This workshop will cover alternative bid limits, force account work and accounting, qualified contractors, emergency contracts, legal updates, and opting into CUPCCAA. You’ll learn about prequalification (AB 1565), which took effect on January 1, 2015, and requires all K-12 school districts with an average daily attendance above 2,500 to prequalify general, mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors on state-bond-funded projects with projected expenditures of over $1 million.

Designed for: New and veteran facilities and purchasing employees.

Topic(s): California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA); prequalification (AB 1565); public works bidding.

Discipline(s): CBO / Facilities / M&O / Purchasing

CEUs: 5.0

Presenter(s): Guiselle Carreon, Purchasing/Accounts Payable Consultant & Tyree K. Dorward, Attorney, Best Best & Krieger LLP


Early-bird registration closes: 9/11/2023
Cancellation Deadline: 9/26/2023

Registration closes: 10/3/2023


Fees (Early-Bird): 
Fees (Regular):

CASBO Member: $255

Non-Member: $395

CASBO Member: $305

Non-Member: $445


A link to the course will be emailed to you 4  business days before the event.