(a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall require its inspector general to prepare a prequalification questionnaire to be completed by each construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, product vendor, and any other business entity seeking to contract with the authority for the furnishing of goods or services. The questionnaire shall, at a minimum, solicit information on all of the following subjects regarding the firm:
(1) Experience.
(2) Quality and timeliness of past performance.
(3) Reliability and responsibility.
(4) Compliance with equal employment requirements.
(5) Compliance with wage, hours, and other fair labor standards.
(6) Subcontractors used by the firm.
(7) Integrity of the firm and its key personnel.
(8) Gifts given, or contributions made, to members or alternate members or employees of the authority.
(b) Neither the authority nor any of its organizational units shall contract or do business with any responding firm that knowingly provides false information in the questionnaire.