Requires certain notifications to subcontractors listed on bid for State contract by prime contractor.

A1723

ASSEMBLY, No. 1723

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Tucker and Carter

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain notifications to subcontractors
listed on bid for State contract by prime contractor.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
requiring certain notifications to subcontractors who
are listed on the bid for a State contract by a prime contractor and
supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

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1.�� a. As used in this section:

����� �Prime contractor� means any person who has a
construction, goods and services, or professional services contract with a
State agency and who subcontracts all or a part of that contract.

����� �State agency� means any of the principal departments
in the Executive Branch of the State Government, and any division, board,
bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by such
department, the Legislature of the State and any office, board, bureau or
commission within or created by the Legislative Branch, and any independent
State authority, commission, instrumentality or agency which is authorized by
law to award construction contracts.� A county or municipality shall not be deemed
an agency or instrumentality of the State.�

����� �Subcontractor� means any person who enters into a
contract with a prime contractor to perform a specific part of the work for
which the prime contractor is responsible under a construction, goods and
services, or professional services contract with a State agency.

����� b.�� If a prime contractor has listed a subcontractor
on the bid for a State contract and the prime contractor is awarded the State
contract, the prime contractor shall notify the subcontractor by certified
mail.� The notification shall, at a minimum, include:

����� (1) the name of the State agency that awarded the
State contract;

����� (2) a description of the work to be performed by the
prime contractor as outlined in the State contract; and

����� (3) the work expected of the subcontractor in regard
to the State contract and the timeframe of that work.

����� The
notification shall be sent by certified mail within 30 days of the prime
contractor receiving notice of the awarded State contract.� The prime
contractor shall provide proof of notification to the State Contract Manager
for that contract.

���� If
the prime contractor fails to notify the subcontractor within the required
time, the prime contractor shall be subject to such penalties as may be
provided in the contract for failure to comply.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires that upon
the prime contractor receiving notice of the awarded State contract, the prime
contractor has 30 days to notify the subcontractor by certified mail.� The
notice must include the State agency, the description of the State contract,
and the work expected of the subcontractor in regards to the State contract and
the timeframe of that work. �If the prime contractor fails to notify the
subcontractor within 30 days of receiving the awarded State contract, the prime
contractor will be subject to penalties provided in the contract for failure to
comply