R2025-195 Resolution Authorizing Accepting the Bid and Authorizing the Work of Door Replacement for Transit Facilities with B&B Glass

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31 If the Recipient must provide a non-federal share,unless FTA has stated otherwise in writing that the Recipient may defer the non-federal share:The Recipient will not request or obtain more federal assistance than justified by the eligible non-federal share it has provided; The Recipient will not cause the proportion of federal assistance available for the Award at any time to exceed the percentage of federal assistance authorized and documented in the Underlying Agreement;and When combined with federal payments,the Recipient will be able to demonstrate that the non-federal share will be adequate to cover all eligible costs incurred in support of the Award. Davis-Bacon Act As amended(40 U.S.C.§§3141—3148).When required by federal program legislation,all prime construction contracts in excess of$2,000 awarded by non-federal entities must include a provision for compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act(40 U.S.C.§§3141—3144,and 3146—3148)as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations(29 CFR Part 5,"Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction"). In accordance with the statute,contractors must be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the prevailing wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of Labor. In addition,contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once a week.The nonfederal entity must place a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of Labor in each solicitation.The decision to award a contract or subcontract must be conditioned upon the acceptance of the wage determination. The non-federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the federal awarding agency. The contracts must also include a provision for compliance with the Copeland"Anti-Kickback"Act(40 U.S.C.§3145),as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations(29 CFR Part 3, "Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States").The Act provides that each contractor or subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means,any person employed in the construction,completion,or repair of a public work,to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is otherwise entitled.The non-federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the federal awarding agency. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. §§3701—3708).Where applicable,all contracts awarded by the non-federal entity in excess of$100,000 that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for compliance with 40 U.S.C.§§3702 and 3704,as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations(29 CFR Part 5). Under 40 U.S.C.§3702 of the Act,each contractor must be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer based on a standard work week of 40 hours.Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than one and a half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. The requirements of 40 U.S.C. §3704 are applicable to construction work and provide that no laborer or mechanic must be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous.These requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on the open market,or contracts for transportation or transmission of intelligence. FY2022 Contractors Manual—Procurement 9-55 Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement If the federal award meets the definition of"funding agreement"under 37 C.F.R.§401.2(a)and the recipient or subrecipient wishes to enter into a contract with a small business firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of parties,assignment or performance of experimental, developmental,or research work under that"funding agreement,"the recipient or subrecipient must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR Part 401,"Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit