OK, I'll try this again; Contracting is not my area so sorry if I was not clear on this question... I have 5 work areas, all are maintained and operated by a one Prime Contractor for equipment operation, maintenance and support. I have tasked the Prime Contractor to Sub Contract facilities repair work in the past in support of their operation. Some of this work involves construction work, not buildings but cement work, grading and erecting steel catwalks, platforms and towers at the work sites. The Prime Contractor worked all phases of the past task, requirements, bid reviews, and sub contract award, all under the guidelines and guidance of the Contracting Office and the assigned CO. They also reviewed the sub contractor plans, drawing and work with the Center Facilities Engineering Branch, Safety Office, everything worked out great, on time and within budget.
Now the problem; as stated by the new Contracting Office Manager for the Center, even though our Prime Contractors Company performs facility constriction work at other Gov. Installations and the other facilities have Davis Bacon written into the contract for that facility, the contract with our Center does not, so we cannot allow this type work here, even if sub contracted out by the Prime. I requested a Contract mod to include address construction and was told it?s not possible. The CO has informed me that any additional work, per his new Manger, will be through her Office. The Prime Contractor cannot write requirements, oversee any of the work at their site, may not address safety plans but, will still have a requirement to provide details of the required work to CO to insure they have the correct information to get the work sub contracted.
My question is, can a Government Contractor for operation and maintenance of a government site, Sub out light facility construction work within their work area, with the proper approval and oversight by the COTAR and CO. Are there limits on the dollar value and the type of work performed and what FAR process addresses this?