522.570-1 General.

Resources for project labor agreements can be found on the Project Labor Agreement topic page of the GSA Acquisition Portal at https://insite.gsa.gov/acquisitionportal.

(a) Applicability.

(1) General. Contracting officers must determine if the requirement is considered a large-scale construction project (see FAR 22.502). If it is, require the use of a project labor agreement unless the SPE grants an exception listed in FAR 22.504(d)(1).

(2) Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts for Construction. Requests for an exception from the FAR requirement (see FAR 22.504(d)(3)) to apply to all orders under a particular IDIQ shall be submitted to the SPE at a level no lower than the Assistant Commissioner for the PBS Office of Acquisitions.

(b) Process for Requesting Exceptions.

Contracting officers shall obtain approvals for exceptions to using PLAs on large-scale construction projects from the SPE by following the steps found on the Project Labor Agreement topic page of the GSA Acquisition Portal at https://insite.gsa.gov/acquisitionportal.

(c) Reporting.

(1) For large-scale construction projects, the contracting officer must report information to the Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) as follows:

(i) For projects granted an exception by the SPE, within one day of the time of solicitation issuance; or

(ii) For contracts and orders awarded with PLA requirement, within one day of the time of award.

(2) Contracting officers must use the reporting documents provided on the Project Labor Agreement topic page of the GSA Acquisition Portal at https://insite.gsa.gov/acquisitionportal to provide the information.