Pension and Other Benefit Programs. (1) The Contractor shall become a sponsor of the pension and other benefit plans identified in paragraph (a), and shall be responsible for the management and administration of the Market-Based Plans and Legacy Plans identified in paragraphs (a)(4) and (5).
(2) The Legacy Plans shall be managed and administered separately from the HSPP, HSSP, HEWT, and Market-Based Plans in a manner so as to preserve the Legacy Plans’ separate and distinct identities.
(3) Unless otherwise required by applicable law or approved by the Contracting Officer, no implementation of a benefit program and no amendment to any of the plans identified in paragraph (a) or underlying trust documents thereto shall result in allowable costs under this Contract.
(4) No presumption of allowability will exist when the Contractor implements a new benefit plan, or makes changes to existing benefit plans, identified in paragraph (a) above, that increase costs or are contrary to Departmental policy, as communicated by the Contracting Officer, or other written instruction or until the Contracting Officer makes a determination of cost allowability for reimbursement for new or changed benefit plans. Changes shall be in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the contract. Advance notification, rather than approval, is required for changes that do not increase costs and are not contrary to Departmental policy, as communicated by the Contracting Officer, or other written instruction.
(5) Cost reimbursement for pension and other benefit plans identified in paragraph (a) sponsored by the Contractor will be based on the Contracting Officer’s approval of Contractor actions pursuant to an approved Xxx-Xxx and an Employee Benefits Cost Study as described below.
(6) Unless otherwise stated, or as directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall submit the studies required in (i) and (ii) below. The studies shall be used by the Contractor in calculating the cost of benefits under existing benefit plans. An Employee Benefits Value (Xxx-Xxx) Study Method using no less than 15 comparator organizations and an Employee Benefits Cost Survey Comparison method shall be used in this evaluation to establish an appropriate comparison method. In addition, the Contractor shall submit updated studies to the Contracting Officer for approval prior to the adoption of any change to a pension or other benefit plan which increases costs.
(i) Separate Xxx-Xxx studies are required every two years for a...
Pension and Other Benefit Programs. The Contractor will be required to become a sponsor of the existing pension and other benefit plans (or comparable successor plans), including other PRB plans, as applicable, for incumbent employees and retired plan participants, with responsibility for management and administration of the plans, including maintaining the qualified status of those plans. The Contractor will see that Incumbent employees remain in their existing pension plans (or comparable successor plans if continuation of the existing plans is not practicable) pursuant to pension plan eligibility requirements and applicable law. Therefore, no additional costs will be incurred by the Government.
(1) No presumption of allowability will exist when the Contractor implements a new benefit plan or makes changes to existing benefit plans for either Incumbent Employees or Non-Incumbent Employees until the Contracting Officer makes a determination of cost allowability for reimbursement for new or changed benefit plans.
(2) Cost reimbursement for Incumbent Employee and Non-Incumbent Employee pension and other benefit programs sponsored by the Contractor will be based on the Contracting Officer’s approval of Contractor actions pursuant to an approved “Employee Benefits Value Study” and an “Employee Benefits Cost Survey Comparison” as described below at Paragraph 32(f)(3)(A)and(B).
(3) Unless otherwise stated, or as directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall submit the studies required in paragraphs (A) and (B) below. The studies shall be used by the Contractor as part of its performance self assessment described in paragraph 32(d) (4) above and in calculating the cost of benefits under existing benefit plans. In addition, the Contractor shall submit updated studies to the Contracting Officer for approval prior to the adoption of any change to a pension or other benefit plan.
(A) An Employee Benefits Value Study (Xxx-Xxx), every two years each for Incumbent and Non- Incumbent Employees benefits, which is an actuarial study of the relative value (RV) of the benefits programs offered by the Contractor to Incumbent and Non-Incumbent Employees measured against the RV of benefit programs offered by comparator companies approved by the Contracting Officer. To the extent that the value studies do not address post retirement benefits other than pensions, the Contractor shall provide a separate cost and plan design data comparison for the post retirement benefits other than pensions using exter...
Pension and Other Benefit Programs. (1) No presumption of allowability will exist when the Contractor implements a new benefit plan, or makes changes to existing benefit plans, and the Contractor has not provided the Contracting Officer the opportunity to review the allowability of the changes prior to implementation. The Contractor shall submit for prior approval any benefit plan changes not associated with pensions or postretirement benefits that result in increases in costs if the value of the change is $250,000 or greater. Notification is only necessary for those benefit plan changes (excluding pension and postretirement benefit changes) valued at $250,000 or less. The Contractor shall submit for prior approval any benefit changes that result in increases to the Department’s long-term pension and other actuarial liabilities that are reported in the Department’s financial statement regardless of dollar value and increases in other benefits that do not increase the liabilities in the financial statement such as paid time off, insurance and employer contributions for defined contribution pension plans if the value of the change is $250,000 or greater. Examples of benefits changes that increase the Department’s long-term liabilities include defined benefit pension plan changes and postretirement benefits other than pensions. Any changes made by the Contractor shall be in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the contract. Advance notification, rather than approval, is required for changes that do not increase costs and are not contrary to Departmental policy or written instruction.
(2) The “Employee Benefits Value Study” and an “Employee Benefits Cost Survey Comparison” are methodologies designed to assist the Contracting Officer in contract administration and oversight. As an alternative to Employee Benefits Cost Survey Comparison, the Contracting Officer may obtain an audit of the Contractor’s compensation and benefits system and of its incurred costs from either DCAA, or from DOE’s independent public accounting firm (under contract with DOE), in accordance with subparagraph (n) to assist in determining whether costs are reasonable, allowable, allocable, and in accordance with the terms of the contract.
(3) Unless otherwise stated, or as directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall submit the studies required in paragraphs (A) and (B) below. The studies shall be used by the Contractor in calculating the cost of benefits under existing benefit plans. An Em...
