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uocuDrgn tr,rverope tut YulzoczJ odEc 44oA 9Ao4 4r+luuA/bouu 01072o-AXN a Member accesses Vendor's Equipment, Products, or Services with United States federal funds. A. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. Except as otherwise provided under 41 C.F.R. 5 60, all contracts that meet the definition of "federally assisted construction contract" in 41 C.F.R. 5 60- 1.3 must inciude the equal opportunity clause provided under 41 C.F.R. 560-1.4(b), in accordance with Executive Order'J.7246, "Egual Employment Opportunity'' (30 FR 12319, 12935,3 C.F.R, 5, 1964-1965 Comp., p.339), as amended by Executive Order 1,1375, "Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity," and implementing regulations at 41 C.F.R. 5 60, "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor." The equal opportunity clause is incorporated herein by reference. B. DAVIS-BACON ACT, AS AMENDED (40 U.S.C. S 3141-3148). When required by federal program legislation, all prime construction contracts in excess of 52,000 awarded by non- federal entities must include a provision for compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. S 3141-3144, and 3146-3148) as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations {29 C.F.R. 5 5, "Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction"). ln 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 bythe Secretary of Labor. ln addition, contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once a week. The non-federal entity must place a copy ofthe 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 ofthe 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. 5 3145), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations {29 C.F.R. $ 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 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. Vendor must be in compliance with all applicable Davis-Bacon Act provisions. C. CONTRACT WORK HoURs AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACr (40 U.S.c. S 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.5.C. 5 37O2 and 3704, as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 C.F.R. S 5). Under 40 U.S.C. 5 3702 of the Act, each contractor must be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of 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. 5 3704 are applicable to construction Rev.4/2019 13