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The SCA wage floor check

The current Department of Labor wage determination sets the floor. The proposed labor rate card doesn't always catch up. The tool pulls the live WD for your place of performance and compares it line-by-line.

SOW / PWS (place of performance)

Place of Performance: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), 8901 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20889. Montgomery County. Primary NAICS: 541519 — Other Computer Related Services.

Proposal text (labor section)

Key personnel include three (3) Software Developer III staff supporting EHR integration and sustainment at the WRNMMC campus. Labor rates are consistent with our GSA Schedule pricing and industry benchmarks. Additional Software Developer I, Software Developer II, and Systems Administrator categories support the base period and option years.

15 checks / month included

Retrieving SCA Wage Determination · Montgomery County, MD

Querying SAM.gov Wage Determinations API…

WD 2015-4281 Rev 22 retrieved · effective January 1, 2026

Extracting rates for Software Developer labor categories…

Mapping to proposal labor categories…

Rate comparison complete · 1 gap identified

Labor category	WD floor	H&W	Proposed	Gap
Software Dev I	$31.14/hr	$4.98	$34.00/hr	+$2.86
Software Dev II	$38.47/hr	$4.98	$40.00/hr	+$1.53
Software Dev III	$47.43/hr	$4.98	$43.50/hr	−$3.93
Systems Admin	$33.21/hr	$4.98	$35.50/hr	+$2.29

Cost impact · Software Developer III

High

WD2015-4281 Rev 22 · Montgomery County, MD · eff. Jan 1, 2026

SCA floorSoftware Developer III$47.43 / hr

Proposed rateSection B CLIN$43.50 / hr

GapPer hour, per FTE−$3.93 / hr

FTEs × Hours × Years3 × 2,080 × 531,200 hrs

5-year unbudgeted cost $0

FAR 52.222-41 · Service Contract Labor Standards. Contracting officer issues a modification at award; the contractor absorbs the gap.

Action: Revise Section B CLIN pricing for CLIN 0003 Software Development Support and attach WD 2015-4281 Rev 22.

Health & welfare rate · separate, and mandatory

Medium

H&W rate$4.98/hr · mandatory above the base wage Regulatory basisSCA § 2(a)(2); 29 CFR Part 4 Common mistakeOffsetting H&W with existing health insurance without a formal fringe benefit plan on file with DOL 5-yr impact$4.98 × 3 × 2,080 × 5 = $155,376

Action: Verify the fringe benefit plan covers $4.98/hr equivalent. If not, add the H&W cost as a separate line in Section B.

Before / after

Before

$43.50/hr

Software Dev III base rate. No explicit H&W line.

After

$52.41/hr

$47.43/hr SCA floor + $4.98/hr H&W. Compliant.

Total catch across 5 years: $278,112 — $122,736 base-wage gap + $155,376 H&W.