Service Contract Act Boot Camp

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Overview

The Service Contract Act (SCA) is one of the most challenging acts in federal contracting. The SCA covers the award and administration of covered contracts. Attendees are provided with a detailed comprehensive text that covers the regulations, board and court decisions and the latest compliance issues from the Department of Labor. This class provides detailed information on how to identify and mitigate risk under the SCA.

Topics

• Overview of the Service Contract Act (SCA)
  1. Purpose and scope
  2. Definitions
  3. Roles and responsibilities
  4. Exemptions
• Solicitation and Award Issues
  1. Solicitations without wage determinations
  2. Award without required wage determination
  3. Notification of improper wage determination before award
• Wage Determinations
  1. Place of performance issues
  2. Procedures for obtaining wage determinations
  3. Prevailing wage determinations
  4. Revisions to prevailing wages
  5. Incorrect wage determinations
  6. Missing wage determinations
  7. Delays in issuing after bid opening or commencement of work
  8. Conformance procedures and requests
• Wage determinations based on Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)
  1. Coverage
  2. Section 4 (c) successorship with incumbent contractor
• Basic wage and Fringe Benefits Rules
  1. Vacations – vesting, continuous service requirement
  2. Holidays – applicability, duty to provide
  3. Health and welfare – methods for determining, cash payments, bona fide plans, method for determining H&W benefits
  4. Special Issues on Vesting
  5. Cash payments versus bona fide benefits and combinations of cash and bona fide benefit plans
  6. Unique issues of successors
  7. Part-time employees and SCA benefits
• Overtime payments
• Related Laws
  1. Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act
  2. Davis-Bacon Act
  3. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
  4. Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
• Multi Year Contracts
  1. Computing Adjustments
• Special GSA and VA Schedule Issues
• Enforcement
  1. DOL Investigations
  2. Audits
  3. Recordkeeping
  4. Consequences for Violation
  5. Payment Withholding
  6. Disputes
  7. Debarment
• Ten Most Important Facts to Know about the SCA to avoid pitfalls

Learn How To...

• Apply wage and fringe benefit rules;
• Avoid violations;
• Fulfill SCA obligations;
• Understand special compliance issues.

Who Should Attend

• Contract Managers and Administrators
• Executives
• Human Resource Managers
• Personnel responsible for preparing proposals
• Contracting officers and specialists
• Program and project mangers and officers

Dates & Locations

The $1095 registration fee includes breakfast, light refreshments, and course materials. View our registration policies.

Hours

8:30 AM–3:30 PM Both days
Breakfast and registration open at 8:00 AM.

This course is recommended for 11 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs). It also offers 1.1 Continuing Education Units (CEU). A Federal Contracting Institute® certificate of completion will be provided to all attendees upon conclusion of the class.

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