NAVFAC Project Labor Agreement Survey For San Diego Naval Base Steam System Contract Due August 8
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest is requesting comments from the construction industry addressing a potential government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for a large-scale design-build federal contract to decentralize the steam heating system at Naval Base San Diego in California.
Responses are due by 2 PM PT on Friday, August 8, 2014, to Larry Romig at [email protected].
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to the request for information. Tell NAVFAC that government-mandated PLAs reduce competition, increase costs, and impede the economy and efficiency of government contracting.
Access the survey here.
NAVFAC and other federal agencies have issued more than 230 similar surveys requesting information about the potential use of PLAs on specific construction projects across the country as a result of regulations and federal agency policies stemming from President Obama’s pro-government-mandated PLA Executive Order 13502, which encourages federal agencies to mandate PLAs on a case-by-case basis for federal construction projects exceeding $25 million in total cost.
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has taken the opportunity to respond to all PLA surveys as they are issued and encourages the merit shop contracting community to do the same. Responding with accurate and timely information is critical and effective at creating more work for qualified merit shop contractors and their skilled employees.
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers may recall NAVFAC NW mandated a PLA on the construction of a $450 million to $550 million explosives handling wharf #2 (Solicitation No. N4425511R9004) at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor after Democrat members of the Washington delegation in the U.S. House and Senate received a significant amount of campaign contributions from Big Labor and pressured NAVFAC to require a PLA. The first and only PLA mandated by NAVFAC was recently in the news after a dispute about whether the PLA covered boat workers.
For more information or assistance responding to the PLA survey, please contact us here.
To stay up to date on future federal PLA survey alerts, “Like” our Facebook page at Facebook.com/thetruthaboutplas and follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/truthaboutplas.
2 Responses to NAVFAC Project Labor Agreement Survey For San Diego Naval Base Steam System Contract Due August 8
As a taxpayer and a proponent of free enterprise and fair competition, I agree with Merit Shop’s value to preserve and protect fair and open competition and to reject union-only agreements and PLAs. Government-mandated PLAs reduce competition, increase costs, and impede the economy and efficiency of government contracting.
As a Contractor for Schools I agree with Merit Shops right to preserve and protect fair and open competition, and reject union-only agreements and PSA’s or PLA’s. My employees have gone through the same apprentiship programs and are qualified and competent workers that should be allowed on government jobs, or any job. Fair and Open competition helps the economy and lets every qualified person work. PLA’s usually drive up the price of the projects and require a lot more meetings and paperwork. A big waste of time! Merit shop contractors are held to the same Prevailing Wage agreements and pay the same fringe benefits.There is no reason Union labor should be the only workers allowed on a job!