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contractors must be pre -approved prior to bidding on projects. Pre -approval will include completing a pre -qualification package, providing proof of proper licensing through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, providing proof of insurance, providing proof of liability and worker's compensation insurance (provided waivers will be evaluated), and providing references and background documentation. Contractors who have a potential conflict of interest with any recipients, sub -recipients, developers or potential beneficiaries will not be allowed to submit bids or perform any work under the NSP program. A list of prequalified contractors will be developed and maintained. Bid specifications meeting the criteria of the program will be developed on each property by the Housing Specialist, sub -recipient, or developer. Bid specification packages and contracts for multifamily projects with eight (8) or more units will include Federal Labor Standards requirements, including Davis Bacon compliance, Labor Standards provisions, Section 3 requirements and other applicable Federal labor requirements. The County is not planning to purchase or rehabilitate any properties with eight (8) or more multifamily units. For rehabilitation of NSP houses acquired by subrecipients, the following procedures shall apply• Prequalified contractors will be notified in writing of all available bid packages and mandatory bid walkthroughs In the bid specifications, the date and time that the bids are due, as well as the public bid opening date, will be specified. All bids will be submitted to the County. The bids will be publicly opened as stated in the contractor bid notification. Bids will be evaluated and the lowest qualified bid will be recommended for approval. Only bids received from prequalified contractors who had a representative attend the mandatory bid walkthrough will be considered for contract award. For rehabilitation of NSP homes acquired by developers, the above procedures shall not apply. Instead, developers shall establish their own procedures, which must not conflict with NSP CDBG requirements, for rehabilitating NSP acquired homes. All bids for homes being rehabilitated by the County will be presented to the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners for final approval. Bids for homes acquired and being rehabilitated by sub -recipients and/or developers as part of the NSP shall not require Board of County Commissioner's approval. Contractors will be awarded no more than three (3) NSP construction contracts at any one time. This number may be increased at the discretion of the County based upon the contractor's demonstrated capacity to assume additional work. 6