When we have a prevailing wage contract, do we need to provide the actual wage sheets or can we direct them to the Davis Bacon web site?
A. It is the obligation of the contracting officer to ensure that a copy of the most current wage determination of the Department of Labor is actually included in the solicitation and the ensuing contract. The Best Practices Procurement Manual (BPPM) discusses Davis-Bacon Act wages in Section 8.1.2. You will find the BPPM online. Davis-Bacon wage rates, and their corresponding geographical areas, include the fringe portion in each of the many potential updated revisions, in accordance with the Federal labor position/wage surveys. In addition to all of the above, the actual date the Davis-Bacon wage information was published is important.