B-219723: Apr 7, 1986

The Department of Labor recommended that a firm and its president, individually, be placed on the ineligible bidders list for violations of the Davis-Bacon Act. GAO held that: (1) the firm did not pay its employees the required wage rates under the act; (2) the firm submitted falsified payroll records which reflected the payment of the required wage rates; (3) falsification of payroll records is a...

B-219723: Apr 7, 1986

THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT IN THAT THE UNDERPAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES AND SUBSEQUENT FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS WERE INTENTIONAL. THE SUBCONTRACTOR WILL BE DEBARRED UNDER THE ACT. THIS CONTRACT WAS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE DAVIS -BACON ACT. ALL SEASONS PLUMBING WAS REQUIRED TO PAY THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF LABORERS AND MECHANICS EMPLOYED UNDER THE VA CONTRACT CERTAIN MINIMUM WAGES...