Temporary prohibition or disqualification of contractor from award of contract after imposition of administrative penalty or debarment by Federal Government; notification of State Contractors' Board

1. If any administrative penalty is imposed pursuant to this chapter against a person for the commission of an offense, that person, and the corporate officers, if any, of that person, may not be awarded a contract for a public work: (a) For the first offense, for a period of 3 years after the date of the imposition of the administrative penalty; and (b) For the second or subsequent offense, for a period of 5 years after the date of the imposition of the administrative penalty.

2. A person, and the corporate officers, if any, of that person, who is identified in the System for Award Management Exclusions operated by the General Services Administration as being excluded from receiving contracts from the Federal Government pursuant to 48 C.F.R. §§ 9.400 et seq. as a result of being debarred may not be awarded a contract for a public work for the period of debarment of the contractor from receiving contracts from the Federal Government.

3. The Labor Commissioner, upon learning that a contractor has been excluded from receiving contracts from the Federal Government pursuant to 48 C.F.R. §§ 9.400 et seq. as a result of being debarred, shall disqualify the contractor from being awarded a contract for a public work as provided in subsection 2.

4. The Labor Commissioner shall notify the State Contractors' Board of each contractor who is prohibited or disqualified from being awarded a contract for a public work pursuant to this section.