Section 17.02 - Prequalification(1)General. In accordance with M.G.L. c. 81, § 8B, any Contractor or Prospective Bidder proposing to bid on any work, excepting the construction, reconstruction, repair, or alteration of buildings, to be awarded by the Department, aggregating $50,000 or more, must be prequalified by the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation pursuant to 720 CMR 5.00. For work aggregating under $50,000, prequalification is desirable but not required.(2) All information furnished in any statement by a Prospective Bidder and provided to the Department shall be held in strict confidence by the Department and its agents. No information contained in any such statement shall be imparted to any other person without the written consent of the Prospective Bidder.(3)Right to Reject Bids. Nothing in 302 CMR 17.00 or 720 CMR 5.00: Prequalification of Contractors and Prospective Bidders for Statewide Engineering Field Survey Services shall be construed as depriving the Department of the right to reject any bid or, when in the opinion of the Department circumstances and developments have changed, the qualification or responsibility of the Contractor or Prospective Bidder.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1352, eff. 11/17/2017.