The Truth About Project Labor Agreements

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Honolulu District has issued a survey requesting information from the contracting community about the potential use of a project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract to build Phase 2 of the Command and Control Facility (C2F) at Fort Shafter in Oahu, Hawaii.

Tell the USACE that government-mandated PLAs reduce competition, increase costs, and impede the economy and efficiency of government contracting.

To review and respond to the latest USACE Honolulu PLA survey, click here.

All responses must be submitted via e-mail to Tristin Suetsugu, at [email protected], and Kent Tamai, at [email protected], no later than Wednesday, March 18, 2015, in response to Solicitation Number W9128A-15-Z-0005.

For more information or assistance responding to the PLA survey, contact us here.

USACE and other federal agencies have issued more than 250 similar project labor agreement 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.

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