Or. Admin. R. 839-025-0085 - Contract Ineligibility
(1) Under
the following circumstances, the commissioner, in accordance with the
Administrative Procedures Act, may determine that a contractor or a
subcontractor or a firm, limited liability company, corporation, partnership or
association in which the contractor or subcontractor has a financial interest
may not receive a contract or subcontract for a public works for a period of
three years:
(a) The contractor or
subcontractor intentionally failed or refused to pay the prevailing rate of
wage to workers employed on a public works project as required under ORS
279C.840;
(b) The contractor failed to pay to the
contractor's employees amounts required under ORS
279C.840 and a surety or another
person paid the amounts on the contractor's behalf;
(c) The subcontractor failed to pay the
prevailing rate of wage to workers employed on a public works project as
required under ORS 279C.840 and the contractor, a
surety or another person paid the amounts owed on the subcontractor's
behalf;
(d) The contractor or
subcontractor intentionally failed or refused to post the prevailing wage rates
as required under ORS
279C.840(4) and
these rules; or
(e) The contractor
or subcontractor intentionally falsified information in the certified
statements the contractor or subcontractor submitted under ORS
279C.845.
(2) If a contractor or subcontractor is a
corporation or a limited liability company, the provisions of this rule will
apply to any corporate officer or agent of the corporation or any member or
manager of the limited liability company who is responsible for failing or
refusing to pay or post the prevailing wage rates, failing to pay to the
contractor's employees amounts required under ORS
279C.840 that a surety or other
person pays on the contractor's behalf, failing to pay to a subcontractor's
employees amounts required under ORS
279C.840 that the contractor, a
surety or other person pays on the subcontractor's behalf or intentionally
falsifying information in the certified statements the contractor or
subcontractor submits under ORS
279C.845.
(3) As used in section (2) of this rule, any
corporate officer or agent of the corporation or any member or manager of the
limited liability company responsible for failing or refusing to pay or post
the prevailing wage rates, failing to pay to the contractor's employees amounts
required under ORS 279C.840 that a surety or other
person pays on the contractor's behalf, failing to pay to a subcontractor's
employees amounts required under ORS
279C.840 that the contractor,
surety or other person pays on the subcontractor's behalf or intentionally
falsifying information in the certified statements the contractor or
subcontractor submits under ORS
279C.845, includes, but is not
limited to, the following individuals when the individuals knew or should have
known the amount of the applicable prevailing wages or that such wages must be
posted:
(a) The corporate president;
(b) The corporate vice president;
(c) The corporate secretary;
(d) The corporate treasurer;
(e) Any member or manager of the limited
liability company;
(f) Any other
person acting as an agent of a corporate officer, the corporation, limited
liability member or manager, or limited liability company.
(4) The Wage and Hour Division will maintain
a written list of the names of contractors, subcontractors and other persons
who are ineligible to receive public works contracts and subcontracts. The list
will contain the name of contractors, subcontractors and other persons and the
name of any firms, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships or
associations in which the contractor, subcontractor or other persons have a
financial interest. Except as provided in OAR
839-025-0095, such names will
remain on the list for the duration of the period, as determined by the
commissioner, in which no contract or subcontract for public works may be
received.
(5) Before placing a name
on the ineligible list referred to in section (4) of this rule, the
commissioner will serve a notice of intended action upon the contractor or
subcontractor in the same manner as service of summons or by certified mail,
return receipt requested. The notice will include:
(a) A reference to ORS
279C.840;
(b) A short and concise statement of the
matters which constitute intentional failure or refusal to pay or post the
prevailing rate of wage or intentional falsification of information in the
certified statements;
(c) A
statement of the party's right to request a contested case hearing and to be
represented by counsel at such hearing, provided that any such request must be
received by the commissioner in writing within 20 days of service of the
notice;
(d) A statement that the
party's name will be published on a list of persons ineligible to receive
public works contracts or subcontracts, unless the party requests a contested
case hearing as provided in section (5)(c) of this rule;
(e) A statement that failure to make written
request to the commissioner for a contested case hearing within the time
specified will constitute a waiver of the right thereto; and
(f) A statement that if a hearing is
requested, the contractor or subcontractor will be given information on
procedures and rights as required by ORS
183.413(2).
(6) Upon the failure of the
contractor or subcontractor to request a contested case hearing within the time
specified, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee will enter an order
supporting the bureau's action.
(7)
If a contractor or subcontractor makes a timely request for a contested case
hearing, a hearing will be held in accordance with OAR
839-050-0000 to -0045 and
presided over by an administrative law judge designated by the
commissioner.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 651.060(4) & ORS 279C.808
Statutes/Other Implemented: OL Ch. 334 (2017) & ORS 279C.860
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