A contract awarding agency may, as part of a public works
contract, enter into an agreement with a contractor to approve statements of
intent to pay prevailing wages and affidavits of wages paid on behalf of the
department as provided in
RCW
39.12.040(2), pursuant to
the following terms:
(1) The agreement
must be incorporated into the bid specifications and contract
document;
(2) Statement of intent
forms and affidavit of wages paid forms, provided by the department, must be
filed with the contract awarding agency by the contractor prior to the
disbursement of public funds;
(3)
Contract awarding agencies must retain copies of all statements of intent to
pay prevailing wages received pursuant to this section for a period of not less
than three years;
(4) Contract
awarding agencies must send to the department copies of all affidavits of wages
paid received pursuant to this section within 30 days of receipt from the
contractor;
(5) The contract
awarding agency shall accept full responsibility and liability for payment of
any valid wage claims directly to the claimant;
(6) The contract awarding agency may proceed
against any contractor found to have violated the provisions of the statute,
and may debar such contractor from consideration for future contracts for up to
one year and will provide the department with the names and contractor
registration or other employer identification numbers of any such debarred
contractors within 30 days of the debarment; and
(7) Contract awarding agencies and
contractors shall not enter into contracts or agreements to perform public work
that subdivide or otherwise disaggregate any public works project of more than
the dollar amount outlined in
RCW
39.12.040 (2)(e), to enable
such public works project to be awarded pursuant to this section.