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Employment Opportunity," and implementing regulations at 41 CFR part 60, "Office of Federal <br /> Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor." <br /> 4) Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 3141-3148). When required by Federal program <br /> legislation, all prime construction contracts in excess of $2,000 awarded by non-Federal entities must <br /> include a provision for compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141-3144, and 3146-3148) <br /> as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5, "Labor Standards Provisions <br /> Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction"). In accordance with <br /> the statute, contractors must be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less <br /> than the prevailing wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of Labor. In <br /> addition, contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once a week. The non-Federal <br /> entity must place a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of <br /> Labor in each solicitation. The decision to award a contract or subcontract must be conditioned upon <br /> the acceptance of the wage determination. The non-Federal entity must report all suspected or <br /> reported violations to the Federal awarding agency. The contracts must also include a provision for <br /> compliance with the Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act (40 U.S.C. 3145), as supplemented by Department <br /> of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3, "Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public <br /> Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States"). The Act provides that <br /> each contractor or subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person <br /> employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the <br /> compensation to which he or she is otherwise entitled. The non-Federal entity must report all <br /> suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency. <br /> The procurement process followed shall be in accordance with 2 CFR Parts 200 and 3002, Uniform <br /> Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local <br /> Governments, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions <br /> of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations, as applicable to the SUB- <br /> GRANTEE. All subcontracting agreements entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall incorporate <br /> this Agreement by reference. <br /> 5) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701-3708). Where applicable, all <br /> contracts awarded by the non-Federal entity in excess of $100,000 that involve the employment of <br /> mechanics or laborers must include a provision for compliance with 40 U.S.C. 3702 and 3704, as <br /> supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5). Under 40 U.S.C. 3702 of the Act, <br /> each contractor must be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of <br /> a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided <br /> that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than one and a half times the basic rate of pay for <br /> all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. The requirements of 40 U.S.C. 3704 are <br /> applicable to construction work and provide that no laborer or mechanic must be required to work in <br /> surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous. These <br /> requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on <br /> the open market, or contracts for transportation or transmission of intelligence. <br /> 6) Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement. If the Federal award meets the <br /> definition of"funding agreement" under 37 CFR §401.2 (a) and the recipient or subrecipient wishes to <br /> enter into a contract with a small business firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of <br /> parties, assignment or performance of experimental, developmental, or research work under that <br /> "funding agreement," the recipient or subrecipient must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR Part <br /> 401, "Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under <br /> Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements," and any implementing regulations <br /> issued by the awarding agency. <br /> 7) Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. <br /> 1251-1387), as amended—Contracts and subgrants of amounts in excess of$150,000 must contain a <br /> provision that requires the non-Federal award to agree to comply with all applicable standards, orders <br /> or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q) and the Federal Water <br /> Pollution Control Act as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251-1387). Violations must be reported to the Federal <br /> awarding agency and the Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). <br /> 8) Debarment and Suspension (Executive Orders 12549 and 12689)—A contract award (see 2 CFR <br /> 180.220) must not be made to parties listed on the government-wide exclusions in the System for <br /> Public Assistance Grant Agreement Page 11 of 21 City of Everett, D21-293 <br />