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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT – ATTACHMENT 7 (shredders from one (1) to two (2).

ATTACHMENT 7

GOVERNMENT PROPERTY PROVIDED FOR CONTRACTOR USE

All property identified in this attachment will be provided in an “as is” condition and any replacement or repair will be the responsibility of the contractor. An inventory will be conducted within 2 weeks of the start of the contract to verify quantity and condition.

SERVICE CONTRACT ACT WAGE DETE

WD 05-2587 (Rev.-5) was first posted on www.wdol.gov on 10/07/2008

REGISTER OF WAGE DETERMINATIONS UNDER | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT | EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

By direction of the Secretary of Labor | WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

| WASHINGTON D.C. 20210

| Wage Determination No.: 2005-2587

Shirley F. Ebbesen Division of | Revision No.: 5

Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Revision: 09/26/2008

States: Nebraska, Wyoming

Area: Nebraska Counties of Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux

Wyoming Statewide

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE MINIMUM WAGE RATE

01000 - Administrative Support And Clerical Occupations

01011 - Accounting Clerk I

12.28

01012 - Accounting Clerk II

14.87

01013 - Accounting Clerk III

15.41

01020 - Administrative Assistant

16.87

01040 - Court Reporter

13.20

01051 - Data Entry Operator I

10.21

01052 - Data Entry Operator II

11.14

01060 - Dispatcher, Motor Vehicle

17.29

01070 - Document Preparation Clerk

10.81

01090 - Duplicating Machine Operator

10.81

01111 - General Clerk I

10.54

01112 - General Clerk II

11.50

01113 - General Clerk III

12.91

01120 - Housing Referral Assistant

14.71

01141 - Messenger Courier

9.92

01191 - Order Clerk I

10.72

01192 - Order Clerk II

11.70

01261 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) I

13.26

01262 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) II

14.83

01263 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) III

16.54

01270 - Production Control Clerk

17.50

01280 – Receptionist

10.26

01290 - Rental Clerk

9.62

01300 - Scheduler, Maintenance

11.79

01311 - Secretary I

11.79

01312 - Secretary II

13.19

01313 - Secretary III

01320 - Service Order Dispatcher

17.29

01410 - Supply Technician

16.87

01420 - Survey Worker

10.82

01531 - Travel Clerk I

10.83

01532 - Travel Clerk II

11.49

01533 - Travel Clerk III

12.10

01611 - Word Processor I

10.72

01612 - Word Processor II

12.18

01613 - Word Processor III

13.61

05000 - Automotive Service Occupations

05005 - Automobile Body Repairer, Fiberglass

19.52

05010 - Automotive Electrician

18.55

05040 - Automotive Glass Installer

17.56

05070 - Automotive Worker

05110 - Mobile Equipment Servicer

15.62

05130 - Motor Equipment Metal Mechanic

05160 - Motor Equipment Metal Worker

05190 - Motor Vehicle Mechanic

05220 - Motor Vehicle Mechanic Helper

14.65

05250 - Motor Vehicle Upholstery Worker

16.59

05280 - Motor Vehicle Wrecker

05310 - Painter, Automotive

05340 - Radiator Repair Specialist

05370 - Tire Repairer

15.09

05400 - Transmission Repair Specialist

07000 - Food Preparation And Service Occupations

07010 – Baker

10.46

07041 - Cook I

8.79

07042 - Cook II

10.22

07070 – Dishwasher

7.63

07130 - Food Service Worker

9.06

07210 - Meat Cutter

13.07

07260 - Waiter/Waitress

7.97

09000 - Furniture Maintenance And Repair Occupations

09010 - Electrostatic Spray Painter

09040 - Furniture Handler

13.47

09080 - Furniture Refinisher

09090 - Furniture Refinisher Helper

09110 - Furniture Repairer, Minor

16.59

09130 – Upholsterer

11000 - General Services And Support Occupations

11030 - Cleaner, Vehicles

9.25

11060 - Elevator Operator

8.46

11090 – Gardener

12.39

11122 - Housekeeping Aide

11150 – Janitor

11.07

11210 - Laborer, Grounds Maintenance

11240 - Maid or Houseman

11260 – Pruner

12.43

11270 - Tractor Operator

12.29

11330 - Trail Maintenance Worker

11360 - Window Cleaner

12.85

12000 - Health Occupations

12010 - Ambulance Driver

10.93

12011 - Breath Alcohol Technician

15.66

12012 - Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

17.45

12015 - Certified Physical Therapist Assistant

17.10

12020 - Dental Assistant

12.34

12025 - Dental Hygienist

25.55

12030 - EKG Technician

23.66

12035 - Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist

23.66

12040 - Emergency Medical Technician

12.02

12071 - Licensed Practical Nurse I

14.00

12072 - Licensed Practical Nurse II

15.66

12073 - Licensed Practical Nurse III

17.46

12100 - Medical Assistant

11.31

12130 - Medical Laboratory Technician

14.98

12160 - Medical Record Clerk

12.86

12190 - Medical Record Technician

14.38

12195 - Medical Transcriptionist

12.63

12210 - Nuclear Medicine Technologist

31.24

12221 - Nursing Assistant I

10.12

12222 - Nursing Assistant II

11.38

12223 - Nursing Assistant III

12.42

12224 - Nursing Assistant IV

13.94

12235 - Optical Dispenser

13.51

12236 - Optical Technician

13.97

12250 - Pharmacy Technician

13.94

12280 – Phlebotomist

14.00

12305 - Radiologic Technologist

20.97

12311 - Registered Nurse I

20.80

12312 - Registered Nurse II

25.38

12313 - Registered Nurse II, Specialist

25.38

12314 - Registered Nurse III

30.77

12315 - Registered Nurse III, Anesthetist

30.77

12316 - Registered Nurse IV

34.78

12317 - Scheduler (Drug and Alcohol Testing)

19.40

13000 - Information And Arts Occupations

13011 - Exhibits Specialist I

15.11

13012 - Exhibits Specialist II

18.72

13013 - Exhibits Specialist III

22.91

13041 - Illustrator I

14.75

13042 - Illustrator II

17.82

13043 - Illustrator III

23.63

13047 - Librarian

20.74

13050 - Library Aide/Clerk

9.95

13054 - Library Information Technology Systems Administrator

18.82

13058 - Library Technician

11.26

13061 - Media Specialist I

12.30

13062 - Media Specialist II

13.75

13063 - Media Specialist III

15.33

13071 - Photographer I

12.38

13072 - Photographer II

13073 - Photographer III

18.22

13074 - Photographer IV

22.28

13075 - Photographer V

26.96

13110 - Video Teleconference Technician

16.52

14000 - Information Technology Occupations

14041 - Computer Operator I

12.88

14042 - Computer Operator II

14.41

14043 - Computer Operator III

16.07

14044 - Computer Operator IV

17.85

14045 - Computer Operator V

19.80

14071 - Computer Programmer I (1)

16.89

14072 - Computer Programmer II (1)

20.92

14073 - Computer Programmer III (1)

25.50

14074 - Computer Programmer IV (1)

27.34

14101 - Computer Systems Analyst I (1)

25.95

14102 - Computer Systems Analyst II (1)

14103 - Computer Systems Analyst III (1)

14150 - Peripheral Equipment Operator

12.88

14160 - Personal Computer Support Technician

21.37

15000 - Instructional Occupations

15010 - Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Non-Rated)

23.93

15020 - Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Rated)

25.11

15030 - Air Crew Training Devices Instructor (Pilot)

28.95

15050 - Computer Based Training Specialist / Instructor

23.93

15060 - Educational Technologist

25.65

15070 - Flight Instructor (Pilot)

28.95

15080 - Graphic Artist

14.61

15090 - Technical Instructor

17.49

15095 - Technical Instructor/Course Developer

21.40

15110 - Test Proctor

14.12

15120 – Tutor

14.12

16000 - Laundry, Dry-Cleaning, Pressing And Related Occupations

16010 – Assembler

8.12

16030 - Counter Attendant

8.68

16040 - Dry Cleaner

10.28

16070 - Finisher, Flatwork, Machine

16090 - Presser, Hand

16110 - Presser, Machine, Drycleaning

16130 - Presser, Machine, Shirts

16160 - Presser, Machine, Wearing Apparel, Laundry

16190 - Sewing Machine Operator

10.96

16220 – Tailor

11.57

16250 - Washer, Machine

8.84

19000 - Machine Tool Operation And Repair Occupations

19010 - Machine-Tool Operator (Tool Room)

20.39

19040 - Tool And Die Maker

24.99

21000 - Materials Handling And Packing Occupations

21020 - Forklift Operator

17.23

21030 - Material Coordinator

21040 - Material Expediter

21050 - Material Handling Laborer

11.51

21071 - Order Filler

11.09

21080 - Production Line Worker (Food Processing)

21110 - Shipping Packer

13.29

21130 - Shipping/Receiving Clerk

13.29

21140 - Store Worker I

11.00

21150 - Stock Clerk

14.48

21210 - Tools And Parts Attendant

21410 - Warehouse Specialist

23000 - Mechanics And Maintenance And Repair Occupations

23010 - Aerospace Structural Welder

21.93

23021 - Aircraft Mechanic I

20.89

23022 - Aircraft Mechanic II

21.93

23023 - Aircraft Mechanic III

23.03

23040 - Aircraft Mechanic Helper

15.68

23050 - Aircraft, Painter

19.85

23060 - Aircraft Servicer

17.75

23080 - Aircraft Worker

18.79

23110 - Appliance Mechanic

23120 - Bicycle Repairer

15.09

23125 - Cable Splicer

23.25

23130 - Carpenter, Maintenance

23140 - Carpet Layer

19.32

23160 - Electrician, Maintenance

22.12

23181 - Electronics Technician Maintenance I

21.05

23182 - Electronics Technician Maintenance II

22.34

23183 - Electronics Technician Maintenance III

23.79

23260 - Fabric Worker

17.12

23290 - Fire Alarm System Mechanic

21.44

23310 - Fire Extinguisher Repairer

15.91

23311 - Fuel Distribution System Mechanic

21.68

23312 - Fuel Distribution System Operator

16.83

23370 - General Maintenance Worker

18.95

23380 - Ground Support Equipment Mechanic

20.89

23381 - Ground Support Equipment Servicer

17.75

23382 - Ground Support Equipment Worker

18.79

23391 - Gunsmith I

15.59

23392 - Gunsmith II

17.96

23393 - Gunsmith III

20.29

23410 - Heating, Ventilation And Air-Conditioning Mechanic

23411 - Heating, Ventilation And Air Contditioning Mechanic

20.99

(Research Facility)

23430 - Heavy Equipment Mechanic

21.31

23440 - Heavy Equipment Operator

20.16

23460 - Instrument Mechanic

24.49

23465 - Laboratory/Shelter Mechanic

19.64

23470 – Laborer

11.51

23510 – Locksmith

19.47

23530 - Machinery Maintenance Mechanic

24.66

23550 - Machinist, Maintenance

19.51

23580 - Maintenance Trades Helper

23591 - Metrology Technician I

24.49

23592 - Metrology Technician II

29.83

23593 - Metrology Technician III

31.47

23640 - Millwright

22.75

23710 - Office Appliance Repairer

23760 - Painter, Maintenance

23790 - Pipefitter, Maintenance

21.73

23810 - Plumber, Maintenance

20.40

23820 - Pneudraulic Systems Mechanic

23850 – Rigger

23870 - Scale Mechanic

18.35

23890 - Sheet-Metal Worker, Maintenance

23910 - Small Engine Mechanic

23931 - Telecommunications Mechanic I

25.28

23932 - Telecommunications Mechanic II

26.53

23950 - Telephone Lineman

21.47

23960 - Welder, Combination, Maintenance

23965 - Well Driller

23970 - Woodcraft Worker

23980 - Woodworker

15.62

24000 - Personal Needs Occupations

24570 - Child Care Attendant

8.78

24580 - Child Care Center Clerk

10.98

24610 - Chore Aide

10.12

24620 - Family Readiness And Support Services Coordinator

11.18

24630 – Homemaker

12.23

25000 - Plant And System Operations Occupations

25010 - Boiler Tender

27.20

25040 - Sewage Plant Operator

20.24

25070 - Stationary Engineer

27.20

25190 - Ventilation Equipment Tender

17.73

25210 - Water Treatment Plant Operator

20.24

27000 - Protective Service Occupations

27004 - Alarm Monitor

15.68

27007 - Baggage Inspector

11.89

27008 - Corrections Officer

17.15

27010 - Court Security Officer

19.99

27030 - Detection Dog Handler

14.04

27040 - Detention Officer

17.31

27070 - Firefighter

18.84

27101 - Guard I

11.89

27102 - Guard II

15.39

27131 - Police Officer I

20.53

27132 - Police Officer II

22.81

28000 - Recreation Occupations

28041 - Carnival Equipment Operator

10.79

28042 - Carnival Equipment Repairer

11.45

28043 - Carnival Equpment Worker

9.33

28210 - Gate Attendant/Gate Tender

12.73

28310 – Lifeguard

11.34

28350 - Park Attendant (Aide)

14.24

28510 - Recreation Aide/Health Facility Attendant

11.07

28515 - Recreation Specialist

12.72

28630 - Sports Official

11.34

28690 - Swimming Pool Operator

15.29

29000 - Stevedoring/Longshoremen Occupational Services

29010 - Blocker And Bracer

19.03

29020 - Hatch Tender

29030 - Line Handler

29041 - Stevedore I

17.52

29042 - Stevedore II

22.41

30000 - Technical Occupations

30010 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Center (HFO) (2)

33.96

30011 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Station (HFO) (2)

23.42

30012 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Terminal (HFO) (2)

25.79

30021 - Archeological Technician I

30022 - Archeological Technician II

16.11

30023 - Archeological Technician III

19.96

30030 - Cartographic Technician

19.96

30040 - Civil Engineering Technician

18.65

30061 - Drafter/CAD Operator I

30062 - Drafter/CAD Operator II

30063 - Drafter/CAD Operator III

17.97

30064 - Drafter/CAD Operator IV

22.11

30081 - Engineering Technician I

13.45

30082 - Engineering Technician II

16.34

30083 - Engineering Technician III

17.54

30084 - Engineering Technician IV

21.17

30085 - Engineering Technician V

25.90

30086 - Engineering Technician VI

28.93

30090 - Environmental Technician

16.41

30210 - Laboratory Technician

17.97

30240 - Mathematical Technician

16.98

30361 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant I

14.56

30362 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant II

18.04

30363 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant III

22.06

30364 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant IV

26.70

30390 - Photo-Optics Technician

19.51

30461 - Technical Writer I

18.18

30462 - Technical Writer II

22.24

30463 - Technical Writer III

29.61

30491 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician I

21.58

30492 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician II

26.11

30493 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician III

31.30

30494 - Unexploded (UXO) Safety Escort

30495 - Unexploded (UXO) Sweep Personnel

30620 - Weather Observer, Combined Upper Air Or Surface Programs (2)

30621 - Weather Observer, Senior (2)

19.44

31000 - Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations

31020 - Bus Aide

9.08

31030 - Bus Driver

14.37

31043 - Driver Courier

12.85

31260 - Parking and Lot Attendant

9.38

31290 - Shuttle Bus Driver

13.86

31310 - Taxi Driver

10.89

31361 - Truckdriver, Light

13.86

31362 - Truckdriver, Medium

15.73

31363 - Truckdriver, Heavy

31364 - Truckdriver, Tractor-Trailer

99000 - Miscellaneous Occupations

99030 - Cashier

8.40

99050 - Desk Clerk

9.12

99095 – Embalmer

24.22

99251 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker I

9.03

99252 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker II

9.78

99310 – Mortician

24.87

99410 - Pest Controller

13.20

99510 - Photofinishing Worker

11.33

99710 - Recycling Laborer

14.27

99711 - Recycling Specialist

18.68

99730 - Refuse Collector

14.11

99810 - Sales Clerk

10.53

99820 - School Crossing Guard

12.05

99830 - Survey Party Chief

16.52

99831 - Surveying Aide

12.07

99832 - Surveying Technician

14.99

99840 - Vending Machine Attendant

9.51

99841 - Vending Machine Repairer

12.03

99842 - Vending Machine Repairer Helper

10.17

ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

HEALTH & WELFARE: $3.24 per hour or $129.60 per week or $561.60 per month

VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3 weeks after 8 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)

HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4.174)

THE OCCUPATIONS WHICH HAVE PARENTHESES AFTER THEM RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS (as numbered):

1) COMPUTER EMPLOYEES: Under the SCA at section 8(b), this wage determination does not apply to any employee who individually qualifies as a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employee as defined in 29 C.F.R. Part 541. Because most Computer System Analysts and Computer Programmers who are compensated at a rate not less than $27.63 (or on a salary or fee basis at a rate not less than $455 per week) an hour would likely qualify as exempt computer professionals, (29 C.F.R. 541.400) wage rates may not be listed on this wage determination for all occupations within those job families. In addition, because this wage determination may not list a wage rate for some or all occupations within those job families if the survey data indicates that the prevailing wage rate for the occupation equals or exceeds $27.63 per hour conformances may be necessary for certain nonexempt employees. For example, if an individual employee is nonexempt but nevertheless performs duties within the scope of one of the Computer Systems Analyst or Computer Programmer occupations for which this wage determination does not specify an SCA wage rate, then the wage rate for that employee must be conformed in accordance with the conformance procedures described in the conformance note included on this wage determination.

Additionally, because job titles vary widely and change quickly in the computer industry, job titles are not determinative of the application of the computer professional exemption. Therefore, the exemption applies only to computer employees who satisfy the compensation requirements and whose primary duty consists of:

(1) The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;

(2) The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;

(3) The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or

(4) A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills. (29 C.F.R. 541.400).

2) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND WEATHER OBSERVERS - NIGHT PAY & SUNDAY PAY: If you work at night as part of a regular tour of duty, you will earn a night differential and receive an additional 10% of basic pay for any hours worked between 6pm and 6am. If you are a full-time employed (40 hours a week) and Sunday is part of your regularly scheduled workweek, you are paid at your rate of basic pay plus a Sunday premium of 25% of your basic rate for each hour of Sunday work which is not overtime (i.e. occasional work on Sunday outside the normal tour of duty is considered overtime work).

HAZARDOUS PAY DIFFERENTIAL: An 8 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a high degree of hazard when working with or in close proximity to ordinance, explosives, and incendiary materials. This includes work such as screening, blending, dying, mixing, and pressing of sensitive ordance, explosives, and pyrotechnic compositions such as lead azide, black powder and photoflash powder. All dry-house activities involving propellants or explosives. Demilitarization, modification, renovation, demolition, and maintenance operations on sensitive ordnance, explosives and incendiary materials. All operations involving regrading and cleaning of artillery ranges.

A 4 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a low degree of hazard when working with, or in close proximity to ordance, (or employees possibly adjacent to) explosives and incendiary materials which involves potential injury such as laceration of hands, face, or arms of the employee engaged in the operation, irritation of the skin, minor burns and the like; minimal damage to immediate or adjacent work area or equipment being used. All operations involving, unloading, storage, and hauling of ordance, explosive, and incendiary ordnance material other than small arms ammunition. These differentials are only applicable to work that has been specifically designated by the agency for ordance, explosives, and incendiary material differential pay.

** UNIFORM ALLOWANCE **

If employees are required to wear uniforms in the performance of this contract (either by the terms of the Government contract, by the employer, by the state or local law, etc.), the cost of furnishing such uniforms and maintaining (by laundering or dry cleaning) such uniforms is an expense that may not be borne by an employee where such cost reduces the hourly rate below that required by the wage determination. The Department of Labor will accept payment in accordance with the following standards as compliance:

The contractor or subcontractor is required to furnish all employees with an adequate number of uniforms without cost or to reimburse employees for the actual cost of the uniforms. In addition, where uniform cleaning and maintenance is made the responsibility of the employee, all contractors and subcontractors subject to this wage determination shall (in the absence of a bona fide collective bargaining agreement providing for a different amount, or the furnishing of contrary affirmative proof as to the actual cost), reimburse all employees for such cleaning and maintenance at a rate of $3.35 per week (or $.67 cents per day). However, in those instances where the uniforms furnished are made of "wash and wear" materials, may be routinely washed and dried with other personal garments, and do not require any special treatment such as dry cleaning, daily washing, or commercial laundering in order to meet the cleanliness or appearance standards set by the terms of the Government contract, by the contractor, by law, or by the nature of the work, there is no requirement that employees be reimbursed for uniform maintenance costs.

The duties of employees under job titles listed are those described in the "Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations", Fifth Edition, April 2006, unless otherwise indicated. Copies of the Directory are available on the Internet. A links to the Directory may be found on the WHD home page at http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/ or through the Wage Determinations On-Line (WDOL) Web site at http://wdol.gov/.

REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND WAGE RATE {Standard Form

1444 (SF 1444)}

Conformance Process:

The contracting officer shall require that any class of service employee which is not listed herein and which is to be employed under the contract (i.e., the work to be performed is not performed by any classification listed in the wage determination), be classified by the contractor so as to provide a reasonable relationship (i.e., appropriate level of skill comparison) between such unlisted classifications and the classifications listed in the wage determination. Such conformed classes of employees shall be paid the monetary wages and furnished the fringe benefits as are determined. Such conforming process shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by such unlisted class(es) of employees. The conformed classification, wage rate, and/or fringe benefits shall be retroactive to the commencement date of the contract. {See Section 4.6 (C)(vi)} When multiple wage determinations are included in a contract, a separate SF 1444 should be prepared for each wage determination to which a class(es) is to be conformed.

The process for preparing a conformance request is as follows:

1) When preparing the bid, the contractor identifies the need for a conformed occupation) and computes a proposed rate).

2) After contract award, the contractor prepares a written report listing in order proposed classification title), a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed classification), job description), and rationale for proposed wage rate), including information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the authorized representative of the employees involved, or where there is no authorized representative, the employees themselves. This report should be submitted to the contracting officer no later than 30 days after such unlisted class(es) of employees performs any contract work.

3) The contracting officer reviews the proposed action and promptly submits a report of the action, together with the agency's recommendations and pertinent information including the position of the contractor and the employees, to the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, for review. (See section 4.6(b)(2) of Regulations 29 CFR Part 4).

4) Within 30 days of receipt, the Wage and Hour Division approves, modifies, or disapproves the action via transmittal to the agency contracting officer, or notifies the contracting officer that additional time will be required to process the request.

5) The contracting officer transmits the Wage and Hour decision to the contractor.

6) The contractor informs the affected employees.

Information required by the Regulations must be submitted on SF 1444 or bond paper.

When preparing a conformance request, the "Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations" (the Directory) should be used to compare job definitions to insure that duties requested are not performed by a classification already listed in the wage determination. Remember, it is not the job title, but the required tasks that determine whether a class is included in an established wage determination. Conformances may not be used to artificially split, combine, or subdivide classifications listed in the wage determination.

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