(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the
Federal agency shall initially request a wage determination under the
Davis-Bacon Act or any of its related prevailing wage statutes by
submitting Standard Form 308 to the Department of Labor at this address:
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage
and Hour Division, Branch of Construction Contract Wage Determination,
Washington, DC 20210.
The agency shall check only those classifications on the applicable form
which will be needed in the performance of the work. Inserting a note
such as ``entire schedule'' or ``all applicable classifications'' is not
sufficient. Additional classifications needed which are not on the form
may be typed in the blank spaces or on a separate list and attached to
the form.
(2) In completing SF-308, the agency shall furnish:
(i) A sufficiently detailed description of the work to indicate the
type of construction involved. Additional description or separate
attachment, if necessary for identification of type of project, shall be
furnished.
(ii) The county (or other civil subdivision) and State in which the
proposed project is located.
(3) Such request for a wage determination shall be accompanied by
any pertinent wage payment information which may be available. When the
requesting agency is a State highway department under the Federal-Aid
Highway Acts as codified in 23 U.S.C. 113, such agency shall also
include its recommendations as to the wages which are prevailing for
each classification of laborers and mechanics on similar construction in
the area.
(b) Whenever the wage patterns in a particular area for a particular
type of construction are well settled and whenever it may be reasonably
anticipated that there will be a large volume of procurement in that
area for such a type of construction, the Administrator, upon the
request of a Federal agency or in his/her discretion, may furnish notice
of a general wage determination in the Federal Register when, after
consideration of the facts and circumstances involved, the Administrator
finds that the applicable statutory standards and those of this part
will be met. If there is a general wage determination applicable to the
project, the agency may use it without notifying the Department of
Labor, Provided, That questions concerning its use shall be referred to
the Department of Labor in accordance with Sec. 1.6(b). General wage
determinations are published in the Government Printing Office (GPO)
document entitled ``General Wage Determinations Issued Under The Davis-
Bacon And Related Acts''. (See appendix C for publication details and
information on how to obtain general wage determinations.)
(c) The time required for processing requests for wage
determinations varies according to the facts and circumstances in each
case. An agency should anticipate that such processing
in the Department of Labor will take at least 30 days.
[48 FR 19533, Apr. 29, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 503l3, Nov. 1, 1983; 50
FR 49823, Dec. 4, 1985]
