Part 22 Application of Labor Laws

Question 1

3 Key Labor Laws

Answer 1

Davis Bacon (wage rate requirements construction)
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (Contracts for materials, supplies, articales, and equipment exceeding $15K)
Service Contract Act (Service Contract Labor Standards)

Question 2

What is Davis Bacon (Wage Rate Requirements for Construction) ?

Answer 2

Applies to construction contracts >$2K

Question 3

What does Davis Bacon require?

Answer 3

inclusions of WD (applies for the life of contract and must be updated if option excerised)

Question 4

What is Service Contract Act (Service Contract Labor Standards)?

Answer 4

Applies to services > $2,500.00

Question 5

What does SCA require?

Answer 5

WD provisions (modify contract and KTR may be entitled to EA)

Question 6

Exceptions to SCA?

Answer 6

Executive, administrative, and professional services

remanufacturing is considered supply and exempt

Question 7

What is Walsh Healy (Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment Exceeding 15K)?

Answer 7

Applies to supplies over $15K

Question 8

Provisions regarding Walsh Healy

Answer 8

Minimum wage and fringe benefits
Safe and sanitary working conditions
employee notification of minimum allowable compensation
equivalent federal employee classifications and wages (No WDs)

Question 9

What is remanufacturing?

Answer 9

it is considered a supply

Question 10

What is Repair and Overhaul?

Answer 10

It is considered a service

Question 11

Differences between repair, Overhaul, and reman?

Answer 11

Repair - efforts return the item to serviceable condition
Overhaul - adds useful life
Reman - like new condition (subject to Walsh Healy)

Question 12

7 criteria for an effort to be considered reman?

Answer 12

1. Required to be completely or substaintially torn down into individual component parts
2. Substantially all of the parts are re-worked, rehabilitated, altered, and or replaced
3. Parts are reassembled to furnish a totally rebuilt item
4. Manufacturing Processes similar to those used in the manufacturing of the item utlizied
5. Disassembled components are comingled with existing inventory and lose their identification with respect to a particular item
6. Item restored to its original life expectancy
7. Work is performed in a facility owned or operated by the contractor