Attachment 4 NI draft Wage Rates.pdf

Request for Qualifications (Phase I) Lock and Dam #3 Navigation Improvements

Design‐Build Procurement

July 2009

Attachment 4 – Draft Wage Rates for RFP (Stage II) For Information Only

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

St. Paul District

W912ES‐09‐R‐0025

USACE St. Paul District July 2009

Lock and Dam #3 Navigation Improvements Solicitation No. W912ES‐09‐R‐0025 Attachment 4

WAGE RATES

It is anticipated that the RFP solicitation will include the following wage rates:

IL080019 Dredging IL080019‐1 through IL080019‐4

MN080059 Heavy MN080059‐1 through MN080059‐9

WI080019 Heavy WI080019‐1 through WI080019‐19

APPLICABLE WAGE DECISION

The terms ‘dredging’ and ‘dredging equipment’ are defined for the purpose of providing the Contractor with guidance as to which Davis‐Bacon Act wage determination applies to various portions of the project work. The Davis‐Bacon Wage Decision entitled IL080019 Dredging shall apply to all ‘dredging’ as that term is defined below. The Davis‐Bacon Wage Decisions entitled MN080059 and WI080019 Heavy shall apply to all contract work that is not ‘dredging’ as that term is defined below.

Definitions

A. ‘Dredging’ is defined as the excavation of material from the confines of a waterbody and its transportation to a designated disposal site by the use of ‘dredging equipment’.

B. Hydraulic ‘dredging equipment’ consists of the dredge, its attendant plant and the pipeline (including booster pumps, both floating and land based) used to excavate material and transport the dredged slurry to the disposal site or sites.

C. Mechanical ‘dredging equipment’ consists of a clamshell, dragline, backhoe, bucket ladder or other mechanical excavation equipment on a barge or other suitable floating plant and the barges and tenders used to transport the dredged spoil to shore.

D. Dredging equipment does not include land based equipment used for attending disposal areas or off‐loading barges at the disposal site.

Work under this contract will be performed in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. Some work under this contract may require members of the contractor's work force to perform work in both states.

The contractor shall segregate the work performed in each state and under each wage determination on its payrolls. In the event that it is impracticable to segregate an employee's work, or in the event of a conflict as to the place of performance of that work, the wage classification (and rate) resulting in the highest rate of pay/fringe benefits to that employee will apply.