Special Prevailing Wage Determination from the Federal Wage and Hour Division need to be requested by the Contracting Officer or Agency. The Davis-Bacon & Related Act provisions contain a conformance procedure in order to establish an enforceable wage and benefit rate for unlisted/missing classifications. In order to request a project wage determination you will need to complete a Standard Form 308 (SF-308) “Request for Determination and Response to Request” and send it to: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, Branch of Construction Wage Determinations, Washington D.C. 20210.
The project decisions are applicable only to the particular project that was issued and effective for 180 days. If for some reason you do not use the project decision within the allotted time frame, the decision will become void. The Iowa contractor must initiate the request by submitting to the Contracting Officer or Agency a request for authorization of Additional Classification and Rate (SF1444).