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WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS
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DOCUMENT 00 7343
WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS
1.1 APPLICABLE LAWS
A. Provisions of the Contract Documents shall be subject to applicable provisions of law, including,
without limitation, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts statutes relating to prevailing wages,
record keeping and reporting.
1. All applicable provisions of law are a part of this Contract.
2. Incorrect citations of statutes in this Document shall not relieve Contractor of its
obligations under law. In case of a conflict between the Contract Documents and
applicable statutes, the provisions of law shall govern.
1.2 WAGE RATES
A. Wage Rates: The minimum rates of wages to be paid to mechanics and apprentices,
chauffeurs, teamsters and laborers shall be set forth in the schedule of rates and wages
determined by the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development, which
schedule is appended to this Document and made a part of the Contract, in accordance with
and subject to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section 26 and 27, as amended.
1. The Wage Determination Schedule provided to the Architect and Awarding Authority by
governmental authorities is included in the Project Manual. The Architect and Awarding
Authority do not guarantee the accuracy of the schedule, and every bidder and contractor
shall be responsible for ascertaining the prevailing wages in the area where the work will
be performed.
B. Payment Insurance: In accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section 34A, the Contractor shall,
before commencing performance of the Contract, provide by insurance for the payment of
compensation and the furnishing of other benefits under M.G.L. Chapter 152 “Worker’s
Compensation” to all persons to be employed under the Contract, and the Contractor shall
continue such insurance in full force and effect during the term of the Contract.
1. Sufficient proof of compliance with this Document must be furnished at the time of
execution of this Contract.
2. Failure to provide and continue in force such insurance as aforesaid shall be deemed a
material breach of Contract and shall operate as an immediate termination thereof. The
attention of the Contractor is directed to that portion of M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section 34A,
which provides that whoever violates any of its provisions shall be punished by a fine of
not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for six months, or both; and, in
addition, any Contractor who violates any provision of this Document shall be prohibited
from contracting, directly or indirectly, with the Commonwealth or any political subdivision
thereof for the construction, alteration, demolition, maintenance or repair of, or addition
to, any public works or public building for a period of two years from the date of conviction
of said violation.
C. Records: Every contractor and subcontractor working under the terms of any contract for the
construction on this project shall file weekly payroll records with the Awarding Authority in the
form described in M.G.L. Chapter 149, Sections 26 and 27B, and as amended by Section 174
of Chapter 110 of the Acts of 1993. A copy of the “Statement of Wage Rate Compliance Form”
is included in the Project Manual.
Dennis Yarmouth Intermediate Middle School January 19, 2021
Dennis Yarmouth Regional School District 100% Construction Documents
Perkins Eastman DPC, project #71011
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1. The Attorney General’s Office, after conducting an investigation and hearing, can order
work halted on public works projects, if it finds prevailing wage violations.
2. Any delays and costs incurred by the Awarding Authority associated with a stop work
order for prevailing wage violation will be borne solely by the General Contractor.
D. Statement of Compliance: The Contractor and each Subcontractor shall furnish to the Office of
the Attorney General and to the Awarding Authority, within 15 days after completion of its
portion of the work, fully completed and certified copies of a “Statement of Wage Rate
Compliance” certifying compliance with wage and benefit provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 149,
Sections 26 and 27, and as amended by Section 331 of Chapter 110 of the Acts of 1993. A
copy of the “Statement of Wage Rate Compliance” form is included in the Project Manual.
END OF DOCUMENT
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ATTACHMENT
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WEEKLY PAYROLL RECORDS REPORT
AND STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
In accordance with Massachusetts General Law c. 149, §27B, a true and accurate record must
be kept of all persons employed on the public works project for which the enclosed rates have been
provided. A Payroll Form is available from the Department of Labor Standards (DLS) at
www.mass.gov/dols/pw and includes all the information required to be kept by law. Every contractor or
subcontractor is required to keep these records and preserve them for a period of three years from the
date of completion of the contract.
On a weekly basis, every contractor and subcontractor is required to submit a certified copy
of their weekly payroll records to the awarding authority; this includes the payroll forms and the
Statement of Compliance form. The certified payroll records must be submitted either by regular mail or
by e-mail to the awarding authority. Once collected, the awarding authority is required to preserve those
records for three years from the date of completion of the project.
Each such contractor and subcontractor shall furnish weekly and within 15 days after
completion of its portion of the work, to the awarding authority directly by first-class mail or e-mail, a
statement, executed by the contractor, subcontractor or by any authorized officer thereof who
supervised the payment of wages, this form, accompanied by their payroll:
STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
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I,_____________________________________,______________________________________
(Name of signatory party) (Title)
do hereby state:
That I pay or supervise the payment of the persons employed by
________________________________ on the _______________________________
(Contractor, subcontractor or public body) (Building or project)
and that all mechanics and apprentices, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers employed on said
project have been paid in accordance with wages determined under the provisions of sections
twenty-six and twenty-seven of chapter one hundred and forty nine of the General Laws.
Signature
Title
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