(a) The Department of Labor publishes general wage determinations
under the Davis-Bacon Act on the WDOL Internet Web site. If there is a
general wage determination applicable to the project, the agency may use
it without notifying the Department of Labor, Provided, That questions
concerning its use shall be referred to the Department of Labor in
accordance with Sec. 1.6(b).
(b)(1) If a general wage determination is not available, the Federal
agency shall request a wage determination under the Davis-Bacon Act or
any of its related prevailing wage statutes by submitting Form SF-308 to
the Department of Labor at this address: U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, Branch of
Construction Contract Wage Determination, Washington, DC 20210. In
preparing Form SF-308, the agency shall check only those classifications
that will be needed in the performance of the work. Inserting a note
such as ``entire schedule'' or ``all applicable classifications'' is not
sufficient. Additional classifications needed that are not on the form
may be typed in the blank spaces or on a separate list and attached to
the form.
(2) In completing SF-308, the agency shall furnish:
(i) A sufficiently detailed description of the work to indicate the
type of construction involved. Additional description or separate
attachment, if necessary for identification of type of project, shall be
furnished.
(ii) The county (or other civil subdivision) and State in which the
proposed project is located.
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(3) Such request for a wage determination shall be accompanied by
any pertinent wage payment information that may be available. When the
requesting agency is a State highway department under the Federal-Aid
Highway Acts as codified in 23 U.S.C. 113, such agency shall also
include its recommendations as to the wages which are prevailing for
each classification of laborers and mechanics on similar construction in
the area.
(c) The time required for processing requests for wage
determinations varies according to the facts and circumstances in each
case. An agency should anticipate that such processing in the Department
of Labor will take at least 30 days.
