L_Richardson Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 Can a labor hour contract have a specific labor category (e.g. administrative assistant) with multiple fixed hourly rates when all work will be performed by the prime contractor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 Could you please elaborate; are you referring to multiple rates for one person or position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Richardson Posted November 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 9 hours ago, joel hoffman said: Could you please elaborate; are you referring to multiple rates for one person or position? By position/labor category. The contract has several administrative assistant positions, which are specifically covered under the SCA, but some positions have different hourly rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreadfed Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 38 minutes ago, L_Richardson said: The contract has several administrative assistant positions, which are specifically covered under the SCA, but some positions have different hourly rates. Do(es) the applicable wage determination(s) show different rates for the position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, L_Richardson said: By position/labor category. The contract has several administrative assistant positions, which are specifically covered under the SCA, but some positions have different hourly rates. The SCA rates are minimums, aren’t they? I don’t see why there couldn’t be multiple contract rates. Is this a negotiated contract or is there only one line/subline item for admin assistant positions in a solicitation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Richardson Posted November 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Retreadfed said: Do(es) the applicable wage determination(s) show different rates for the position? No, the SCA WD only has one administrative assistant labor category with a single rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Richardson Posted November 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 20 minutes ago, joel hoffman said: The SCA rates are minimums, aren’t they? I don’t see why there couldn’t be multiple contract rates. Is this a negotiated contract or is there only one line/subline item for admin assistant positions in a solicitation? Yes, the SCA WD rates are the minimum to which the contractor proposed well above that amount. It’s a sole-source effort and I’m in the process of negotiating hourly rates, but the Contractor is holding strong though. All the positions are lumped under one CLIN, so I plan on including a table with the negotiated rates for each labor category which is why I wanted to know if one labor category could have multiple rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreadfed Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, L_Richardson said: All the positions are lumped under one CLIN, so I plan on including a table with the negotiated rates for each labor category which is why I wanted to know if one labor category could have multiple rates. I presume that there will be multiple individuals who occupy the administrative assistant position. How will you determine which individual is paid at what rate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Richardson Posted November 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 That’s part of the problem which is why I thought there was only supposed to be one rate per labor category when doing a labor hour contract. I couldn’t find any thing in the FAR that specifically addresses this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Richardson Posted November 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Retreadfed said: Do(es) the applicable wage determination(s) show different rates for the position? No, just one rate for this labor category/position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mansfield Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 16 hours ago, L_Richardson said: Can a labor hour contract have a specific labor category (e.g. administrative assistant) with multiple fixed hourly rates when all work will be performed by the prime contractor? Yes, because it is not prohibited. See FAR 1.102(d). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerfed Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 4 hours ago, L_Richardson said: Yes, the SCA WD rates are the minimum to which the contractor proposed well above that amount. It’s a sole-source effort and I’m in the process of negotiating hourly rates, but the Contractor is holding strong though. All the positions are lumped under one CLIN, so I plan on including a table with the negotiated rates for each labor category which is why I wanted to know if one labor category could have multiple rates. I’ve seen two different ways of handling this. One is used a blended rate which essentially is an average of all positions. It’s often used when internally you have multiple job titles for the work. The other is creating sub LCATs like Admin1, Admin2, etc. A recent example is conference support where the same labor category (admin support) performed multiple duties of varying complexity. The positions did things like participant registration, distributing materials, capturing speaker comments, preparing presentations and slide decks, operating equipment, etc. and different rates were associated with each. The contractor had separate billings for each and the government liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 It’s negotiated contract pricing. I wouldn’t necessarily have a problem with the contractor proposing different salaries for the different persons, with separate pricing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Richardson Posted November 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond! Appreciate the guidance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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