The county department/division/unit in conjunction with the chief purchasing officer shall develop a procedure and a list of criteria for pre-qualifying construction bidders. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, prior performance, recent past references on all aspects of performance, financial stability, and experience on similar construction projects. A county department/division/unit may use the pre-qualification process only for projects where the construction involved is unique in nature or otherwise subject to approval by Colleton County council. All prequalification projects shall be under the supervision of the county administrator or the chief procurement officer. When the pre-qualification process is employed, only those bidders who are pre-qualified through this procedure are entitled to submit a bid for the project. The determination of which bidders are pre-qualified, and thereby entitled to bid, is not subject to protest. (Ord. 03-O-04 (part), 2003)