2019-875-E AMS - NC State University electric vehicle charger replacement grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID:78958EB7-5B02-4CA0-8EAF-F3E892A7B33B c. Equal employment opportunity.The utilization of apprentices,trainees and joumeymen under this pan shall be in conformity with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Executive Order 1]246,as amended,and 29 CFR part 30. d. Apprentices and Trainees(programs of the U.S.DOT). Apprentices and trainees working under apprenticeship and skill training programs which have been certified by the Secretary of Transportation as promoting EEO in connection with Federal-aid highway cottstntction programs arc not subject to the requirements of paragraph 4 of this Section 1V. The straight time hourly wage rates for apprentices and trainees under such programs will be established by the particular programs.The ratio of apprentices and trainees to journeymen shall not be greater than permitted by the terms of the particular program. 5. Compliance with Copeland Act requirements.The contractor shall comply with the requirements of 29 CFR pan 3,which an:incorporated by reference in this contract. 6. Subcontracts.The contractor or subcontractor shalt insert Form FH WA-1273 in any subcontracts and also require the subcontractors to include Form FH WA-1273 in any lower tier subcontracts.The prime contractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with all the contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5. 7. Contract termination. debarment.A breach of the contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5 may be grounds far termination of the contract,and for debarment as a contractor and a subcontractor as provided in 29 CFR 5.12. ti. Compliance with Davis-Bacon and Related Act requirements.All rulings and interpretations of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts contained in 29 CFR pare 1,3,and 5 are herein incorporated by reference in this contract. 9. Disputes concerning labor standards.Disputes arising out of the labor standards provisions of this contract shall not be subject to the general disputes clause of this contract.Such disputes shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures of the Department of Labor set forth in 29 CFR parts 5,6,and 7.Disputes within the meaning of this clause include disputes between the contractor(or any of its subcontractors)and the contracting agency,the U.S.Department of Labor,or the employees or their representatives. l0. Certification of eligibility. a. By entering into this contract,the contractor certifies that neither it (nor he or she) nor any person or firm who has an interest in the contractor's firm is a person or Firm ineligible to be awarded Govemment contracts by virtue of section 3(a)of the Davis-Sawn Act or 29 CFR S.12(a)(1). b. No pan or this contract shall be subcontracted to any person or Firm ineligible for award of a Govemment contract by virtue of section 3(a)of the Davis-Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(I). c. The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in the U.S.Criminal Cade,18 U.S.C. 1001, V. CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT The following clauses apply to any Federal-aid conslruction contract in an amount in excess of$louoo and subject to the avertime provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. These clauses shall be inserted in addition to the clauses required by 29 CFR 5.5(a) ar 29 CFR 4.6.As used in this paragraph,the terms laborers and mechanics include watchmen and guards. I. Overtime requirements. No contractor or subcontractor contracting for any pan of the contract work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or pcmmit any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is employed on such work to work in excess of forty hours in such workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours in such workweek. 2. Violation;[]ability for unpaid wages;liquidated damages.In the a yen t of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph(1.)of this section, the contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages.In additian,such contractor and subcontractor shall be liable to the United States(in the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbia or n territory,to such District or to such territory),for liquidated damages.Such liquidated damages shall be computed with respect to each individual laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and guards,employed in violation of the clause set forth in paragraph(I.)of this section,in the sum of$10 for each calendar day on which such individual was required or permitted to work in excess of the standard workweek of forty hours without payment of the overtime wages required by the clause set forth in paragraph(1.)of this section. 3. Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages.The FHWA or the contacting agency sha]1 upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized representative of the Department of tabor withhold at cause to be withheld,from any moneys payable on account of work performed by the contractor or subcontractor under any such contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor,or any other federally-assisted contract subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act,which is held by the same prime contractor,such sums as may be determined to be necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such contractor or subcontractor for unpaid wages and liquidated damages as provided iit the clause set forth in paragraph(2.)of this section. 4. Subcontracts.The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any subcontracts the clauses set forth in paragraph(1.)through(4.)of this section and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts.The prime contractor shall be responsible for compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with the clauses set forth in paragraphs(I.)through(4.)of this section. VI.SUBLETTING OR ASSIGNING THE CONTRACT This provision is applicable to all Federal-aid construction contracts on the National Highway System. 1. The contractor shall perform with its own organization contract work amounting to not Less than 30 percent(or a greater percentage if specified elsewhere in the contract)of the total original contract price,excluding any specialty items designated by the contracting agency.Specialty items may be performed by subcontract and the amount of any such specialty items performed may be deducted from the total original contract price Ware computing the amount of work required to be performed by the contractor's own organization(23 CFR 635.116). a. The term"perform work with its own organization"refers to workers employed or leased by the prime contractor,and equipment owned or rented by the prime contractor,with or without operators.Such term does not include employees or equipment ofa subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor,agents of the prime contractor,or any other assignees.The term may include payments for the costs of hiring leased employees