EP 1180-1-1
1 Aug 01
b. For purposes of the Blanket wage determinations, the Office of the Chief Counsel, CECC-C, will
serve as the national coordinator and it is suggested that each interested MSC designate a blanket
coordinator who will in turn be responsible for the training of those ordinarily tasked with the SCA wage
request responsibility. Those offices wishing to develop Blanket Request proposals should coordinate
with CECC-C. Training outlines and materials (including a detailed action plan for the development and
submission of a Blanket wage determination request) are available through that office.
c. DOL has determined that there are four major procurement actions that are ineligible for Blanket
wage determination participation. For the following service contracts, contracting officers are to continue
to submit individual SF 98's:
(1) The service employees of a predecessor (incumbent) contractor are subject to a
collective-bargaining agreement (CBA), or service employees, although not covered by the CBA, were
subject to the minimum rates and fringe benefits of a predecessor's contract pursuant to section 4{c} of
the Act.
(2) The locality where the contract services will be performed is unknown (i.e., outside of the blanket
area being requested).
(3) Federal employees may be displaced (i.e., A-76).
(4) There will be consolidations or re-configurations of existing contracts.
d. It should also be stressed that for participating offices there are significant start-up requirements
for this program. The experience of the participating pilot project agencies has been that the initial
investment in time and resources resulted in more expeditious procurement during the blanket year.
Subsequent annual requests will also be more easily facilitated due to the initial compilation and
organization of material.
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