[Recommendation for Contractor Debarment Under Davis-Bacon Act]

The Department of Labor recommended that a firm and its president and vice president, individually, be placed on the ineligible bidders list for violations of the Davis-Bacon Act. GAO held that: (1) the firm disregarded its obligations to its employees under the act; (2) the firm failed to pay its employees the required minimum wages required by the act; (3) the firm submitted certified payroll records which falsely reflected the payment of the required wage rates; (4) falsification of payroll records is a basis for contractor debarment; and (5) the underpayment of employees was intentional as demonstrated by the falsification of certified payroll records. Accordingly, the firm and its president and vice president, individually, will be placed on the debarred bidders list.