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- i <br /> (ii.) Whenever the minimum wage rate prescribed into the contract for a class of laborers or <br /> mechanics includes a fringe benefit which is not expressed as an hourly rate,the contractor <br /> shall either pay the benefit as stated in the wage determination or shall pay another bona fide <br /> fringe benefit or an hourly cash equivalent thereof. <br /> (iii.) If the contractor does not make payments to a trustee or other third person,the contractor may <br /> consider as part of the wages of any laborer or mechanic the amount of any costs reasonably <br /> anticipated in providing bona fide fringe benefits under a plan or program,provided,that the <br /> Secretary of Labor has found,upon the written reguest of the contractor,that the applicable <br /> standards of the Davis-Sacon Act have been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the <br /> contractor to set aside in a separate account assets for the meeting of obligations under the <br /> plan or program. <br /> (iv.) A. The contracting officer shall require that any class of laborers or mechanics that is not <br /> listed in the wage determination and that is to be employed under the contract shall <br /> be Gassified in conformance with the wage determination. The contracting officer <br /> shall approve an additional ctassification and wage rate and fringe benefits therefor <br /> only when the following criteria have been met: <br /> 1. The work to be performed by the classification requested is not performed by <br /> a classification in the wage determination;and <br /> 2. The classification is utilized in the area by the construction industry; and <br /> 3. The proposed wage rate,including any bona fide fringe benefits, bears a <br /> reasonable relationship to the wage rates contained in the wage <br /> determination. <br /> B. If the contractor and the laborers and mechanics to be employed in the classification <br /> (if known),or their representatives,and the contracting o�cer agree on the <br /> classification and wage rate(including the amount designated for fringe benefits <br /> where appropriate),a report of the action taken shall be sent by the contracting officer <br /> to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards <br /> Administration, U.S. Department of Labor,Washington, D.C.20210. The <br /> Adrteinistraior,o�an authorized representative,will approve,modify,or disapprove <br /> every additional classification action within 30 days of receipt and so advise the <br /> contracting officer or will notify the contracting officer within the 30-day period that <br /> additional time is necessary. <br /> C. In the event the contractor,the laborers or mechanics to be employed in the <br /> classification or their representatives,and the contracting officer do not agree on the <br /> proposed classification and wage rate(including the amount designated for fringe <br /> benefits,where appropriate),the contracting officer shall refer the questions,including <br /> the views of all interested parties and the recommendation of the contracting officer, <br /> to the Administrator for determination. The Administrator,or an authorized <br /> representative,will issue a determination within 30 days of receipt and so advise the <br /> contracting officer or will ratiFy the a�ntracting officer within the 30-day period that <br /> additional time is necessary. <br /> D. The wage rate(including fringe benefits where appropriate)determined pursuant to <br /> 29 C.F.R.§5.5(a)(1)(v)(B)or 29 C.F.R.§ 5.5(a)(1)(v)(C),shall be paid to all workers <br /> perForming work in the classification under this contract from the first day on which <br /> work is performed in the classification. <br /> State/Federal Capital Grant page 28 <br />