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Title: CDBG LABOR STANDARDS


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CDBG LABOR STANDARDS
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What is the Davis-Bacon Act?
  • Outlines labor standards for federal projects
  • Includes all contracts gt 2K involving federal
    funds
  • Provides minimum wages by position
  • Ensures minimum pay other labor standards are
    enforced at work site

3
Steps to Complying with Davis-Bacon Labor
Standards
  1. Request for Wage Rates
  2. Request for Contractor Clearance
  3. Notice of Contract Action
  4. Preconstruction Conference
  5. Payroll Submission and Review

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Request for Wage Determination
  • Submit request to Pam Truitt at DCA
  • 30 days prior to advertising for contract bids
  • Wage rates, posters and Notice of Contract Action
    form will be sent to you
  • Wage rates must be a part of the bid package

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Request for Contractor Clearance
  • Form can be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to Pam
    Truitt
  • Ensures that contractor is not on Federal
    Debarred list
  • Contractor must be cleared before entering into a
    contract

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Notice of Contract Action
  • Must be submitted to DCA twice
  • First Time - When contract is awarded
  • Verify that the appropriate Wage Decision was
    used
  • Second Time - When construction begins
  • Field Reps will schedule formal labor review
    after form has been submitted
  • Construction drawdowns will be withheld if not
    submitted

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Preconstruction Conference
  • Mandatory, conducted by your grant administrator
    with the contractor
  • Held prior to the start of construction
  • Outlines contractor subcontractor
    responsibilities, project timelines, logistics,
    etc.
  • Explains Davis-Bacon, other applicable laws
    contract provisions
  • Notify your CDBG Field Rep of place and time

8
Wage Decision Posters
  • A copy of both must be posted on the Job Site
  • Employees must be able to view
  • Protect from the weather

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Payrolls
  • Contractors must submit all payrolls to grant
    recipient
  • Must include the name, address and last 4 digits
    of SSN of each worker the first time they appear
  • Every payroll must
  • list the workers classification, which must
    match the Wage Decision document
  • include the hourly rate of pay
  • be numbered, with the last payroll labeled Final
    Payroll
  • be certified by the owner, officer or designee of
    the construction company

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Job Site Interviews
  • Have to be conducted on representative of
    workers in each classification
  • Interview responses should be checked against
    Wage Decision and payrolls
  • CONDUCT INTERVIEWS EARLY AND OFTEN

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Common Pitfalls
  • Failure to obtain a wage determination prior to
    solicitation for bids
  • Not obtaining Contractor Clearance before
    entering into a contract
  • Payrolls not submitted on a weekly basis
  • Payroll job classifications not matching wage
    decision classifications

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Contact Information
  • Pam Truitt, Grants Consultant
  • Phone (404) 679-5240
  • E-Mail pam.truitt_at_dca.ga.gov
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