Construction Contractor Safety Prequalification

The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to the safety of its contractors on project job sites. LAUSD requires its contractors to submit a Safety Prequalification Questionnaire prior to bidding on informal contracts. The application requests that contractors demonstrate their past safety performance, including incidence rates and OSHA citations, contractor's safety policy and procedures, and show proof of Workers Compensation insurance.

Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT)

EFT payments provide both the sender and receiver with the following advantages:

• Direct payment ensures that payment reaches the vendor in a timely manner.
• Direct payment eliminates the possibility of a warrant payment being lost or delayed in the mail.
• Remittance advise will be mailed to the vendor 2-3 days after the transfer of funds to the vendor's account.
• Once enrolled, all invoice payments will be paid via eft.
• Reduce paper waste.

Other Contractor Business Resource links

• Workers Compensation
• State of California Division of Occupational Safety and Health
• Cal/OSHA Consultation Services
• Contractors State Licensing Board
• State of California Employment Development Department (EDD)
• I.R.S. For Construction
• Public Counsel Law Center

Business Organizations

• Asian American Architects & Engineers Association
• Asian Business Association
• Asian Business Association-Orange County
• Black Business Association
• Chinese American Construction Professionals
• Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley
• Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce
• Latin Business Association
• National Association of Women Business Owners-Los Angeles
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Training Program & Labor Resource

• The "We Build" Program

In recognition of the size and complexity of the District's school construction program, the Board of Education entered into a Project Stabilization Agreement (PSA) to ensure labor stability and to maximize local economic benefits through a 50% Local Worker participation goal. This ambitious Local Worker participation objective is the guiding principle for the "We Build" Program.

The "We Build" Program provides local District residents with an opportunity to enroll in a comprehensive, ten-week pre-apprenticeship training offered at seven LAUSD Division of Adult and Career Education Occupational/Skills Centers and through its partnership with the Century Community Training Program (CCTP) and other community-based training programs. Upon completion "We Build" graduates will be competitively positioned to enroll in Union Apprenticeship Training Programs and placement on LAUSD construction projects. Use this link to learn more about the "We Build" Program.

Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE)

The LAUSD has a Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE) participation goal of 5%. To be certified as a VBE, a business must be at least 51% owned by one or more veterans, have its daily operations managed and controlled by one or more veterans, and have its home office located in the United States. The LAUSD will accept the State of California, Department of General Services DVBE certification for participation as an SBE contractor for District construction bids. Please visit http://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbus/default.htm to search for VBE firms, or to learn how to become certified as a VBE.

Technical Assistance Providers and Business Organizations

The Small Business Program works in partnership with a cross-section of agencies and business organizations to provide contractors with access to technical assistance and capacity-building resources.

• Latin Business Association Institute
• National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
• North Los Angeles County Small Business Development Center
• Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment & Business Development Center
• Valley Economic Development Center (VEDC)