New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 44 - CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Subchapter 3 - CLASSIFICATION OF PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS
Section 16:44-3.2 - Questionnaire

1. A classified CPA certified audited financial statement or a classified CPA reviewed financial statement in accordance with general accepted accounting principles. The financial statement shall show current assets and current liabilities and shall include verifications of equipment owned or leased and confirmation of unsecured lines of credit extended by banks. The financial statements shall be complete, with a balance sheet, related statements of income, retained earnings, cash flows and notes to financial statements in complete detail. The financial statements shall be completed by a certified public accountant or public accountant, pursuant to 45:2B-42 et seq., who is independent of, and not an employee of, the contractor for which the financial statements are being provided. The financial statements shall include an independent auditor's report signed by the public accountant or CPA who prepared the documents.

2. A statement as to construction equipment owned, which shall give complete details of the purchase price minus accumulated depreciation to equal book value per piece. Net book value less the amount of any outstanding loan for the purchase of that equipment will equal the amount allowed;

3. A statement as to organization, which shall show the ability of such organization, including key personnel, to undertake and successfully complete a project in the classification applied for;

4. A statement as to prior experience, which shall show the length of time in which the contractor has been engaged in the contracting business. It shall also disclose the nature of the contractor's experience during that period;

5. A work record statement, which shall give an accurate and complete record of work completed in the previous four years and which shall identify the projects undertaken, type of work performed using the Department's work type codes, location, contract price, name and current telephone number of the owner's construction representative or engineer in charge.

6. A statement setting forth any other pertinent and material facts which will justify the classification and rating desired;

7. A statement disclosing any suspension, debarment or disqualification of the contractor, its parent company or subsidiary and/or any owner, stockholder, officer, partner or employee or other person, regardless of title held, who has the ability to control a contractor's operations;

8. A statement that the contractor has adopted an Affirmative Action Program for Equal Employment Opportunity in accordance with State and Federal laws, rules and regulations;

9. If the contractor is a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company (LLC), a statement setting forth the names and home addresses of all stockholders, partners or members owning 10 percent or greater interest in the contractor. If one or more stockholders, partners or members is, itself, a corporation, partnership or LLC, owning a 10 percent or greater interest in the contractor, the statement shall also set forth the names and home addresses of all stockholders, partners or members owning a 10 percent or greater interest in that corporation, partnership or LLC. Disclosure of the names and home addresses of all stockholders, partners or members owning a 10 percent or greater interest shall continue at each level of ownership until all stockholders, partners or members owning a 10 percent or more interest have been disclosed;

10. A statement identifying the work types for which the contractor is seeking classification. The contractor will not be assigned a project rating for work types that have not been requested; and

11. An affidavit attesting that all statements contained in the Questionnaire are true and accurate.