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: 6.5 

Presenter(s): Guiselle Carreon, Purchasing/Accounts Payable Consultant

                       Tyree K. Dorward, Attorney, Best Best & Krieger LLP


Early-bird registration closes: 9/20/2021
Cancellation Deadline: 10/5/2021

Registration closes: 10/13/2021


Fees (Early-Bird): 
 Fees (Regular):

CASBO Member: $255

Non-Member: $395

CASBO Member: $305

Non-Member: $445

Cancellation: $45

If canceled before the registration deadline, please refer to our Terms & Conditions for details.


  A Webex link to the course will be emailed to you a few days before the scheduled event.