Govconlaw Blog
Federal Construction Projects: Final Rule on Project Labor Agreement (PLA)
By: Aaron C. Schlesinger, Julia Loudenburg
Published Date: January 17, 2024
Beginning on January 22, 2024, in compliance with President Biden’s February 4, 2022 Executive Order, 14603, federal construction projects with a total estimated cost of $35 million are required to utilize a project labor agreement (“PLA”) unless the contracting agency grants an exception. The Federal Register estimates that this rule will impact approximately 119 IDIQ contracts each year; these contracts have an average award value of about $114 million.
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