RFQ for Records Move -Final.docx

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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 88310325Q00043 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03 effective January 17, 2025. This is an unrestricted requirement under NAICS Code 488999, All Other Support Activities for Transportation. CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER(S): See Attachment 1, Schedule of Prices. REQUIREMENT: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has a requirement to relocate approximately 37,200, 48,000, or 57,600 cu ft of archival records in College Park, MD. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance will be for nine months. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses are incorporated and are to remain in full force in any resultant contract, with the exception of FAR provisions which will be removed prior to award: FAR 52.212-1. Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023). Addenda: Delete paragraph (h), Multiple Awards. - see below for additional quotation submission instructions. EVALUATION (In lieu of FAR 52.212-2): Evaluation and award will be in accordance with Simplified Acquisition Procedures at FAR Subpart 13.106, Soliciting Competition, Evaluation of Quotations or Offers, Award and Documentation authorized by FAR Subpart 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Selection of the Contractor to perform this contract will be based on NARA’s assessment of the best overall value to the Government. Accordingly, best value for this procurement will be obtained through a lowest price technically acceptable evaluation. Exceptions taken to any terms and conditions stated in the RFQ must be clearly outlined on a separate page of the Contractor’s quotation entitled “Exceptions.” The Contractor must also include complete rationale, justification, and the cost impact of each exception noted. The Government reserves the right to make an award on the initial quotation without discussions of this procurement. For evaluation purposes, the Total Firm Fixed Price for each CLIN will be determined by multiplying the QTY (Quantity) by the Firm Fixed Unit Price. The evaluated Total Contract Ceiling Price will be determined by summing the Total Firm Fixed Price of each CLIN. The resultant contract will include FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. Contractors must provide pricing (USD) for each CLIN in accordance with Attachment 1, Schedule of Prices. Failure to submit any of the required information and documentation with the quotation may result in rejection of the quotation. Multiple awards will not be made under this RFQ. Contractors must be registered and active in the System for Award Management. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (May 2024) - The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v) of this provision. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2023) – see Attachment 8, Additional NARA Terms and Conditions (Addenda to FAR clause 52.212-4). FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jan 2025) - see Attachment 10, FAR Clauses for the full text of this clause and for additional applicable FAR clauses. Full text provisions and clauses can be found at https://www.acquisition.gov.

To aid you in your planning and quotation development, the following information is provided as attachments to this Request for Quotation:

Attachment 1: Schedule of Prices Attachment 2: Performance Work Statement (PWS) Attachment 3: Containers and their Dimensions Attachment 4: Specifications for approved pallets and streamliners Attachment 5: NARA Food, Drink, and Tobacco Policies Attachment 6: Wage Determination Attachment 7: NARA Terms and Conditions Attachment 8: Additional NARA Terms and Conditions Attachment 9: Site Visit Attachment 10: Far Clauses

Contractors must provide the following documents and information with their quotation:

Attachment 1, Schedule of Prices

QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this RFQ must be submitted in writing via email to the Contract Specialist, Sheila Drumheller, at sheila.drumheller@nara.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. eastern time on April 14, 2025 to be considered. Questions submitted in any other manner will not be answered. The Government will answer questions or requests for clarification via a written RFQ amendment.

QUOTATION DUE DATE: Quotations must be submitted to Sheila Drumheller, at sheila.drumheller@nara.gov The deadline for quotations is 12:00 p.m. eastern time on April 24, 2025. Failure to submit quotations by the deadline may result in rejection of the quotation as untimely. Please include Solicitation Number: 88310325Q00043 in the email subject line and allow one extra business day for delivery and receipt, as the email will need to pass through IT security.

An in person site visit (Attachment 9) has been scheduled for April 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM CST. Contractors planning to attend the in person site visit must furnish the name and title of its representative to Sheila Drumheller (Sheila.drumheller@nara.gov) at least one (1) day prior to the site visit. Contractors are limited to a maximum of two (2) representatives.

Contractors are reminded that questions will not be answered during the in person site visit. However, you can forward all written questions to Sheila Drumheller via email sheila.drumheller@nara.gov and an amendment will be issued to address each question.

Sheila Drumheller Contracting Officer

ATTACHMENT 1

SCHEDULE OF PRICES

1. SUPPLIES AND/OR SERVICES TO BE FURNISHED

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) needs to relocate approximately 37,200, 48,000, or 57,600 cu ft of archival records. The records are stored in a variety of sized boxes and tubes in the NARA Archives facility in College Park, MD, and they need to be moved to the National Archives at Kansas City (Subtropolis) facility in Kansas City, MO. NARA requires work crews in College Park to pull, prepare, palletize, and move the records in the NARA facility located at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740. This contract does not include the shelving of records in Kansas City, MO or the transportation of the records to Kansas City, MO.

All work must be performed under the terms and conditions of the contract as Firm Fixed Unit Price for service. ALL work in the Performance Work Statement (PWS), is considered a Firm Fixed Unit Price for service priced work. The Contractor is required to furnish all the work that can be identified in advance, both in sufficient detail and quantities, and for which a fair and reasonable price can be obtained. The firm-fixed prices must include the fully burdened cost for delivering the services required by this contract.

2. PRICING FOR BASE PERIOD

(a) Fixed Price Services.

(A) The Contractor must identify the base period "Unit Price" and "Total Price" for the fixed-priced supplies/services described in Paragraph 3, Schedule of Prices.

(B) The “Total Base Period Firm-fixed Contract Price” must be the base period firm-fixed-price of CLINs 0001 - 0003.

(b) Total Base Period Contract Price. The Total Base Period Contract Price is the sum of “Total Base Period Firm-fixed Contract Price”.

CUBIC FOOT CONVERSION TO HOURLY RATE PRICING TABLE

Contractor’s Explanation of their Cost Conversion ratios to convert from the contract required cubic feet to the contractor’s hourly rate and back. Use example from contractors quoted price in CLIN 1 below for all Composite Hourly Rates.

3. SCHEDULE OF PRICES

In accordance with this contract, the Contractor must provide all management, supervision, labor, materials, supplies, transportation, and equipment described herein [except as specified to be furnished by the Government in the PWS (RFQ Enclosure 2), and must plan, schedule, coordinate, and assure effective performance at the NARA National Archives College Park (Archives II) facility in College Park, MD.

NOTE: Contractors must provide a schedule in the price quotation that clearly details the breakdown of the proposed monthly prices by labor category, labor hours, labor rates, materials, equipment, supplies, etc. Finally, any other direct costs must also be detailed for each proposed expense for the base period. Contractors must submit an electronic copy via email. Please provide a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. NARA utilizes the data during the review of quoted prices for such things as math checks, the use of correct escalation, and other evaluation procedures. The Contractor must include the formulas and factors used in calculation of the data.

For evaluation purposes, the Price will be determined by multiplying the Quantity by the Unit Price. The Total Price for the base period will be determined by adding the individual CLIN prices for base period. The Contract Price will be determined by summing the base period Total Prices.

CLIN = Contract Line Item Number PWS = Performance Work Statement NTE = Not-to-Exceed

Base Period – May 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025

37,200, Per Cubic Feet

48,000

Per Cubic Feet

57,600

Per Cubic Feet

ATTACHMENT 2

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

RELOCATE RECORDS IN COLLEGE PARK, MD

1.0 Background

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) needs to relocate approximately 37,200, 48,000, or 57,600 cu ft of archival records. The records are stored in a variety of sized boxes and tubes in the NARA Archives facility in College Park, MD, and they need to be moved to the National Archives at Kansas City (Subtropolis) facility in Kansas City, MO. NARA requires work crews in College Park to pull, prepare, palletize, and move the records in the NARA facility located at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740. This contract does not include the shelving of records in Kansas City, MO or the transportation of the records to Kansas City, MO.

2.0 Scope of Work

The contractor will provide all management, on-site supervision, personnel, equipment, and materials required to pull, prepare, unpalletized, and move approximately 37,200, 48,000, or 57,600 cu ft of records in College Park, MD.

3.0 Project Requirements

3.1 Labor: Labor is required to pull boxes off the shelves and palletize them. Labor may also be required to move the palletized archival records from the stacks to the loading dock for shipping. Box sizes include cubic foot boxes, Hollinger archival letter and legal boxes, map rolls, and other sizes. National Archives staff will provide explicit instructions to the laborers on which boxes to palletize and in which order, using move lists generated prior to the move. The crew will be always escorted to allow for access to secure archival bays.

3.2 Record Condition: The Contractor will pull, prepare, palletize, and move records at the College Park, MD facility without loss or damage, maintaining the present condition of the records and their containers.

3.3 Record Pulling, Palletization, and Moving: The Contractor will pull containers of records from steel shelving and palletize the containers of records at the College Park, MD location.

3.4 Record Container Transport Devices: Streamliners and pallet jacks may be used to transport records between shelf locations and pallets within each facility. The Contractor must receive authorization from the NARA Shipping Coordinator before using a transport device other than approved pallets or streamliners. If necessary, the Contractor will provide and use approved conveyors and/or mobile scaffolding to move boxes between the shelves and areas for loading pallets, streamliners, or other transport devices.

3.5 Control of Records and Sequence:

3.5.1 Use of Pull Lists: NARA personnel will provide the Contractor with a list of records to be pulled and palletized. After the contents of the pull list have been pulled and palletized, the Contractor and NARA personnel will sign the pull list to confirm that the records were pulled and palletized from the correct spaces, in proper order, and without significant loss or damage. The Contractor will return all completed pull lists to designated NARA personnel. Some of the record series to be moved are very large and a single pull list may cover multiple truckloads of records.

3.5.2 Use of Transport Device Labels: To ensure further control and accountability of the records and to maintain proper record order during the move, each pallet will be affixed with labels identifying the specific records on the transport device, as well as the specific pull and destination locations. Labels will be provided by the origin facility.

3.5.3 Records Sequence Control: The Contractor will correct any errors caused by Contractor personnel in records order or shelving location that occurred during the pulling and palletization process.

3.6 Contractor Palletize and Move Records:

12 pallets will be loaded on to the truck (1/2 a shipment) per day. NARA will provide staging areas at each location for one shipment (24 pallets). The Contractor will stage records each day in the volume required. A combination of NARA staff and Contractor staff will be required to move the pallets from the stacks and load them onto the trucks.

NARA personnel will ensure the Contractor is provided with the correct records shipment to stage.

4.0 NARA Requirements:

4.1 NARA plans to have records palletized in the same continuous order as they were pulled.

4.2 NARA will provide specific instructions to give the Contractor enough information to execute the provisions of this move. The Shipping Coordinator will inform the Contractor where the records will be shelved.

4.3 NARA staff will develop and distribute the records lists to Contractor personnel each day, weekly, or on a frequency agreed to mutually by the Contractor and NARA.

4.4 NARA staff must always be present when records are being handled. A NARA staff member must always be present around these records, except when they are physically being transported from the origin to the destination.

4.5 NARA staff will verify the accuracy of the records shelved. All discrepancies will be immediately reported to NARA for resolution.

4.6 NARA will provide oversight and guidance on the move project and will coordinate directly with the Contractor's designated Program Manager, Supervisors, or Team Leaders as per the Contractor's quotation and requirements.

4.7 The Contractor will not access the records inside any box, folder, or other container.

4.8 The Contractor will only pull records in the shelf locations designated by NARA at the appropriate origin facility. Any record boxes or items temporarily removed to gain access to the box(es) to be pulled will be returned to their proper place after pulling the box(es).

4.9 The Contractor will ensure there is no loss or damage to the records because of improper handling, movement, packing, unpacking, storage, or improper shelving or palletization. Contractor employees shall not throw, toss, stand, or sit on record boxes at any time. Doing so is grounds for immediate dismissal.

4.10 No food, drink, tobacco use, or gum chewing is permitted in the work areas of any site referenced. (See NARA Food, Drink, and Tobacco Policies) .

4.11 The Contractor will be responsible for maintaining a high standard of cleanliness for the duration of this project. The Contractor is required to perform daily clean-up inside and outside of NARA buildings to remove all debris associated with the move. Failure to do so will result in work being performed by other personnel on the following day and charged back to the Contractor.

4.12 NARA will assign a Shipping Coordinator to provide information about the records to be shelved and to communicate any move-related issues identified by the Contractor to NARA. The Shipping Coordinator will be supported by various NARA staff to provide interpretation and answer questions. NARA Staff will be responsible for the distribution of the records lists, unsealing of the trailers, and providing guidance to the Shipping Coordinator.

4.13 NARA will follow a Quality Assurance Plan (see attachment) and will provide a Quality Assurance Coordinator to provide an oversight of PWS requirements and NARA and Contractor personnel.

4.14 Deficiency Notification: The NARA Shipping Coordinator or Contracting Officer will inform the Contractor about project deficiencies and the corrective actions to be taken as soon as those deficiencies are identified.

5.0 Contractor Requirements:

5.1 The Contractor must ensure that the necessary personnel are available, as needed, to perform all project related work and PWS functions in a timely manner, including Contractor management, supervision, and records movement.

5.2 The Contractor will provide a roster to NARA of all employees (and sub-Contractor employees as appropriate) working at each of the NARA facilities prior to the start of the move. This list must be updated as required to ensure it reflects the current composition of the workforce.

5.3 The Contractor will provide one Program Manager (PM) to oversee the project. This PM will play an active part after the award by attending all scheduled planning meetings that take place before the move. The Contractor will designate the Program Manager as the one contact point to resolve any issues related to all move and contract activities. The Contractor will assign employees to provide supervision at each active source location (Supervisors) and destination during all move hours. When absences are necessary at any of the work sites, the Contractor will assign substitute personnel to fulfill the responsibilities of the Program Manager and Supervisors. When supervisory responsibilities are assigned, the Contractor must inform NARA which employees are assigned those duties. The Contractor will ensure that the Program Manager and Supervisors can communicate with one another during the workday.

5.4 The Contractor will attend move meetings scheduled by NARA to understand NARA's organizations and functions and to coordinate move activities and requirements. The Contractor will be required to attend all scheduled move meetings throughout the duration of the project. Move meetings will include a pre-move meeting to review the move process identified by the Contractor; periodic in-progress move updates; and a post-move wrap up.

5.5 The Contractor and NARA will conduct the pre-move walk-through five (5) days prior to the move date at the destination.

5.6 The Contractor may recommend process improvements to the project. All recommendations should be sent to the NARA Contract COR. NARA will take all recommendations under advisement and will appraise the Contractor of any changes.

6.0 Working Conditions

6.1 Boxes are stored in a warehouse-like environment.

6.2 The shelves in College Park are 8 rows high and rolling ladders are provided.

6.3 Workers should be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

6.4 12 pallets of archival records need to be pulled and palletized each day per the approved schedule. The schedule will be shared once a start date is agreed upon between NARA and the contractor. A total of two to three trucks per week will be completed. College Park, contract labor will be needed to pull, prepare, palletize, and move the records 4 days a week, Monday through Thursday.

6.5 Working crew shall be always escorted by NARA staff.

6.6 The College Park facility is open and available for working crew from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

6.7 Working crew should be on site and ready to work by 7:00 in the College Park.

7.0 Shipping

7.1 40 total trucks will be loaded with 24 pallets.

7.2 1/2 (one half) a shipment (12 pallets) will be packed each scheduled pull and palletization per day.

7.3 The performance period for this project is May 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025 according to the attached schedule.

8.0 Government Furnished Equipment

· Trucks to move the records

· Ladders

· Carts

· Streamliners

· Pallet jacks

· Pallets

· Wrapping materials

8.1 A combination of NARA staff and Contract staff will load the pallets onto the trucks in College Park using a NARA provided forklift.

Work Addresses:

NARA College Park Facility:

8601 Adelphi Rd College Park, MD 20740 POCs: TBD

ATTACHMENT 3

CONTAINERS AND THEIR DIMENSIONS

FRC – Standard Box, 15 x 10.250 x 10.125 inches FRC – Various odd size containers

FRC – Various odd size containers

FRC – Various odd size containers

Standard Hollinger Boxes

ATTACHMENT 4

SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVED PALLETS AND STREAMLINERS

ATTACHMENT 5

FOOD, DRINK, and SMOKING POLICIES

SUBJECT: Food, Drink, and Smoking at NARA facilities

1. Where Are Food and Drink Prohibited? Food and drink are prohibited:

2. What does "food and drink" include?

3. Where may I dispose of food and drink debris?

You must thoroughly clean up all food and drink debris and dispose of wrappers and containers daily in a manner that ensures that holdings do not come in contact with food and drink. All such waste material must be placed in a trash container in an area where food and drink are permitted. Proper disposal of food and drink debris helps protect records from being damaged or stained by food or drink spills and helps to avoid insect and rodent infestations.

4. What is the smoking policy? All NARA locations nationwide have a "smoke-free" policy. Since April 10, 1995, smoking is not allowed inside any NARA facility, including private offices. Smoking is permitted in outside areas, in designated locations at least 50 feet from the entrance to a building.

ATTACHMENT 6

WAGE DETERMINATION

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.: 2015-4281 Daniel W. Simms Division of | Revision No.: 32 Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Revision: 12/23/2024

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 After January 30, 2022 or the contract |applies to the contract.

is renewed or extended (e.g., an option|The contractor must pay all covered is exercised) on or after |workers at least $17.75 per hour (or January 30, 2022. |the applicable wage rate listed on |this wage determination,it is higher) |for all hours spent performing onthe |contract in 2025.

If the contract was awarded on or |Executive Order 13658 generally between January 1, 2015 and January 29,|applies to the contract.

2022, and the contract is not renewed |The contractor must pay all covered or extended on or after January 30, |workers at least $12.90 per hour (or 2022. |the applicable wage rate listed on |this wage determination, (if it is |higher) for all hours spent |performing on the contract in 2024.

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: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia

Area: District of Columbia Statewide Maryland Counties of Calvert, Charles, Prince Georges, Virginia Counties of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fauquier, Loudoun, Manassas, Manassas Park, Prince William, Stafford

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE FOOTNOTE RATE

Administrator

24.01

27.67

30.94

34.50

22.33

25.16

31.50

38.14

45.78

24.23

30.84

27.25

30.48

33.99

37.76

41.82

35.21

38.90

22.95

25.67

28.61

35.21

22.92

25.72

28.79

35.64

43.61

52.76

31.79

31.79

28.21

37.63

41.56

38.51

25.58

31.69

38.77

46.90

38.90

31.79

38.90

31.47

38.58

46.57

32.78

39.66

47.53

32.78

32.78

39.66

18.33

26.31

20.84

16.85***

19.93

17.71***

22.77

24.71

27..88

27.88

19.33

15.83***

***Workers in this classification may be entitled to a higher minimum wage under Executive Order 14026 ($17.75 per hour) or 13658 ($13.30 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. The minimum wage requirements of Executive Order 14026 also are not currently being enforced as to any contract or subcontract to which the states of Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi, including their agencies, are a party.

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: $5.36 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $214.40 per week or $929.07 per month HEALTH & WELFARE EO 13706: $4.93 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $197.20 per week, or $854.53 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. (See 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 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).

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.