[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR22.404-3]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 22_APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart 22.4_Labor Standards for Contracts Involving Construction

 

Sec. 22.404-3  Procedures for requesting wage determinations.



    (a) Requests for general wage determinations. If there is a general 

wage determination applicable to the project, the agency may use it 

without notifying the Department of Labor. When necessary, a request for 

a general wage determination may be made by submitting Standard Form 

(SF) 308, Request for Determination and Response to Request, to the 

Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, attention: Branch of Construction 

Contract Wage Determinations.

    (b) Requests for project wage determinations. A contracting agency 

shall submit requests for project wage determinations on SF 308 to the 

Department of Labor. The requests shall include the following 

information:

    (1) The location, including the county (or other civil subdivision) 

and State in which the proposed project is located.

    (2) The name of the project and a sufficiently detailed description 

of the work to indicate the types of construction involved (e.g., 

building, heavy, highway, residential, or other type).

    (3) Any available pertinent wage payment information, unless wage 

patterns in the area are clearly established.

    (4) The estimated cost of each project.

    (5) All the classifications of laborers and mechanics likely to be 

employed.

    (c) Time for submission of requests. (1) The time required by the 

Department of Labor for processing requests for project wage 

determinations varies according to the facts and circumstances in each 

case. An agency should expect the processing to take at least 30 days. 

Accordingly, agencies should submit requests for project wage 

determinations for the primary site of the work to the Department of 

Labor at least 45 days (60 days if possible) before issuing the 

solicitation or exercising an option to extend the term of a contract.

    (2) Agencies should promptly submit to the Department of Labor an 

offeror's request for a project wage determination for a secondary site 

of the work.



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    (d) Review of wage determinations. Immediately upon receipt, the 

contracting agency shall examine the wage determination and inform the 

Department of Labor of any changes necessary or appropriate to correct 

errors. Private parties requesting changes should be advised to submit 

their requests to the Department of Labor.



[53 FR 4935, Feb. 18, 1988, as amended at 66 FR 53480, Oct. 22, 2001; 70 

FR 33666, June 8, 2005]