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example, Sunstate International Management Services, Inc. Comp. Gen. Dec. B-227036, 87-2 CPD
124, 31 Jul 87). If the contractor bids unreasonably low labor rates, the conformance action cannot be
used as a method to enhance the contractor's financial position to the detriment of the employees. Upon
completion of the conformance proposal review steps noted above, the CO or his representative should
forward the proposal to:
Administrator, Wage and Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20210
8-4. Conformance Appeals. As an interested party, the CO may disagree with the DOL's determination
with respect to a conformance action. The CO may therefore request re- consideration of the DOL's
decision by forwarding objective information/data to the Administrator who will respond within 30 days
of the request. If the Administrator denies the request for re- consideration, the CO may pursue the
matter through a petition to:
Board of Service Contract Appeals
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20210
Any appeals to the Board should be closely coordinated with the District Labor Advisor.
8-5. Complaints. Unlike the DBA, contracting agencies have no enforcement authority under the SCA.
Thus, all complaints or allegations of non-compliance are to be promptly referred by COs to the
appropriate Regional Office of the DOL (see FAR 22.1024). A complaint may be filed by any
employee, labor or trade organization, contracting agency or other interested person or organization. The
identity of an employee who makes a confidential written or oral statement as a complaint or in the course
of a DOL investigation, as well as portions of the statement which would reveal his identity, will not be
disclosed without the prior consent of the employee. CIR Representatives should be cognizant of the
"whistleblower" protections created by Sections 6005 and 6006 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining
Act of 1994, P.L. 103-355. The implementing regulation (FAR 3.903) provides that "Government
contractors shall not discharge, demote or otherwise discriminate against an employee as a reprisal for
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