I need to request a Special Prevailing Wage Determination for my Louisiana Davis-Bacon project, how do I do this?

For your Louisiana Davis-Bacon project, please have the Contracting Officer or Agency request the Special Prevailing Wage Determination from the Federal Wage and Hour division.  Please note that the Davis Bacon & Related Act provisions contain a conformance procedure for the purpose of establishing an enforceable benefit rate and wage for unlisted/missing classifications.

If you need to request a Wage Determination for your Davis-Bacon project, a Standard Form 308 (SF-308) “Request for Determination and Response to Request” should be used by the agency (usually Federal) . Once completed, the SF-308 should be sent to:

U.S. Department of Labor

Employment Standards Administration

Wage and Hour Division

Branch of Construction Wage Determinations

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Project decisions are applicable only to the particular project for which they are issued and are effective for 180 days. If you do not use the project within that time frame, it is void.  The contractor must initiate the request by submitting a Request for Authorization of Additional Classification and Rate (SF1444) to the Contracting Officer or Agency.