Any instructions to bidders or like document issued for a public works project by the city shall, except as otherwise provided herein, include the following language:
The general contract (and all independent subcontracts, i.e. subcontracts not included within a general contract and regardless of tier) will be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder complying with the conditions and requirements provided in these instructions, the bid forms and the other bid documents. A responsible and responsive bidder is a bidder demonstrably possessing the skill, ability and integrity necessary to faithfully perform the work called for by the contract, based upon a determination of competent workmanship and financial soundness in accordance with I.C. 36-1-9.5 or any successor statute. An eligible bidder is a bidder who is not debarred from bidding under any applicable law, and which shall certify that it is able to furnish labor that can work in harmony with all other elements of labor employed or to be employed on the project. In the interests of harmony, the long-term supply of skilled labor, and to provide a legally enforceable means of assuring labor stability and labor peace over the life of the project, each successful bidder and any and all levels of subcontractors, regardless of tier, as a condition of being awarded a contractor subcontract, shall be required to enter into a project labor agreement for the ______________(insert name or project) project with local labor unions representing experienced and skilled construction workers for the development and construction of the project, and will be bound by the provisions of that project labor agreement in the same manner as any other provision of the contract.
(Prior Code, § 39.42) (Ord. 0-06-0018, passed 5-8-2006)