes requirements that apply when a public entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. Existing law also authorizes a public entity to require that a bidder, contractor, or other entity use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project. This bill would require a public entity, when the use of a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project is required pursuant to existing law, to include in all bid documents and construction contracts a notice that the project is subject to the skilled and trained workforce requirement. The bill would additionally provide, if a public entity fails to provide the notice, that the public entity shall not be excused from the requirement to obtain the enforceable commitment and that a bidder, contractor, or other entity is not excused from the obligation to use a skilled or trained workforce, as provided.