SAM Step 6: Reps and Certs: FAR Response 4 (~10 min)
25: Your wages v. commercial wages
Explanation: In general government contractors have to pay their employees the same amount as those people could make serving commercial customers (e.g. if a mechanic in your area makes $40/HR providing services to commercial customers, the government doesn’t want you to hire mechanics that are going to work on government projects for $25/HR). This is known as Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS)
However, there are certain services that are exempt from the SCLS and this question asks if you provide one of those exempted services
27: Offshore ownership
Explanation: The government wants to make sure that you haven’t set up a weird legal structure to offshore profit and avoid taxes
28: Inverted corporation
Explanation: The government wants to make sure that you haven’t set up a weird legal structure to offshore profit and avoid taxes
30: Taxes
Explanation: The government wants to make sure that your company has paid its taxes
31: Felonies
Explanation: The government wants to know if you company has had major legal violations recently
32: Polluting
Explanation: The government wants to know if you are a polluter
33: Telecoms
Explanation: The government wants to make sure that you aren’t selling electronics that may be compromised by hostile governments
