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Marlin:

--- Quote from: Rennhack on Sep 14, 2015, 08:05 ---They have a Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determination (WD).  http://www.wdol.gov/ 

They classify them as "Radiologic Technologist"

SCA NO: SCA NO: 05-2423 REV-16 ISSUED 12/22/2014

HEALTH & WELFARE: $4.27 per hour

VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation, 3 weeks after 8 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. 

HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year

In short, they have more than the rest of us. -- I'll show you Nonexistent...  Come work a power plant.  No SCA or DBA WD... no health and welfare, no holidays, no vacation....

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I would be Surprised if the RFP stated Davis-Bacon vs the SCA and the term Radiologic Technologist in the list refers to radiographers and medical x-ray technicians.

5.  What does the Davis-Bacon Act require?
Under the provisions of the DBA, contractors or their subcontractors are required to pay laborers and mechanics employed directly upon the site of the work no less than the locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits paid on projects of a similar character.  The DBA directs the Department of Labor to determine such local prevailing wage rates (WDs).  The WDs, also known as “general schedules”, are then to be placed in covered contracts by Federal agency contracting officials.
In addition to the DBA itself, Congress has added prevailing wage provisions to approximately 60 statutes which assist construction projects through grants, loans, loan guarantees, and insurance.  These "related Acts" involve construction in such areas as transportation, housing, air and water pollution reduction, and health.
The geographic scope of the DBA is limited to the 50 States and the District of Columbia.  The scope of each related Act is determined by the terms of the particular statute under which the Federal assistance is provided.

6.  What is the Service Contract Act?
The SCA establishes standards for prevailing compensation and safety and health protections for employees performing work for contractors and subcontractors on service contracts entered into with the federal government and with the District of Columbia. SCA provisions are applicable to contracts the principal purpose of which is to provide services in the United States through the use of service employees. The SCA requires contracting agencies to incorporate new or revised SCA WDs into contracts for services for each solicitation, award, or modification to exercise an option, extend the contract, or change the scope of work (whereby labor requirements are significantly affected).  For service contracts $2,500 and under, SCA Section 2(b)(1) requires payment of the minimum wage in the Fair Labor Standards Act.   For service contracts over $2,500, the Act requires the contracting officer to incorporate into the contract a requirement to pay prevailing wages and benefits issued by DOL in the form of WDs.

Rennhack:

--- Quote from: Marlin on Sep 14, 2015, 08:26 ---I would be Surprised if the RFP stated Davis-Bacon vs the SCA and the term Radiologic Technologist in the list refers to radiographers and medical x-ray technicians.

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I'm mistaken, in the pre-bid Q&A, they said to use Environmental Tech.

On a side note...
Tennessee has a special determination assigned WD 1994-0520 rev. 25 dated 7/25/14: This determination lists Heath Physics Technician II, Heath Physics Technician III, Senior Heath Physics Technician and Heath Physics Technologist at the minimum rates of $21.38, $25.40, $28.52, and $33.29 respectively.

http://www.wdol.gov/wdol/scafiles/non-std/94-0520.sca?v=27

Mounder:
And now DOE pulls the plug on the life support R&D funding that the Portsmouth Centrifuge (via Centrus Energy) was receiving.  Ohio politicians are working feverishly to find more funding for the GDP cleanup work on the other side of the plant to buoy the local economy (which has little else.)  http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/09/11/doe-pulls-plug-centrifuge/72080034/

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