Standardized Labor Categories Clause Samples
The Standardized Labor Categories clause defines and organizes specific job roles and classifications that are to be used consistently throughout a contract or agreement. It typically outlines the qualifications, responsibilities, and experience required for each labor category, ensuring that personnel assigned to the project meet predetermined standards. By establishing clear definitions for labor categories, this clause helps prevent misunderstandings about staffing requirements and facilitates accurate pricing, billing, and performance evaluation.
Standardized Labor Categories. OASIS SB provides standardized labor categories that correspond to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) maintains compensation data. In accordance with Section J.1., Attachment (1), all of the OASIS SB standardized labor categories are either an individual labor category that is mapped to a single SOC and functional description or a labor category group that is mapped to multiple SOC Numbers and functional descriptions. The OASIS SB labor category groups were established based upon BLS published data regarding similar direct labor compensation within a grouping of multiple SOC numbers and functional descriptions. The OCO must specifically state in the task order solicitation if the standardized labor categories in Section J.1., Attachment
(1) apply or do not apply. OCOs will be trained by GSA in the use of the SOC direct labor pricing estimates for their task order requirements, which incorporates pricing considerations for over 640 metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in the CONUS and US territories. The Contractor shall become proficient in the use of the BLS SOC system in preparation for submitting cost/price proposals under task order solicitations that require standardized labor category submissions in accordance with Section J.1., Attachment (1). For each SOC, the BLS provides a National 50th Percentile estimate, a National 75th Percentile estimate, and a National 90th Percentile estimate. Also identified are the states where each occupation is paid the highest. While not identified on the BLS website, the BLS provides a 50th Percentile estimate, a 75th Percentile estimate, and a 90th Percentile estimate for each SOC in each state, metropolitan, and non-metropolitan area in the United States. This information will be incorporated into a labor estimating tool to be provided to OCOs and Contractors on the official GSA OASIS SB webpage at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/oasis. Except for ancillary labor as defined under Section B.3., when responding to a request for proposal under task order solicitations, regardless of contract type, the Contractor may be required by the OCO to identify both Prime and Subcontractor labor using the OASIS SB Labor Categories and corresponding SOC Number that applies. The Contractor may deviate from the Junior, Journeyman, Senior, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) definitions in Section J.1., as long as the Contractor clearly identifies t...