10-PREVAILING WAGE .pdf

This is a Prevailing Wage document related to Buffalo Public Schools' (BPS) hazardous waste management and disposal contract opportunity in New York. The document establishes wage requirements for workers performing services under this contract, which covers hazardous waste collection, inventory, storage, handling, packaging, documentation, transportation, transfer, and disposal services across approximately 70 schools and facilities. The scope of hazardous materials includes paints, paint thinners, kerosene, fuel oil, printing inks, cleaners, boiler chemical treatments, and laboratory chemicals such as nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and potassium hydroxide. Disposal methods encompass recycling, treatment, neutralization, processing, destruction, and hazardous waste landfill placement.

The prevailing wage requirements impose mandatory compensation standards that contractors and their employees must meet while performing work on this public contract. These wage standards ensure that workers receive rates consistent with those paid for similar work in the local area, protecting labor standards and preventing wage competition among bidders. Contractors responding to this opportunity must comply with all prevailing wage rates specified in the document, which typically applies to all workers directly engaged in the contract work and may extend to apprentices and helpers depending on classification.