HEALTH & WELFARE: $5.55 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $222.00 per week or $962.00 per month HEALTH & WELFARE EO 13706: $5.09 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $203.60 per week, or $882.27 per month* *This rate is to be used only when compensating employees for performance on an SCA- covered contract also covered by EO 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. A contractor may not receive credit toward its SCA obligations for any paid sick leave provided pursuant to EO 13706. | VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor, 3 weeks after 5 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173) | HOLIDAYS: A minimum of eleven paid holidays per year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4.174) VACATION (Hawaii): 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3 weeks after 10 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173) HEALTH & WELFARE (Hawaii): $2.42 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $96.80 per week, or $419.47 per month for all employees on whose behalf the contractor provides health care benefits pursuant to the Hawaii prepaid Health Care Act. For those employees who are not receiving health care benefits mandated by the Hawaii prepaid Health Care Act, the new health and welfare benefit rate will be $5.55 per hour, up to 40 hours per week. HEALTH & WELFARE (Hawaii EO 13706): $1.96 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $78. 40 per week, or $339.73 per month for all employees on whose behalf the contractor provides health care benefits pursuant to the Hawaii prepaid Health Care Act. For those employees who are not receiving health care benefits mandated by the Hawaii prepaid Health Care Act, the new health and welfare benefit rate will be $5.09 per hour, up to 40 hours per week. * *This rate is to be used only when compensating employees for performance on an SCA- covered contract also covered by EO 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. A contractor may not receive credit toward its SCA obligations for any paid sick leave provided pursuant to EO 13706. ** UNIFORM ALLOWANCE ** If employees are required to wear uniforms in the performance of this contract (either by the terms of the Government contract, by the employer, by the state or local law, etc.), the cost of furnishing such uniforms and maintaining (by laundering or dry cleaning) such uniforms is an expense that may not be borne by an employee where such cost reduces the hourly rate below that required by the wage determination. The Department of Labor will accept payment in accordance with the following standards as compliance: The contractor or subcontractor is required to furnish all employees with an adequate number of uniforms without cost or to reimburse employees for the actual cost of the uniforms. In addition, where uniform cleaning and maintenance is made the responsibility of the employee, all contractors and subcontractors subject to this wage determination shall (in the absence of a bona fide collective bargaining agreement providing for a different amount, or the furnishing of contrary affirmative proof as to the actual cost), reimburse all employees for such cleaning and maintenance at a rate of $3.35 per week (or $.67 cents per day). However, in those instances where the uniforms furnished are made of """"wash and wear"""" materials, may be routinely washed and dried with other personal garments, and do not require any special treatment such as dry cleaning, daily washing, or commercial laundering in order to meet the cleanliness or appearance standards set by the terms of the Government contract, by the contractor, by law, or by the nature of the work, there is no requirement that employees be reimbursed for uniform maintenance costs. ** SERVICE CONTRACT ACT DIRECTORY OF OCCUPATIONS ** The duties of employees under job titles listed are those described in the """"Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations"""", Fifth Edition (Revision 1), dated September 2015, unless otherwise indicated. ** REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND WAGE RATE Standard Form 1444 (SF-1444) ** Conformance Process: The contracting officer shall require that any class of service employee which is not listed herein and which is to be employed under the contract (i.e., the work to be performed is not performed by any classification listed in the wage determination), be classified by the contractor so as to provide a reasonable relationship (i.e., appropriate level of skill comparison) between such unlisted classifications and the classifications listed in the wage determination. Such conformed classes of employees shall be paid the monetary wages and furnished the fringe benefits as are determined (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(i)). Such conforming procedures shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by such unlisted class(es) of employees (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(ii)). The Wage and Hour Division shall make a final determination of conformed classification, wage rate, and/or fringe benefits which shall be retroactive to the commencement date of the contract (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(iv)(C)(vi)). When multiple wage determinations are included in a contract, a separate SF-1444 should be prepared for each wage determination to which a class(es) is to be conformed. The process for preparing a conformance request is as follows: 1) When preparing the bid, the contractor identifies the need for a conformed occupation(s) and computes a proposed rate(s). 2) After contract award, the contractor prepares a written report listing in order the proposed classification title(s), a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed classification(s), job description(s), and rationale for proposed wage rate(s), including information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the authorized representative of the employees involved, or where there is no authorized representative, the employees themselves. This report should be submitted to the contracting officer no later than 30 days after such unlisted class(es) of employees performs any contract work. 3) The contracting officer reviews the proposed action and promptly submits a report of the action, together with the agency's recommendations and pertinent information including the position of the contractor and the employees, to the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, for review (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(ii)). 4) Within 30 days of receipt, the Wage and Hour Division approves, modifies, or disapproves the action via transmittal to the agency contracting officer, or notifies the contracting officer that additional time will be required to process the request. 5) The contracting officer transmits the Wage and Hour decision to the contractor. 6) The contractor informs the affected employees. Information required by the Regulations must be submitted on SF-1444 or bond paper. When preparing a conformance request, the """"Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations"""" (the Directory) should be used to compare job definitions to ensure that duties requested are not performed by a classification already listed in the wage determination. Remember, it is not the job title, but the required tasks that determine whether a class is included in an established wage determination. Conformances may not be used to artificially split, combine, or subdivide classifications listed in the wage determination.
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Government Agencies | Privacy Policy | Search RI.gov: State of Rhode Island: Division of Purchases Skip to content | Skip to navigation | Skip to other related content | Agency Resources | Contact Us | Search this Site: Home What's New About Us Ocean State Procures Bid Responses for Public Works Solicitation Opportunities + Solicitation Opportunities - Solicitation Information State Agency Solicitations Continuous Recruitment Other Solicitation Opportunities CMAR Sub-Contractor Opportunities Regulations Vendor Center + Vendor Center - Vendor Information Vendor Login Master Price Agreements Contact Us Agency Resources Agency Resources Enter Authorized Users Only For Quasi, City/Town, College use only External Posting Login Home >> Solicitation Opportunities >> External Solicitation Search Explore our new RI Division of Purchases website at www.ridop.ri.gov Other RI Solicitation Opportunities Search here for solicitations from Quasi-Public Agencies, Municipalities –Schools and Cities/Towns, URI, RIC and CCRI ,State Agency Grants and Delegated Authority Request for Proposals (RFPs) Note: The Division of Purchases does not maintain the status of external bids. Use your RIVIP account in the vendor center to create a personalized web based watch list for external solicitations. Enter criteria, and click the search button You can select multiple entities or statuses by holding down the <SHFT> or <CTRL> key while selecting with the mouse. External Solicitation Search Solicitation Group: All External Bidding Groups Committee Emergency Grant Judicial Legislative Municipality Quasi-Public Treasury Select All External Solicitation Groups Solicitation Entities: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission Barrington Blackstone Valley (Sewer) District Commission Bristol Bristol Warren Regional School District Burrillville Central Coventry Fire District Central Falls Central Falls School District Channel 36 Foundation Charlestown Community College of RI Coventry Coventry Fire District Coventry Schools Cranston Cumberland Cumberland Fire District Depositors Economic Protection Corporation East Greenwich East Providence East Providence Fire Station East Providence School Department Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services Exeter Foster Foster-Glocester Regional School District Glocester Harmony Fire District Higher Education Hope Academy Hopkins Hill Fire District Hopkinton Howard Development Corporation I-195 Redevelopment District Jamestown Johnston Judicial/Courts Justice Commission Kingston Fire District Lincoln Lincoln Water Commission Little Compton Middletown Middletown School District Narragansett Narragansett Bay Water Quality District Commission New Shoreham Newport Newport Public Schools North Kingstown North Kingstown School District North Providence North Smithfield North Smithfield Public Schools Pawtucket Pawtucket School Department Pawtuxet River Authority Portsmouth Portsmouth Public Schools Potterville Fire Department Providence Quonochontaug CBFD Quonset Development Corporation Rhode Island College Rhode Island Economic Policy Council Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank RI Airport Corporation RI Commerce Corporation RI Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing RI Convention Center Authority RI Department of Administration RI Department of Corrections RI Department of Elderly Affairs RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education RI Department of Environmental Management RI Department of Health RI Department of Housing RI Department of Human Services RI Department of Labor and Training RI Economic Development Corporation RI Health and Educational Building Corporation RI Higher Education Assistance Authority RI Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation RI Industrial and Recreational Facilities Authority RI Industrial Facilities Corporation RI Legislature RI Life Science Hub RI Lottery Commission RI Municipal Affairs Office RI Natural History Survey RI Office of Housing and Community Development RI Office of Veteran's Affairs RI Port Authority RI Public Buildings Authority RI Public Telecommunications Authority RI Public Transit Authority RI Resource Recovery Corporation RI Student Loan Authority RI Treasurers Office RI Turnpike and Bridge Authority RI UST Financial Responsibility Fund Review Board Richmond Richmond-Carolina Fire District RIDOT Emergency Bids RISE Prep Mayoral Academy Scituate Smithfield South Kingstown State Properties Committee TEST Tiverton Tiverton Wastewater District Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Treasury University of Rhode Island Warren Warwick Water Resources Board Corporate West Greenwich West Warwick West Warwick School Department Westerly Western Covenrty Fire Department Western Coventry Fire District Woonsocket Woonsocket Housing Authority Woonsocket School District Solicitation Number: Select All Solicitation Statuses Solicitation Status: Active(Scheduled) Awarded Under Evaluation Canceled Tabulated Keyword(s): Opening Date On or After: Opening Date On or Before: Division of Purchases State of Rhode Island Department of Administration Division of Purchases, 2nd Floor One Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908-5855 Related Sites RI.gov NEW Division of Purchases site Contact Us Phone: (401) 574-8100
R.I. Government Agencies | Privacy Policy | Search RI.gov:
State of Rhode Island: Division of Purchases Skip to content | Skip to navigation | Skip to other related content | Agency Resources | Contact Us | Search this Site: Home What's New About Us Ocean State Procures Bid Responses for Public Works Solicitation Opportunities + Solicitation Opportunities - Solicitation Information State Agency Solicitations Continuous Recruitment Other Solicitation Opportunities CMAR Sub-Contractor Opportunities Regulations Vendor Center + Vendor Center - Vendor Information Vendor Login Master Price Agreements Contact Us Agency Resources Agency Resources Enter Authorized Users Only For Quasi, City/Town, College use only External Posting Login Home >> Solicitation Opportunities >> External Solicitation Search Explore our new RI Division of Purchases website at www.ridop.ri.gov Other RI Solicitation Opportunities Search here for solicitations from Quasi-Public Agencies, Municipalities –Schools and Cities/Towns, URI, RIC and CCRI ,State Agency Grants and Delegated Authority Request for Proposals (RFPs) Note: The Division of Purchases does not maintain the status of external bids. Use your RIVIP account in the vendor center to create a personalized web based watch list for external solicitations. Enter criteria, and click the search button You can select multiple entities or statuses by holding down the <SHFT> or <CTRL> key while selecting with the mouse. External Solicitation Search Solicitation Group: All External Bidding Groups Committee Emergency Grant Judicial Legislative Municipality Quasi-Public Treasury Select All External Solicitation Groups Solicitation Entities: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission Barrington Blackstone Valley (Sewer) District Commission Bristol Bristol Warren Regional School District Burrillville Central Coventry Fire District Central Falls Central Falls School District Channel 36 Foundation Charlestown Community College of RI Coventry Coventry Fire District Coventry Schools Cranston Cumberland Cumberland Fire District Depositors Economic Protection Corporation East Greenwich East Providence East Providence Fire Station East Providence School Department Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services Exeter Foster Foster-Glocester Regional School District Glocester Harmony Fire District Higher Education Hope Academy Hopkins Hill Fire District Hopkinton Howard Development Corporation I-195 Redevelopment District Jamestown Johnston Judicial/Courts Justice Commission Kingston Fire District Lincoln Lincoln Water Commission Little Compton Middletown Middletown School District Narragansett Narragansett Bay Water Quality District Commission New Shoreham Newport Newport Public Schools North Kingstown North Kingstown School District North Providence North Smithfield North Smithfield Public Schools Pawtucket Pawtucket School Department Pawtuxet River Authority Portsmouth Portsmouth Public Schools Potterville Fire Department Providence Quonochontaug CBFD Quonset Development Corporation Rhode Island College Rhode Island Economic Policy Council Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank RI Airport Corporation RI Commerce Corporation RI Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing RI Convention Center Authority RI Department of Administration RI Department of Corrections RI Department of Elderly Affairs RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education RI Department of Environmental Management RI Department of Health RI Department of Housing RI Department of Human Services RI Department of Labor and Training RI Economic Development Corporation RI Health and Educational Building Corporation RI Higher Education Assistance Authority RI Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation RI Industrial and Recreational Facilities Authority RI Industrial Facilities Corporation RI Legislature RI Life Science Hub RI Lottery Commission RI Municipal Affairs Office RI Natural History Survey RI Office of Housing and Community Development RI Office of Veteran's Affairs RI Port Authority RI Public Buildings Authority RI Public Telecommunications Authority RI Public Transit Authority RI Resource Recovery Corporation RI Student Loan Authority RI Treasurers Office RI Turnpike and Bridge Authority RI UST Financial Responsibility Fund Review Board Richmond Richmond-Carolina Fire District RIDOT Emergency Bids RISE Prep Mayoral Academy Scituate Smithfield South Kingstown State Properties Committee TEST Tiverton Tiverton Wastewater District Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Treasury University of Rhode Island Warren Warwick Water Resources Board Corporate West Greenwich West Warwick West Warwick School Department Westerly Western Covenrty Fire Department Western Coventry Fire District Woonsocket Woonsocket Housing Authority Woonsocket School District Solicitation Number: Select All Solicitation Statuses Solicitation Status: Active(Scheduled) Awarded Under Evaluation Canceled Tabulated Keyword(s): Opening Date On or After: Opening Date On or Before: Division of Purchases State of Rhode Island Department of Administration Division of Purchases, 2nd Floor One Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908-5855 Related Sites RI.gov NEW Division of Purchases site Contact Us Phone: (401) 574-8100
State of Rhode Island: Division of Purchases Skip to content | Skip to navigation | Skip to other related content | Agency Resources | Contact Us | Search this Site: Home What's New About Us Ocean State Procures Bid Responses for Public Works Solicitation Opportunities + Solicitation Opportunities - Solicitation Information State Agency Solicitations Continuous Recruitment Other Solicitation Opportunities CMAR Sub-Contractor Opportunities Regulations Vendor Center + Vendor Center - Vendor Information Vendor Login Master Price Agreements Contact Us Agency Resources Agency Resources Enter Authorized Users Only For Quasi, City/Town, College use only External Posting Login Home >> Solicitation Opportunities >> External Solicitation Search Explore our new RI Division of Purchases website at www.ridop.ri.gov Other RI Solicitation Opportunities Search here for solicitations from Quasi-Public Agencies, Municipalities –Schools and Cities/Towns, URI, RIC and CCRI ,State Agency Grants and Delegated Authority Request for Proposals (RFPs) Note: The Division of Purchases does not maintain the status of external bids. Use your RIVIP account in the vendor center to create a personalized web based watch list for external solicitations. Enter criteria, and click the search button You can select multiple entities or statuses by holding down the <SHFT> or <CTRL> key while selecting with the mouse. External Solicitation Search Solicitatio
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This notice content is a State of Rhode Island Division of Purchases web page describing the “External Solicitation Search” function for other RI solicitation opportunities (quasi-public agencies, municipalities/schools, URI/RIC/CCRI, grants, and delegated authority RFPs). It does not include a specific solicitation number, scope of work, due date, or any attachments/links to a particular opportunity. A key operational point in the text is that the Division of Purchases “does not maintain the status of external bids” and vendors must use their RIVIP account in the Vendor Center to create watch lists and track external solicitations. Treat this as a source-navigation record rather than a bid opportunity until a specific external solicitation record is identified.
Provide a centralized search interface for external solicitations across many Rhode Island entities (e.g., municipalities, quasi-public agencies, higher education, state grants/delegated authority RFPs) and direct vendors to use the RIVIP Vendor Center for monitoring and status tracking of those external bids.
- Firms seeking Rhode Island public-sector work who are prepared to monitor and respond to external solicitations issued by quasi-public agencies, municipalities/schools, and RI higher education entities listed on the page (e.g., URI, RIC, CCRI; municipalities and districts; quasi-public authorities).
- Vendors already registered in (or willing to register for) the RIVIP Vendor Center to create watch lists and track external solicitation activity/status as directed.
- Access the RI Division of Purchases “External Solicitation Search” page for external opportunities (quasi-public agencies, municipalities/schools, URI/RIC/CCRI, grants, delegated authority RFPs).
- Filter by Solicitation Group (e.g., Committee, Emergency, Grant, Judicial, Legislative, Municipality, Quasi-Public, Treasury) and by Solicitation Entity (list provided on the page).
- Filter by Solicitation Status (Active(Scheduled), Awarded, Under Evaluation, Canceled, Tabulated) and optionally by keyword and opening date range.
- Identify a specific external solicitation of interest and then track/monitor it via the RIVIP Vendor Center watch list (per page note that bid status is not maintained by Division of Purchases for external bids).
- Identify the specific external solicitation record (number/title/entity) from the External Solicitation Search results.
- Confirm the issuing entity and solicitation group (e.g., Municipality, Quasi-Public, Grant, etc.) for the specific opportunity.
- Retrieve the solicitation documents directly from the external posting (not provided in this notice) and build the response package per that issuer’s instructions.
- Ensure RIVIP Vendor Center access is set up to track the external solicitation and manage addenda/status notifications.
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- The page explicitly notes: “The Division of Purchases does not maintain the status of external bids.” Plan to manage bid status and updates through the RIVIP account/vendor center watch list and/or the issuing external entity’s posting process.
- This notice does not provide solicitation-specific compliance requirements; those would be defined in the individual external solicitation documents once identified.
- No pricing model can be inferred from this portal record; pricing approach must be determined from the specific external solicitation selected (once scope, contract type, and evaluation method are known).
- Teaming decisions depend entirely on the specific external solicitation chosen (entity and scope not provided here). Once a target external solicitation is identified, consider partnering with a Rhode Island-local firm if the issuer’s requirements or site logistics favor local presence (cannot be confirmed from this portal page alone).
- High risk of wasted capture/proposal effort: this is not a discrete solicitation; it is a navigation/search page without scope, deadlines, or submission instructions.
- Status/addenda visibility risk: because the Division of Purchases does not maintain external bid status, missing updates is possible unless RIVIP watch lists and issuer channels are actively monitored.
- Entity-by-entity variability risk: external solicitations may have different rules, templates, and submission portals depending on the issuing municipality/quasi-public/college.
- Which specific external solicitation (issuing entity + solicitation number/title) is the target for this capture effort?
- Where are the official solicitation documents and addenda hosted for that external posting (issuer site vs. another portal)?
- What is the submission method and deadline for the specific external solicitation (electronic portal, email, sealed bid, etc.)?
- What evaluation methodology (low bid vs. best value) and pricing form apply to the specific external solicitation?
- Are there issuer-specific vendor registration prerequisites beyond having an RIVIP account (for the specific external entity)?
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- Specific external solicitation identifier (solicitation number/title/entity)
- Solicitation documents/attachments or URL to the actual posting
- Posted date and response deadline
- Scope of work/deliverables and place of performance
- NAICS/PSC and set-aside (if any)
- Submission instructions and evaluation criteria for the targeted solicitation
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