Are DBA wages used when determining the price schedules for contractors (specifically in our State for Weatherization agencies and utilities)? Do the price schedules account for the higher Davis-Bacon wages?
I am assuming from your question that a price list was developed for local weatherization agencies to use when hiring contractors and that the price list was based upon the project wage determination developed by the Department of Labor (DOL) specifically for the low income Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). The WAP project wage determinations may not be used for State Energy Program (SEP) and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. A price list developed from the WAP project wage determinations cannot be used for contractors working on Recovery Act-funded SEP and EECBG program grants, because contractors must pay their employees the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) prevailing wages for the work performed and the wage rates are, in most cases, higher under the DOL prevailing wage determinations than they are under the DOL Weatherization Assistance Program wage determinations. In the WAP, contractors must pay the wages set forth in the project wage determinations deve
