Section 2(a) of the Act covers contracts (and any bid specification
therefor) in excess of $2,500 which are ``entered into by the * * *
District of Columbia.'' The contracts of all agencies and
instrumentalities which procure contract services for or on behalf of
the District or under the authority of the District Government are
contracts entered into by the District of Columbia within the meaning of
this provision. Such contracts are also considered contracts entered
into with the Federal Government or the United States within the meaning
of section 2(b), section 5, and the other provisions of the Act. The
legislative history indicates no intent to distinguish District of
Columbia contracts from the other contracts made subject to the Act, and
traditionally, under other statutes, District Government contracts have
been made subject to the same labor standards provisions as contracts of
agencies and instrumentalities of the United States.
[48 FR 49762, Oct. 27, 1983; 48 FR 50529, Nov. 2, 1983]
