Prime contractor.
Prime contractor. The term prime contractor means any person or entity that enters into a contract with an agency. For the purposes of the labor standards provisions of any of the laws referenced by 5.1, the term prime contractor also includes the controlling shareholders or members of any entity holding a prime contract, the joint venturers or partners in any joint venture or partnership holding a prime contract, and any contractor (e.g., a general contractor) that has been delegated the responsibility for overseeing all or substantially all of the construction anticipated by the prime contract. For the purposes of the provisions in 5.5 and 5.9, any such related entities holding different prime contracts are considered to be the same prime contractor.