Why does the WDOL SCA WD search question whether there is a CBA?
Section 4(c) of the SCA provides that the wages and fringe benefits contained in a predecessor contractor’s CBA (collective bargaining agreement) will supersede any and all other wage determination requirements for the successor contract period of performance. The CBA must be provided on a timely basis to the contracting officer and be properly executed by the signatories to the CBA (predecessor contractor and union) and be effective for wage/benefit purposes during the predecessor contract in order to control under section 4(c) of the SCA. Therefore, the WDOL system allows the government contracting officer to establish a CBA-based wage determination for CBAs meeting those requirements. See 29 CFR 4.1b(b) and 29 CFR 4.163.