Service Contract Act for Government

This event qualifies for 1.6 CEUs

This event qualifies for 16 CLPs

The Service Contract Act (SCA) is one of the most challenging acts in federal contracting. The SCA covers the award and administration of covered contracts. Attendees are provided with a detailed comprehensive text that covers more than the regulations, board and court decisions and the latest compliance issues from the Department of Labor. You will learn how to do price adjustments, handle conformance requests and SCA contract management issues in our interactive workshops.

Topics:

Overview of the Service Contract Act (SCA)
- Purpose and scope
- Definitions
- Roles and responsibilities
- Exemptions
- Enforcement
Solicitation and Award Issues
- Solicitations with Wage Determinations
- Solicitations with Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Multiple Location Issues
- Award without required wage determination
- Notification of improper wage determination before award
Wage Determinations
- Place of performance issues
- Procedures for obtaining wage determinations
- Prevailing wage determinations
- Revisions to prevailing wages
- Incorrect wage determinations
- Missing wage determinations
- Delays in issuing after bid opening or commencement of work
- Conformance procedures and requests
Wage determinations based on Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)
- Coverage
- Section 4 (c) successorship with incumbent contractor
Basic Wage and Fringe Benefits Rules
- Vacations – vesting, continuous service requirement
- Holidays – applicability, duty to provide
- Health and welfare – methods for determining, cash payments, bona fide plans, contractor methods for
  determining H&W benefits
- Special Issues on Vesting
- Cash payments versus bona fide benefits and combinations of cash and bona fide benefit plans
- Unique issues of successors
- Part-time employees and SCA benefits
- Benefits covered by non-SCA Labor Laws
Overtime payments
Related Laws
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Davis-Bacon Act
- Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
Multi Year Contracts
- Option years
- Computing Adjustments
Enforcement
- DOL Investigations
- Audits
- Recordkeeping
- Consequences for Violation
- Payment Withholding
- Dispute Resolution Procedures
- Debarment
The Ten Things You Need to Know About Managing SCA Covered Contracts

Learning Objectives:

Learn How to Award and Manage SCA Covered Contracts – Workshop!
Ask the Right Questions on Contractor Wage and Benefit Requirements
Do Option Year Price Adjustments – Workshop!
Interface with the Department of Labor
Handle Conformance Requests – Workshop!
Understand Special SCA Compliance Issues – Workshop!
Dealing with Multiple Locations – Workshop!
Dealing with Multiple Labor Laws- Workshop!

Who Should Attend:

Contracting Officers
Contract Specialists
Program Managers
COTRS
Project Officers
Anyone Awarding or Managing SCA Covered Contracts

What’s Included:

Breakfast
Refreshments throughout the day
Course materials

Speaker and Presenter Information

Diane Truman is one of the preeminent experts in the Service Contract Act and the Davis-Bacon Act. She is the former Navy Labor Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition). As Navy Labor Advisor, Ms. Truman’s responsibilities included: developing, implementing, and revising Department of the Navy policies on matters involving contractor industrial labor relations and contract labor standards. She speaks on the Davis-Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act throughout the country.

Ms. Truman received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Florida State University in 1964. In 1966, she joined the U. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division as a field investigator in Columbus, Georgia. In 1969, Ms. Truman transferred to the Wage and Hour field station in Brevard County, Florida, where a large part of her labor law enforcement responsibilities involved the aerospace and defense industries. In 1985, Ms. Truman moved to the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, Tampa, Florida, to conduct civil and criminal investigations of labor union financial and internal political activities.

In 1988, Ms. Truman accepted the position of Air Force Labor Advisor, Northeast Region, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The region covered 22 states and Air Force interests in Europe and the Middle East. She worked for the Air Force until 1993 when she was offered the position of Command Labor Advisor for Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC). She served with NAVFAC until 2001 when she was selected to be the Navy Labor Advisor. Ms. Truman served on the Defense Acquisition Regulation Council’s ad hoc Labor Subcommittee from 1993 until her retirement, drafting numerous federal contract labor regulations. In 2003, Ms. Truman served with the WDOL.gov Task Force and was instrumental in designing and implementing the new website. Ms. Truman has provided support to both Air Force and Navy contracting officers and counsel on various claims and hearings involving contract labor standards.

Since her retirement, Ms. Truman has provided advice and guidance to numerous federal agencies, contractors, and labor organizations on contract labor standards issues.

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC