[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR4.114]

[Page 58]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
PART 4_LABOR STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart C_Application of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act
 
Sec. 4.114  Subcontracts.

    (a) ``Contractor'' as including ``subcontractor.'' Except where 
otherwise noted or where the term Government prime contractor is used, 
the term contractor as used in this part 4 shall be deemed to include a 
subcontractor. The term contractor as used in the contract clauses 
required by subpart A in any subcontract under a covered contract shall 
be deemed to refer to the subcontractor, or, if in a subcontract entered 
into by such a subcontractor, shall be deemed to refer to the lower 
level subcontractor. (See Sec. 4.1a(f).)
    (b) Liability of prime contractor. When a contractor undertakes a 
contract subject to the Act, the contractor agrees to assume the 
obligation that the Act's labor standards will be observed in furnishing 
the required services. This obligation may not be relieved by shifting 
all or part of the work to another, and the prime contractor is jointly 
and severally liable with any subcontractor for any underpayments on the 
part of a subcontractor which would constitute a violation of the prime 
contract. The prime contractor is required to include the prescribed 
contract clauses (Sec. Sec. 4.6--4.7) and applicable wage determination 
in all subcontracts. The appropriate enforcement sanctions provided 
under the Act may be invoked against both the prime contractor and the 
subcontractor in the event of failure to comply with any of the Act's 
requirements where appropriate under the circumstances of the case.

                           Specific Exclusions