Combined Presol_Sol_Golf Cart Rentals_11012023.docx

36C78624Q50015 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

1. The solicitation number is 36C78624Q50015 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

2. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-05.

3. This combined synopsis/solicitation is published as a FAR 19.5 Small Business Total Set-aside. NAICS code is 532120, Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing, with a small business size standard of $41.50 million.

4. Schedule of Services (enter pricing here):

Base Year: November 6, 2023, or Date of award through November 5, 2024

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No.

Description:

Product/Services

Option Year 1: November 6, 2024 through November 5, 2025

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No.

Description:

Product/Services

Option Year 2: November 6, 2025 through November 5, 2026

CLIN

No.

Description:

Product/Services

Option Year 3: November 6, 2026 through November 5, 2027

CLIN

No.

Description:

Product/Services

Option Year 4: November 6, 2027 through November 5, 2028

CLIN

No.

Description:

Product/Services

Total Cost

Contract Guarantee Minimum/Maximum Aggregate Value The guaranteed minimum amount for the life of the contract is $500.00.

The maximum aggregate value of the contract, inclusive of the Five One-Year ordering periods, shall not exceed $89,000.00.

The Government does not guarantee that it will place any orders under this contract more than the guaranteed minimum amount.

5. Description of requirements for the items to be acquired.

Contractor shall provide (30) 6-seat golf carts and (6) 2-seat golf carts to the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery located at 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75211. Carts shall be delivered one business day prior to and retrieved one business day from the following days:

1. Veterans Day [11/11/2023 | 11/11/2024 | 11/11/2025 | 11/11/2026 | 11/11/2027]

2. Memorial Day [5/27/2024 | 5/26/2025 | 5/25/2026 | 5/31/2027 | 5/29/2028]

Salient Characteristics of Golf Carts:

Both the 6-seat and the 2-seat golf carts shall possess the following minimum specifications:

Maximum Speed ≥ 12 mph Gas Engine: ≥ 400 cc Horsepower: ≥ 12 hp Steering: self-adjusting rack & pinion Front Suspension: independent leaf springs with dual hydraulic shocks Brakes: 4-wheel mechanical drum Additional Feature: Roof

Place of Performance/Place of Delivery Address: Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway Dallas, TX Postal Code: 75211 Country: UNITED STATES (End of Work Statement)

6. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

FAR 52.252-1

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR)

7. Provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Evaluation factor is Price.

8. Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with the quote.

9. FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

10. FAR clause 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998), applies to this acquisition.

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR)

11. FAR clause 52.216-18, Ordering (AUG 2020), applies to this acquisition.

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from 11/6/2023 through11/5/2024.

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) A delivery order or task order is considered "issued" when—

(1) If sent by mail (includes transmittal by U.S. mail or private delivery service), the Government deposits the order in the mail;

(2) If sent by fax, the Government transmits the order to the Contractor's fax number; or

(3) If sent electronically, the Government either—

(i) Posts a copy of the delivery order or task order to a Government document access system, and notice is sent to the Contractor; or

(ii) Distributes the delivery order or task order via email to the Contractor's email address.

(d) Orders may be issued by methods other than those enumerated in this clause only if authorized in the contract.

(End of clause)

12. FAR clause 52.216-19, Order Limitations (OCT 1995), applies to this acquisition.

As prescribed in 16.506(b), insert a clause substantially the same as follows:

Order Limitations (Oct 1995)

(a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than _$100.00_, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract.

(b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor-

(1) Any order for a single item in excess of $9,000.00.

(2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $25,000.00; or

(3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 60 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in paragraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section.

(c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 10 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor’s intent not to ship the item (or items) called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the supplies or services from another source.

(End of clause)

13. FAR clause 52.216-22, Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995), applies to this acquisition.

As prescribed in 16.506(e), insert the following clause:

Indefinite Quantity (Oct 1995)

(a) This is an indefinite-quantity contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies and services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract.

(b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. The Contractor shall furnish to the Government, when and if ordered, the supplies or services specified in the Schedule up to and including the quantity designated in the Schedule as the "maximum." The Government shall order at least the quantity of supplies or services designated in the Schedule as the "minimum."

(c) Except for any limitations on quantities in the Order Limitations clause or in the Schedule, there is no limit on the number of orders that may be issued. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.

(d) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor’s and Government’s rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract’s effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after 11/5/2024.

(End of clause)

14. FAR clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999), applies to this acquisition.

As prescribed in 17.208(f), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 10 days.

(End of clause)

15. FAR clause 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000), applies to this acquisition.

As prescribed in 17.208(g), insert a clause substantially the same as the following:

Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed five years and six months.

(End of clause)

16. FAR clause 52.232-18, Availability of Funds (APR 1984), applies to this acquisition.

17. FAR clause 52.232-19, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year (APR 1984), applies to this acquisition.

As prescribed in 32.706-1(b), insert the following clause:

Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year (Apr 1984) Funds are not presently available for performance under this contract beyond 2023. The Government’s obligation for performance of this contract beyond that date is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise for performance under this contract beyond 2023, until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for performance and until the Contractor receives notice of availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

18. FAR clause 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023), applies to this acquisition.

19. VAAR clause 852.201-70, Contracting Officer’s Representative (DEC 2022), applies to this acquisition.

20. VAAR clause 852.203-70, Commercial Advertising (MAY 2018), applies to this acquisition.

21. VAAR clause 852.232-72, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018), applies to this acquisition. NCA uses the VA Tungsten for payments. http://www.tungsten-network.com/customer-campaigns/veterans-affairs/

22. VAAR clause 852.242-71, Administrative Contracting Officer (OCT 2020), applies to this acquisition.

23. FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Applicable FAR clauses are: 52.204-10, 52.204-27, 52.209-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.232-33, 52.222-41, 52.222-43, 52.222-55, 52.222-62.

24. The date, time and place quotes are due. Please provide your quote no later than 330pm CDT on November 3, 2023. Please submit quotes electronically to Ralph.Crum@VA.GOV.

25. The name and telephone number of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation. Ralph Crum, Contracting Officer. Please contact via email: Ralph.Crum@VA.GOV.

26. Service Contract Act Wage Determination:

Note: Contracts subject to the Service Contract Act are generally required to pay at least the applicable minimum wage rate required under Executive Order 14026 or Executive Order 13658.

|If the contract is entered into on or |Executive Order 14026 generally applies to | |after January 30, 2022, or the |the contract. | |contract is renewed or extended (e.g., |The contractor must pay all covered workers |

|2022, and the contract is not renewed |The contractor must pay all covered workers |

The applicable Executive Order minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually. Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under the Executive Orders is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

State: Texas

Area: Texas Counties of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE FOOTNOTE RATE

01000 - Administrative Support And Clerical Occupations

33.18

24.85

15.80***

17.24

21.36

18.70

18.70

15.48***

16.89

18.95

36C78624Q50015

24.15

16.48

16.88

18.42

24.46

16.00***

19.37

19.37

21.66

24.15

18.38

05000 - Automotive Service Occupations

07000 - Food Preparation And Service Occupations

09000 - Furniture Maintenance And Repair Occupations

11000 - General Services And Support Occupations

Administrator

114071

- Computer Programmer I

(see 1) 14072

- Computer Programmer II

(see 1) 14073

- Computer Programmer III

(see 1) 14074

- Computer Programmer IV

(see 1) 14101

- Computer Systems Analyst I (see 1) 14102

- Computer Systems Analyst

II

(see 1) 14103

- Computer Systems Analyst

III

(see 1) 14150

- Peripheral Equipment Operator 23.56 14160

- Personal Computer Support Technician 32.84 14170

- System Support Specialist 42.82 5000 - Instructional Occupations 15010 - Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Non-Rated) 35.09 15020

- Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Rated) 42.45 15030

- Air Crew Training Devices Instructor (Pilot) 50.89 15050

- Computer Based Training Specialist / Instructor 35.09 15060

- Educational Technologist 36.68 15070

- Flight Instructor (Pilot) 50.89 15080

- Graphic Artist 25.79 15085

- Maintenance Test Pilot, Fixed, Jet/Prop 50.89 15086

- Maintenance Test Pilot, Rotary Wing 50.89 15088

- Non-Maintenance Test/Co-Pilot 50.89 15090

- Technical Instructor 27.43 15095

- Technical Instructor/Course Developer 33.55 15110

- Test Proctor 22.14 15120

- Tutor 22.14 6000 - Laundry, Dry-Cleaning, Pressing And Related Occupations 16010 - Assembler 11.37*** 16030

- Counter Attendant 11.37*** 16040

- Dry Cleaner 14.61*** 16070

- Finisher, Flatwork, Machine 11.37*** 16090

- Presser, Hand 11.37*** 16110

- Presser, Machine, Drycleaning 11.37*** 16130

- Presser, Machine, Shirts 11.37*** 16160 16190

16220

- Tailor 16.65 16250

- Washer, Machine 12.50***

19000 - Machine Tool Operation And Repair Occupations

21000 - Materials Handling And Packing Occupations

19.25

24.46

24.46

16.42

16.83

17.87

I 23092 - Aircrew Life Support Equipment (ALSE) Mechanic 37.62

II

Mechanic 23411 - Heating, Ventilation And Air Contidioning 25.42 Mechanic (Research Facility)

24000 - Personal Needs Occupations

Coordinator 24630 - Homemaker 18.79

27.75

26.86

29.26

32.32

20.07

22.40

24.97

30.73

17.56

19.70

22.03

27.30

33.40

40.41

25.52

26.42

25.44

33.58

21.44

26.57

32.49

30364 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant IV

39.31

30375 - Petroleum Supply Specialist

32.32

30390 - Photo-Optics Technician

27.75

30395 - Radiation Control Technician

32.32

30461 - Technical Writer I

25.69

30462 - Technical Writer II

31.42

30463 - Technical Writer III

38.01

29.69

35.92

43.05

30494 - Unexploded (UXO) Safety Escort

29.69

30495 - Unexploded (UXO) Sweep Personnel

29.69

30501 - Weather Forecaster I

29.26

30502 - Weather Forecaster II

35.59

Surface Programs

35.92

14.95***

21.81

18.35

12.00***

18.53

13.24***

20.07

21.79

23.34

23.34

17.51

12.46***

13.72***

24.05

29.69

14.74***

16.12***

37.40

26.46

23.68

15.60***

21.11

25.93

18.65

13.98***

13.96***

29.47

17.66

22.63

17.05

20.93

17.01

***Workers in this classification may be entitled to a higher minimum wage under Executive Order 14026 ($16.20 per hour) or 13658 ($12.15 per hour). Please see the Note at the top of the wage determination for more information. Please also note that the minimum wage requirements of Executive Order 14026 and 13658 are not currently being enforced as to contracts or contract-like instruments entered into with the federal government in connection with seasonal recreational services or seasonal recreational equipment rental for the general public on federal lands.

Note: Executive Order (EO) 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, applies to all contracts subject to the Service Contract Act for which the contract is awarded (and any solicitation was issued) on or after January 1, 2017. If this contract is covered by the EO, the contractor must provide employees with 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work, up to 56 hours of paid sick leave each year. Employees must be permitted to use paid sick leave for their own illness, injury or other health-related needs, including preventive care; to assist a family member (or person who is like family to the employee) who is ill, injured, or has other health-related needs, including preventive care; or for reasons resulting from, or to assist a family member (or person who is like family to the employee) who is the victim of, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under the EO is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

HEALTH & WELFARE: $4.98 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $199.20 per week or $863.20 per month

HEALTH & WELFARE EO 13706: $4.57 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $182.80 per week, or $792.13 per month*

*This rate is to be used only when compensating employees for performance on an SCA- covered contract also covered by EO 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. A contractor may not receive credit toward its SCA obligations for any paid sick leave provided pursuant to EO 13706.

VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor, 3 weeks after 5 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 eleven paid holidays per year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence 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 NUMBERED FOOTNOTES IN PARENTHESES RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING:

1) COMPUTER EMPLOYEES: This wage determination does not apply to any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as defined in 29 C.F.R. Part 541. (See 41 C.F.R. 6701(3)). Because most Computer Systems Analysts and Computer Programmers who are paid at least $27.63 per hour (or at least $684 per week if paid on a salary or fee basis) likely qualify as exempt computer professionals under 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(1) and 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(17), this wage determination may not include wage rates for all occupations within those job families. In such instances, a conformance will be necessary if there are nonexempt employees in these job families working on the contract.

Job titles vary widely and change quickly in the computer industry, and are not determinative of whether an employee is an exempt computer professional. To be exempt, computer employees who satisfy the compensation requirements must also have a primary duty that 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 (3) related to user or system design specifications;

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

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

Any computer employee who meets the applicable compensation requirements and the above duties test qualifies as an exempt computer professional under both section 13(a)(1) and section 13(a)(17) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2006-3 (Dec. 14, 2006)). Accordingly, this wage determination will not apply to any exempt computer employee regardless of which of these two exemptions is utilized.

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 ordnance, explosives, and incendiary materials. This includes work such as screening, blending, dying, mixing, and pressing of sensitive ordnance, 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 re-grading 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 ordnance, (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 ordnance, 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 ordnance, 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.

** SERVICE CONTRACT ACT DIRECTORY OF OCCUPATIONS **

The duties of employees under job titles listed are those described in the ""Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations"", Fifth Edition (Revision 1), dated September 2015, unless otherwise indicated.

** 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 (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(i)). Such conforming procedures shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by such unlisted class(es) of employees (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(ii)). The Wage and Hour Division shall make a final determination of conformed classification, wage rate, and/or fringe benefits which shall be paid to all employees performing in the classification from the first day of work on which contract work is performed by them in the classification. Failure to pay such unlisted employees the compensation agreed upon by the interested parties and/or fully determined by the Wage and Hour Division retroactive to the date such class of employees commenced contract work shall be a violation of the Act and this contract. (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(v)). 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(s) and computes a proposed rate(s).

2) After contract award, the contractor prepares a written report listing in order the proposed classification title(s), a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed classification(s), job description(s), and rationale for proposed wage rate(s), 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 U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, for review (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(ii)).

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 Division's decision to the contractor.

6) Each affected employee shall be furnished by the contractor with a written copy of such determination or it shall be posted as a part of the wage determination (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(iii)).

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"" should be used to compare job definitions to ensure 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 (See 29 CFR 4.