FAR 22.1013 Review of wage determination.

In plain English

This section tells contracting officers how to review wage determinations for service contracts. If a wage determination based on a collective bargaining agreement has wages or benefits that vary substantially from local prevailing rates, or if the agreement may not have been negotiated at arm's length, the contracting officer must contact the agency labor advisor. For wage determinations not based on a collective bargaining agreement, the contracting officer must check for conformity with local prevailing wages and benefits and for significant errors or omissions, and contact the agency labor advisor if problems are found.

Applies to: Contracting officers reviewing wage determinations for service contracts

What it requires

• Contact the agency labor advisor immediately if wages, fringe benefits, or periodic increases in a collective bargaining agreement vary substantially from prevailing local rates.
• Contact the agency labor advisor if the contracting officer believes an incumbent or predecessor contractor's agreement was not the result of arm's length negotiations.
• Upon receiving a wage determination not based on a collective bargaining agreement, ascertain if it does not conform with prevailing local wages and benefits or contains significant errors or omissions.
• Contact the agency labor advisor to determine appropriate action if either nonconformity or significant errors/omissions is evident.

Key terms: wage determination · collective bargaining agreement · fringe benefits · arm's length negotiations · agency labor advisor

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