U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20210 January 19, 1972 MEMORANDUM #104 TO: All Government Contracting Agencies of the Federal Government and the District of Columbia SUBJECTS ISSUANCE OF DAVIS-BACON AND RELATED ACTS PROJECT WAGE DETERENATIONS Memorandum #102,dated December 8, 1971, announced plans to decentralize issuance of Davis-Bacon and related Acts project wage determinations. Memorandum #103, dated December 17, 1971, advised agencies of a delay in the effective date of this decentralization. It had been planned that each Regional Administrator of the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) would issue the project wage determina- tions. This has been subject to further review and discussion with interested parties and it has now been decided that project wage deter- minations will, as in the past, be issued from Washington. The primary purpose of the original decentralization proposal remains unchanged: that is, to make effective use of ESA field staff capa- bilities to place the system of gathering and analyzing wage data closer to the source and to utilize local knowledge of wage practices in order to expedite the issuance of accurate determinations. Accord- ingly, this portion of the plan remains unchanged and will be placed into effect beginning March 6, 1972. This will allow time for agencies to make procedural changes. Essentially the procedure will be as follows: 1. All requests for Davis-Bacon and related Acts project wage determinations are to be sent to the appropriate Regional Administrator as shown on the attached list. (If an agency desires to begin sending such requests to the Regional Administrator prior to March 6, 1972, this will cause no problem.) 2. These requests will be controlled at the Regional Office and immediate steps will be taken to compile any neces- sary wage payment data to support a determination. This will be coordinated at all times with our National Office and with interested parties who have wage data input. 2 3. The ESA Regional Office will be responsible for advance planning to ascertain to the extent possible where and. when construction projects are to be undertaken by each agency. The purpose of this is to be in a position to undertake prompt wage surveys, if appropriate or neces- sary, so that when a request for a project determination is received adequate data will be available for inclusion with any other pertinent data in the wage determination. We urgently need agency cooperation in this advance plan- ning to avoid delays. k. Each ESA region has a Wage Specialist to deal specifically with wage determinations and other matters arising in the administration of the Davis-Bacon and related Acts. The Wage Specialists are available to assist contracting officers in resolving problems. 5. Copies of wage determinations issued from our Washington office will be delivered to the requesting contracting officers through the Regional Offices which originally, received the requests. The determination and supporting data will be available for public inspection at the., Regional Office and in our Washington office. It is recognized that this new procedure may have some "growing pains We will act promptly to iron out any troubles. But we need help and cooperation from all concerned, particularly the contracting agencies. Any suggestions will be appreciated and considered. Horace E. Menasco Administrator Attachment ATTACHNENT - NEMORANDUM # 104 Boston Region For the States of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut: Mr. Edwin C. Satter, Regional Administrator Employment Standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor Room 1612C, John F. Kennedy Federal Building Government Center Boston, Massachusetts 02203 Stanley C. Wollaston, (Telephone: 617-223-2035) Assistant Regional Administrator 617-223-6716 New York Region For the States of New York and New Jersey and 40 Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands: Mr. Frank B. Mercurio, Regional Administrator Employment Standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor 907 U. S. Parcel Post Building 341 Ninth Avenue New York, New York 10001 Hazel Sakiel, wage specialist (Telepbpne: 212-971-5451) 212-971-5633 Philadelphia Region For the States of Pennsylvania; Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia: Mr. Charles M. Angell, Regional Administrator. Employment Standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor Room 704C, 1317 Filbert Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Joe Jaffe, Wage Specialist (Telephone: 215-597-9633) 215-597-9928 ATTACHMENT MENDRANDUM #104 Page 2 Atlanta Region For the States of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi: Regional administrator Employment Standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor Room 331, 1371 Peachtree Street, NE. Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Jerry Parks, Wage Specialist (Telephone: 404-526-5801) Chicago Region For the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin: Mr. Gerald J. Mitchell, Regional Administrator Employment standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor United States Courthouse and Federal Office Building, Room 742 219 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Jerry Iverson, Wage Specialist (Telephone: 312-353-7280) 312-353-1399 Dallas Region For the States of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana: Mr. Philip F. Arrien, Regional Administrator Employment Standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor Room 13F12, 1100 Commerce Street Dallas, Texas 75201 Lester Burnett, Wage Specialist (Telephone: 214-749-2037) ATTACHNENT - MEMORANDUM #104 Page 3 Kansas City Region For the States of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa: Mr. Doyle I. Loveridge, Regional Administrator Employment Standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor Room 2000, Federal Office Building Sidney Sample, Assistant 911 Walnut Street Regional Administrator Kansas City, Missouri 64102 816-374-5385 (Telephone: 816-374-5381) Denver Region For the States of Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana: This will be handled temporarily from the Kansas City Region. San Francisco Region For the States of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii, and for Guam, and various Pacific Islands: Regional Administrator Employment Standards Administration U. S. Department of Labor 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 10431 Mildred Leigh, wage Specialist San Francisco, California 94102 415-556-3663 (Telephone: 415-556-1318) Seattle Region For the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska: This will be handled temporarily by the San Francisco Region. Note: where no Wage Specialist is listed, the name, etc., will be furnished shortly in a subsequent Memorandum. The Assistant Regional Administrator listed will act in the interim. The Seattle and Denver Regional Offices are expected to be operational in the near future.