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' BID PROPOSAL
<br /> RETURN WITH BID
<br /> Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210. The
<br /> ' Administrator, or an authorized representative, will approve, modify or disapprove every additional
<br /> classification action within 30 days of receipt and so advise IEPA or will notify IEPA within the 30-day
<br /> period that additional time is necessary.
<br /> ' (C) In the event the contractor, the laborers or mechanics to be employed in the classification or their
<br /> representatives, and the subrecipient do not agree on the proposed classification and wage rate(including
<br /> the amount designated for fringe benefits,where appropriate),the award official shall refer the questions,
<br /> ' including the views of all interested parties and the recommendation of the award official, to the
<br /> Administrator for determination. The Administrator, or an authorized representative, will issue a
<br /> determination within 30 days of receipt and so advise the contracting officer or will notify the contracting
<br /> officer within the 30-day period that additional time is necessary.
<br /> (D) The wage rate (including fringe benefits where appropriate) determined pursuant to paragraphs
<br /> (a)(1)(ii)(B)or(C) of this section,shall be paid to all workers performing work in the classification under
<br /> ' this contract from the first day on which work is performed in the classification.
<br /> (iii) Whenever the minimum wage rate prescribed in the contract for a class of laborers or mechanics
<br /> includes a fringe benefit which is not expressed as an hourly rate, the contractor shall either pay the
<br /> benefit as stated in the wage determination or shall pay another bona fide fringe benefit or an hourly cash
<br /> equivalent thereof.
<br /> ' (iv) 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 anticipated
<br /> in providing bona fide fringe benefits under a plan or program. Provided, that the Secretary of Labor has
<br /> ' found, upon the written request of the contractor, that the applicable standards of the Davis-Bacon Act
<br /> have been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the contractor to set aside in a separate account assets
<br /> for the meeting of obligations under the plan or program.
<br /> (2) Withholding, the subrecipient shall upon written request of the USEPA Award Official or an
<br /> authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be withheld from the
<br /> ' contractor under this contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other
<br /> federally-assisted contract subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, which is held by the
<br /> same prime contractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to
<br /> pay laborers and mechanics, including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the contractor or
<br /> ' any subcontractor the full amount of wages required by the contract. In the event of failure to pay any
<br /> laborer or mechanic, including any apprentice, trainee, or helper, employed or working on the site of the
<br /> work, all or part of the wages required by the contract, the (Agency) may, after written notice to the
<br /> contractor, sponsor,applicant, or owner,take such actions as may be necessary to cause the suspension of
<br /> any further payment,advance,or guarantee of funds until such violations have ceased.
<br /> (3)Payrolls and basic records.
<br /> (i) Payrolls and basic records relating thereto shall be maintained by the contractor during the course of
<br /> the work and preserved for a period of three years thereafter for all laborers and mechanics working at the
<br /> site of the work. Such records shall contain the name, address, and social security number of each such
<br /> worker, his or her correct classification, hourly rates of wages paid (including rates of contributions or
<br /> costs anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits or cash equivalents thereof of the types described in section
<br /> ' 1(b)(2)(B) of the Davis-Bacon Act), daily and weekly number of hours worked, deductions made and
<br /> actual wages paid.Whenever the Secretary of Labor has found under 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1)(iv)that the wages
<br /> of any laborer or mechanic include the amount of any costs reasonably anticipated in providing benefits
<br /> ' under a plan or program described in section 1(b)(2)(B) of the Davis-Bacon Act, the contractor shall
<br /> maintain records which show that the commitment to provide such benefits is enforceable,that the plan or
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