On July 14, 2009, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a聽 implementing President Obama's Executive Order 13502, which creates new FAR contract clauses to be included in Federal contracts should an agency choose to require a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on a particular Federal construction project. 51风流 submitted last week.
In short, the proposed rule (FAR Case 2009-005) would:
- Provide a new FAR Subpart 22.5, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects;
- Add a new provision at 52.222-XX, Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement, to be included in solicitations where the agency has exercised its discretion to require a project labor agreement as prescribed at FAR 22.505(a);
- Add a new clause 52.222-YY, Project Labor Agreement, to be included in contracts in accordance with FAR 22.505(b).