MILLER ON PROCUREMENT.***FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE*** We often deal with companies who just entering the federal market place or with companies who have never held contracts with agencies but who have worked as subcontractors. Although there are flow down clauses that are required to be flowed down to subcontractors, many vendors either fail to do so or have boiler-plate terms and conditions that are never really reviewed in detail by the sub. One often over looked area is that of Affirmative Action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. and when vendors must have formal plans in place. Depending on the size of your organization, and the volume of business you do with the government you may not need a formal plan, but most companies do. Any employer who has a total of $50,000 or more in government contracts and 50 or more employees must have a written affirmative action plan within 120 days after the start of a federal government contract In addition, a plan must be established for each of the firms establishments. Also, there are additional EEO EEO Equal Employment Opportunity EEO Equal Employment Office EEO Eastern European Outreach (Murrieta, CA) EEO Extremely Elliptical Orbit EEO Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc. requirements that apply to contracts even if a formal plan is not necessary. For example, any contractor or subcontractor One who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor or from another subcontractor. When an individual or a company is involved in a large-scale project, a contractor is often hired to see that the work is done. with a contract of $25,000 or more with the Federal Government must take affirmative action to hire and promote qualified Special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era and any other veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: . Under this program, companies must file annual VETS-100 reports, which show the number of target veterans in their work force by job category, hiring location, number of new hires, etc. The Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the Federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring is in charge of auditing contract compliance and just like the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , if you are not prepared, your company can not only lose contracts but face major costs to resolve problems. If you are currently doing government business or are thinking about doing so, you should take a look at the Department of Labor web site and check out what steps are necessary in order to get your organization in compliance. The general web site is www.dol.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. . |
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