U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SCA RESOURCE BOOK 11/2002
SCA WAGE DETERMINATIONS
SERVICE CONTRACT ACT
WAGE DETERMINATIONS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SCA RESOURCE BOOK 11/2002
SCA WAGE DETERMINATIONS
SERVICE CONTRACT ACT, as amended (excerpt)
SERVICE CONTRACT ACT WAGE DETERMINATIONS
REQUESTING SCA WAGE DETERMINATIONS
GUIDE TO COMPLETING AN INDIVIDUAL
SF-98 REQUEST
SAMPLE CONSOLIDATED SCA WAGE
DETERMINATION
SAMPLE SF-98 AND SF-98a REQUEST FOR AN SCA
WAGE DETERMINATION
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SERVICE CONTRACT ACT, as amended (excerpt)
"Sec. 2(a) Every contract (and any bid specification therefor) entered
into by the United States or the District of Columbia in excess of $2,500,
... whether negotiated or advertised, the principal purpose of which is to
furnish services in the United States through the use of service employees
shall contain the following:
(1) A provision specifying the minimum monetary wages to be paid
the various classes of services employees in the performance of
the contract or any subcontract thereunder, as determined by the
Secretary [of Labor], or her authorized representative, in
accordance with prevailing rates for such employees in the
locality or where a collective bargaining agreement covers any
such service employees, in accordance with the rates for such
employees provided for in such agreement, including prospective
wage increases provided for in such agreement as a result of
arm's-length negotiations.
(2) A provision specifying the fringe benefits to be furnished the
various classes of service employees....
Sec. 4 ... (c) No contractor or subcontractor under a contract, which
succeeds a contract subject to this Act under and which substantially the
same services are furnished, shall pay any service employee under such
contract less than the wages and fringe benefits, including accrued wages
and fringe benefits, and any prospective increases in wages and fringe
benefits provided for in a collective-bargaining agreement as a result of
arm's-length negotiations, to which such service employees would have
been entitled if they were employed under the predecessor contract:
Provided , that in any of the foregoing circumstances such obligations
shall not apply if the Secretary finds after a hearing ... that such wages
and fringe benefits are substantially at variance with those which prevail
for services of a character similar in the locality." (Emphases added.)
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SERVICE CONTRACT ACT WAGE DETERMINATIONS
A. SCA wage determination requirements
00he SCA wage determination (WD) sets the minimum wages and fringe benefits
that contractors and their subcontractors must pay service employees working on
covered contracts.
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Wages are defined as monetary compensation provided to employees. They
are usually listed in the wage determination as hourly wage rates.
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Fringe benefits are defined in section 2(a)(2) of the Act as follows:
"Such fringe benefits shall include medical or hospital care, pensions on
retirement or death, compensation for injuries or illness resulting from
occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the foregoing,
unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance,
accident insurance, vacation and holiday pay, costs of apprenticeship or
other similar programs and other bona fide fringe benefits not otherwise
required by federal, state, or local law to be provided by the contractor or
subcontractor."
The various fringe benefits listed in the Act are illustrative of those which
may be included in the WD. Which fringe benefits are included in the WD
depends upon the type of WD to be issued and the evaluation of source data
used to develop the WD. Fringe benefits may be provided as monetary
compensation (cash payments) in lieu of providing the listed benefits,
provided certain records are kept.
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Most WD's are revised periodically, as new health and welfare benefits or
wage survey data become available. However, if a WD is properly included
in the contract at the time of award, the contract does not need to be modified
to include subsequent revisions to the WD prior to completion of the first
year of the contract.
00ection 10 of the Act requires the Department of Labor to issue a WD for every
service contract employing more than five service employees.
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If the contract requires five or fewer service employees, the contracting
agency must still request a WD, and if one is issued, include the applicable
WD in the contract. There is a common misconception among contracting
officers that they need not submit a request if there will be five or fewer
service employees performing on the contract. This has never been the
case. The contracting agency must request a WD even if only one service
employee will be employed on the contract, but the Wage and Hour
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Division (WH) has the option of not issuing a WD for contracts with five
or fewer service employees.
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If no WD has been issued for a service contract involving five or fewer
service employees, the contractor can pay no less than the minimum wage
required by section 6(a)(1) of Fair Labor Standards Act. If the contract
involves more than five service employees, the contract must contain a WD.
However, we have over 204 wage determinations with each containing over
300 classifications. It would be a rare occurrence if the Department of Labor
had not issued a wage determination for a geographic area.
B. SCA wage determinations format
00n 1994, WH began to issue SCA wage determinations in a revised format that
includes nearly all standard occupations on a single wage determination. In the
past, wage determinations were issued that only covered classes in broad
occupational groupings. This format, generally referred to as the consolidated
wage determination, reduces the need for Service Contract Act (SCA)
conformance actions, and improves service to SCA wage determinations
customers.
00urrently there are 204 areas for which consolidated wage determinations are
being issued.
C. Two bases on which SCA WD's are issued:
1. Prevailing in the locality. Determinations that set forth minimum monetary wage
and fringe benefits determined to be prevailing for various classes of service
employees in the locality after giving "due consideration" to the rates applicable
to such service employees if directly hired by the Federal Government. (Sections
2(a)(1), 2(a)(2), and 2(a)(5) of the Act); and
00age rates and fringe benefits prevailing in the locality (29 CFR 4.51):
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Rates based on surveys and rates based on union dominance. These
determinations are usually based on data collected by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) under the National Compensation and Occupational
Employment Statistics Surveys.
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Union Dominance. The SCA regulations provide that "where a single rate is
paid to a majority (50 percent or more) of the workers in a class of service
employees engaged in similar work in a particular locality, that rate is
determined to prevail". 29 CFR 4.51(b). These majority rate prevailing
wage determinations are typically called union dominance wage
determinations.
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2. Collective Bargaining Agreement - (Successorship). Determinations that set forth
the wage rates and fringe benefits, including accrued and prospective
increases, contained in a collective bargaining agreement applicable to the
service employees who performed on a predecessor contract in the same
locality. (Sections 4(c) and 2(a)(1) and (2) of the Act).
00age rates and fringe benefits based on the predecessor contractor's collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) - See 29 CFR 4(c):
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For section 4(c) to be applicable, the predecessor contract must involve
substantially the same services being provided in the same locations.
Provisions of 4(c):
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The successor contractor is obligated to pay its employees the wages and
fringes in the predecessor's CBA that they would have been entitled to if
they were employed by the predecessor.
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This obligation exists whether or not the employees of the predecessor
contractor are hired by the successor contractor. This obligation will
continue to exist even if the successor contractor is signatory to its own
CBA or chooses to sign or not sign the same CBA as entered into by the
predecessor contractor.
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Since the obligations of section 4(c) are statutory, self-executing, they are
not dependent upon the inclusion of the CBA rates in the WD. For
example, if the Department of Labor issues a WD for a particular
contract based upon prevailing rates rather than the CBA because the
agency failed to advise WH of the existence of the CBA or the WD does
not reflect accurately all the economic terms of the CBA, the successor
contractor is still obligated to pay the CBA rates, unless the limitation in
section 4.1b(b) applies, or if there is a hearing and a finding of
"substantial variance," as discussed below.
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The limitations to Section 4(c) can be found in 29 CFR 4.1(b).
Specifically, the limitations in 4.1b(1) and (2) only apply if the
contracting agency gives written notification to both the incumbent
contractor and the union at least 30 day in advance of all applicable
estimated procurement dates. If such notification is given, the CBA must
be provided to the contracting officer ( Not DOL ) within the timeframes
specified in Section 4.1b(b). If the CBA is not provided to the contracting
officer within these timeframes then the CBA does not apply pursuant to
Section 4(c) of SCA.
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REQUESTING SCA WAGE DETERMINATIONS
A. Responsibility of contracting agency to request SCA wage determinations
Contracting agencies request a wage determination (WD) from the Department of
Labor's Division of Wage Determinations, Branch of SCA Wage Determinations,
using Standard Forms 98 (SF-98) and 98a, "Notice of Intention to Make a Service
Contract and Response to Notice". The contracting agency must submit this form not
less than 60 days nor more than 120 days, except with approval of WH, prior to any
invitation for bids, request for proposals, or commencement of negotiations.
00he initial responsibility for determining whether a proposed contract may be
subject to SCA and requires a wage determination rests with the contracting
agency.
B. Individual SF-98 Requests
00or each proposed contract, contracting agencies must submit an individual SF-98
request. To do so, the agency must fill out and submit the Notice of Intention to
Make a Service Contract -- Standard Form (SF) 98, with an attached SF-98a.
These forms must be submitted for each anticipated contract. The wage
determination issued in response to the request must be incorporated into the bid
specifications and the resultant contract.
00he SF-98 requires the requesting agency official to specify the relevant
procurement dates, the county and the state where the work will be performed,
and the type of services to be performed under the contract. In addition, the
agency must provide information on incumbent contractors. The previous wage
determination, and any collective bargaining agreements that may apply. The SF-
98a identifies the occupational classes and the number of service employees who
will perform the work on the contract, and the hourly wage rates that would be
paid if such workers were federally-employed.
C. Multi-year and Two-Step Procurement
00n the case of multi-year contracts subject to annual fiscal appropriations of
Congress, the contracting agency must request a new WD each year for use on the
anniversary date of the contract. 29 CFR 4.4(a)(1) and 4.145(a).
00f the multi-year contract is not subject to annual fiscal appropriations, the
contracting agency must request a new WD at least every two years. Section 4(d)
of the SCA and 29 CFR 4.145(b).
00hen the place of performance of a contract is unknown at the time of
solicitation, the contracting agency should contact the Wage and Hour Division's
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Branch of Service Contracts Wage Determination for guidance. 29 CFR
4.4(a)(2)(i). The two step procedure:
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In the first step, the contracting agency will issue an initial solicitation with
no wage determination, from which it identifies all interested bidders and
their possible places of performance and then transmits this information to the
Department of Labor with SF-98.
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In the second step, the Department of Labor will issue separate wage
determinations for the various localities identified in the first step, to be
incorporated in the solicitation prior to the submission of final bids. The
appropriate wage determination applicable to the geographic location of the
successful bidder shall be incorporated in the resultant contract and shall be
observed, regardless of whether the contractor subsequently changes the
place(s) of contract performances.
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THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT
DIRECTORY OF OCCUPATIONS
A. Development of the SCA Directory of Occupations for Use in Requesting,
Developing, and Applying SCA Wage Determinations
Since April 1985, the Wage and Hour Division has been publishing standard
occupational titles and definitions in the "Service Contract Act Directory of
Occupations." This is a key resource to be utilized in requesting and applying SCA
wage determinations. The Directory is accessible at:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/wage/main.htm.
00ach year, WH receives requests for wage determinations for employees engaged
in approximately 60,000 government service contracts covered under the SCA.
Total annual federal government service contracting has been estimated in the
billions of dollars. These SCA-covered contracts involve the performance of a
wide range of services, including such diverse activities as aerial spraying, barber
and beauty shop services, computer services, electronic equipment maintenance,
furniture repair, surveying and mapping, trash removal, and warehousing.
Employees in a wide spectrum of occupations are needed to perform these
services.
00or any SCA-covered contract exceeding $2,500 the contracting agency must
request a wage determination on standard form SF-98 and SF-98a. In submitting
these forms, the requesting agency is to list occupational titles of workers to be
employed on the contracts. Use of the Directory allows contractor, federal
procurement agency, and WH staff to associate standard job descriptions with
these titles. Prior to publication of the Directory, ascertaining the content of each
job for wage determination purposes became a difficult and time-consuming task.
Widespread distribution and use of the Directory has greatly simplified this
process.
00he great variety of services procured by the federal government and the many
different occupations required in the performance of these services continue to
present a major challenge in the acquisition of data and the development of
appropriate wage determinations. At the present time, a variety of data sources
are utilized in the development of SCA prevailing wage determinations. These
sources include the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation
Survey, and the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey. Since payroll titles
and work assignments vary among establishments and geographic areas, such
descriptions are useful as standards in classifying workers by occupation so that
wage rates representing specific job content can be established.
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00n order to effectively implement its primary assignment of issuing wage
determinations, the Wage and Hour Division's Branch of Service Contract Wage
Determinations requires standardized occupational language for use with all of the
contracting establishments. In response to this need, the first edition of this
Directory of commonly used occupational titles and descriptions was developed in
1985. A second edition was published in 1986, a third in 1991 that was never
used and eventually withdrawn, and a fourth in 1993.
00he Directory contains occupational titles and descriptions and a classification
structure under which the occupations are arranged according to their
interrelationships. It makes available uniform occupational information providing
composites of similar jobs performed in many geographic areas all over the
country.
B. Federal Grade Equivalency (FGE) Information in the Directory
The Fourth Edition Directory provides information on the federal civil service grade
levels most likely to correspond to the occupations included.
00his information reveals the grade levels that would be assigned to such
occupations, if the work was being performed by a federal employee.
00or WH staff, such information is especially useful in connection with the
development of prevailing wages for occupations for which no survey data are
available or for which survey data are not available for various levels within a job
family.
00ontractors and federal procurement agency staff may utilize federal grade
equivalency (FGE) data to guide wage rate proposals for occupations to be
conformed. FGE use for conformances is covered in the SCA Conformance
Manual.
FGE rates are divided into the following three classifications for purposes of SCA
administration:
00S (General Schedule) refers to grade rates utilized for non-supervisory
appropriated fund "white-collar" positions;
00G (Wage Grade) refers to grade rates utilized for non-supervisory appropriated
fund "blue-collar" positions; and
00S refers to non-supervisory non-appropriated fund Administrative Services rates.
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C. Using the SCA Directory of Occupations to Communicate Clearly in Completing
the SF-98a: Needed Occupational Information
There are three arrangements of occupational information in the Directory:
00he Numerical Listing of Occupational Categories and Titles, Federal Grade
Equivalencies, and location by page;
00itles and descriptions of categories; and
00he Alphabetical Index of Occupational Titles.
The classification system developed is structured on a three-tier arrangement:
category, occupation, and level of difficulty. Each tier represents groupings in
successively finer detail. This should enable users who so desire to tabulate or
analyze data at different levels of aggregation.
Noted below are the 20 broad occupational categories arranged alphabetically and
coded numerically.
01000
Administrative Support and Clerical Occupations
03000
Automatic Data Processing Occupations
05000
Automotive Services Occupations
07000
Food Preparation and Service Occupations
08000
Forestry and Logging Occupations
09000
Furniture Maintenance and Repair Occupations
11000
General Services and Support Occupations
12000
Health Occupations
13000
Information and Arts Occupations
15000
Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Related Occupations
19000
Machine Tool Operation and Repair Occupations
21000
Materials Handling and Packing Occupations
23000
Mechanics and Maintenance and Repair Occupations
24500
Personal Needs Occupations
25000
Plant and System Operation Occupations
27000
Protective Service Occupations
29000
Technical Occupations
31000
Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations
47000
Water Transportation Occupations
99000
Miscellaneous Occupations
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The detailed numerical listing presents the categories, occupations, levels of difficulty,
federal grade equivalencies, and the page numbers on which the occupational
descriptions can be found. The coding system utilized by the Directory has the
following characteristics:
00ach occupational title is identified by a five digit code.
00he first two digits of each occupational code identify the broad category of
occupations to which each specific occupation belongs. For example, since the
code for the broad category of Administrative Support is 01000, each specific
occupation within this category begins with the first two digits 01, i.e., Court
Reporter, 01030.
00ithin each broad category, occupations are listed in alphabetical order.
Therefore, the third and fourth digit of each occupation's code follow that
alphabetical progression. For example, the code for Rental Clerk is 01290, while
the code for Scheduler, Maintenance is 01300.
00ccupations that reflect distinct levels in "job families" are prefaced by "base"
statements that describe occupational content common to each level.
00he levels of difficulty have been denoted by Roman numerals placed after the
title, with the numeral "I" being the least difficult, and each numeral thereafter
indicating a more difficult level. In general, the higher the grade level, the
greater the level of complexity and compensation. The codes for each level, i.e.,
General Clerk I, General Clerk II, General Clerk III, and General Clerk IV,
utilize the fifth digit to differentiate one from the other. For example, General
Clerk I, 01115; General Clerk II, 01116; and General Clerk III, 01117, and
General Clerk IV, 01118.
00ach broad category is defined so that homogeneous groupings can be delineated.
The titles represent those most commonly used in the wage determination process.
The descriptions represent composites of jobs found in a number of establishments
and may differ from those in use in individual establishments or those prepared
for other purposes.
00ome of these definitions have been adjusted to meet SCA operations
requirements. Immediately following the title, there may be one or more titles in
parentheses. These are alternative titles that are synonymous with the main titles
with which they are shown, and appear in the alphabetical index in lower case.
D. Job description and Federal Grade Equivalent must be provided if the Directory
does not include a class for the given job duties.
00sers of the Directory who are able to locate a given title or description, or who
cannot match specific job duties with a corresponding occupational description in
the Directory, should submit an appropriate occupational title and description with
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the SF-98 request. This procedure will assist the Branch of Service Contract
Wage Determinations in issuing wage determinations for occupations in response
to SF-98 requests. Such information also provides the basis for future updates
and revisions of the Directory. Note that wage determinations will not be issued
for occupational titles requested if the applicable job duties are performed by an
occupational classification listed in the wage determination of the SCA Directory.
Job definitions included in the Directory may not be applicable when the service
contract is governed by Section 4(c) of the Service Contract Act.
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GUIDE TO COMPLETING AN INDIVIDUAL SF-98 REQUEST
A. Introduction
Supplies of the SF-98 and SF-98a are available in all General Services Administration
(GSA) supply depots under stock numbers 7540-926-8972 and 75409-118-1008,
respectively.
Key aspects of procedures for submitting individual SCA WD requests:
00IMING
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B. Timing
The SF-98/98a and any required supporting documentation should be submitted to WH
not less than 60 days (nor more than 120 days) prior to any:
00nvitation for bids;
00equest for proposals;
00ommencement of contract negotiations;
00xercise of options or contract extensions;
00nnual anniversary date of multi-year contracts subject to annual
appropriation of the U.S. Congress; or
00iennial anniversary date of multi-year contracts not subject to annual
appropriations of the U.S. Congress, unless otherwise advised by WH.
For unplanned procurement needs, individual SF-98 requests must be submitted as
soon as possible, but not later than 30 days prior to the above listed contracting
actions. For emergency procurement needs, appropriate WH officials should be
consulted prior to submission (see WH staff listings at the back of this resource book).
Requests should then be submitted as soon as possible according to instructions
provided by the WH official contacted.
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C. Content
The SF-98 specifies the relevant procurement dates, the location - county and State -
of the work to be performed, the type of services to be covered by the contract, and
provides information on incumbent contractors, previous wage determinations, and
collective bargaining agreements that may apply. The SF-98a identifies the
occupations (classes) of service employees to be employed under the SCA-covered
contract, the number to be employed, and the hourly wage rates that would be paid if
such workers were federal direct-hires.
The SF-98 includes instructions for proper completion on the reverse side. While all
requested information is important for the proper issuance of the wage determination,
certain items are key, as described below. See the properly completed sample
individual request (SF-98 and SF-98a). The items discussed below reference the
appropriate SF-98 or SF-98a blocks.
Procurement Dates (SF-98, Blocks 2, 3, & 4)
Procurement dates are important for evaluating the timeliness of requests and the WD
response issued by WH. In addition, these dates are important to the evaluation of the
currency of data sources to be used in developing the WD and the proper tracking of
annual vs. multi-year service contracts.
Note that for multi-year contracts not subject to annual U.S. Congressional
appropriations, a written statement describing the type of funding and anticipated term
of the proposed contract must be attached to the SF-98 request. This type of multiyear
service contract requires a new wage determination issuance at least every two
years.
Place(s) of Performance (SF-98, Block 5)
Listing the city, county , and State where the services will be performed is critical to
the issuance of the wage determination. Prevailing, area wide WDs are based on wage
rates and fringe benefits determined to prevail in the locality of the place of
performance. The place of performance could be the contractor's site, a government
installation, or elsewhere.
When the place(s) of performance of an SCA-covered contract is unknown at the time
of solicitation, a two-step solicitation process should be used.
00n the first step, the contracting agency will issue an initial solicitation with
no wage determination, from which it identifies all interested bidders and
their possible places of performance and then transmits this information to the
Department of Labor with the SF-98.
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00n the second step, the Department of Labor will issue separate wage
determinations for the various localities identified in the first step, to be
incorporated in the solicitation prior to the submission of final bids. The
appropriate wage determination applicable to the geographic location of the
successful bidder shall be incorporated in the resultant contract and shall be
observed, regardless of whether the contractor subsequently changes the
place(s) of contract performance.
Services to be Performed (SF-98, Block 6)
A clear description of the types of services called for by the procurement assists the
wage determination staff in evaluating the request and in determining SCA coverage.
Usually a simple statement, such as that shown on the sample SF-98, will suffice. If
services to be provided are unusual in any way, however, a detailed description may
be necessary.
Information About Performance (SF-98, Block 7)
Identification of the status of the procurement alerts the wage determination staff to
several important considerations that will be addressed. This include:
00ox A - Service Now Performed by a Contractor: Checking this box
indicates that the procurement is recurring. Depending upon the procurement
dates, the contract may be an annual, recurring contract, or a continuous,
multi-year contract. Also, a contract that is currently being performed by a
contractor may have a previously-issued wage determination on file that will
be evaluated by WH staff as part of the WD development process. If you
check this box, you must also complete box 8(a), 8(b), and if applicable,
8(c).
00ox B -This box indicates that no wage determination applicable to the
specified locality and classes of employees is in effect.
00ox C - Service Not Presently Being Performed: Checking the box indicates
that the procurement is a completely new service.
Collective Bargaining Agreement (SF-98, Block 8)
Attachment of the current, signed, applicable collective bargaining agreement (CBA)
is necessary for SCA-covered contracts for which the SCA requires application of a
section 4(c) wage determination. If an incumbent contractor is performing the services
called for by the proposed contract and the service employees performing the contract
are covered by one or more CBAs, the applicable CBAs must be attached. In addition
to CBA(s) addressing the wage rates and fringe benefits afforded to the incumbent
contractor's service employees, any related documents must be attached.
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Note: For section 4(c) to apply, the proposed or successor contract must be for the
same or substantially the same services and be performed in the same locality
as that of the incumbent contract. If the applicable CBA(s) does/do not apply
to all the service employees employed under the incumbent contract, the
contracting agency must identify the occupational classes and/or work subject
to the CBA(s).
Official Submitting Notice/Where To Send Response (SF-98, Blocks 9 and 10)
All information requested should be properly completed so that WH staff can address
any inquiries it may have and issue its response to the appropriate contracting agency
officials.
Occupational Classes and Number of Employees (SF-98a, Blocks 12 and 13)
The occupational classes of service employees expected to perform the proposed
contract work must be listed on the SF-98a. The listing of all occupational classes of
service employees to be employed under the proposed contract should utilize job titles
and corresponding code numbers found in the SCA Directory of Occupations, where
applicable. For occupations not contained in the Directory, an appropriate job title
shall be given in Block 12 and a job description must be attached to the SF-98 request.
The WD to be issued will include the minimum wage rates and fringe benefits to be
paid by the contractor for the occupational classes listed in the SF-98a for use in the
performance of the SCA-covered contract. An occupational class is classified
according to the duties, skills, and knowledge required. Such factors affect the job's
relative rate of pay. Occupational classes vary considerably with regard to these
factors; wage rates may, therefore, vary considerably by class.
Compare Federal Rates (SF-98a, Block 14)
The hourly rates or grade levels that would be paid if workers were federal direct-
hires must be listed in the SF-98a. Wage rates for white collar classes have been
established by the federal General Schedule (GS) rates and grades. Wage rates for
blue collar classes are established by the federal Wage System Schedules (Wage Board
or non-appropriated fund (NAF) rates and grades). These comparable pay rates or
grade levels are used to apply the principles of due consideration required by section
2(a)(5) of the SCA.
Response to Notice Segment
These boxes are completed by WH staff as part of its response to the SF-98 request.
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