ORS 332.361 Contractor requirements for indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements

A school district shall require a contractor carrying out work on projects for indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements under ORS 332.352 to 332.365 to:

Participate as a training agent in an apprenticeship program registered with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council to provide on-the-job training opportunities for apprentices in apprenticeable occupations to perform work on the project;

Establish and implement a plan for outreach, recruitment and retention of women, minority individuals and veterans to perform work on the project with the aspirational target of having at least 15 percent of total work hours performed by individuals in one or more of those groups;

Pay wages to workers who perform work on the project at a rate that is no less than the prevailing wage rate;

Offer employer-paid family health insurance and retirement benefits to workers who perform work on the project;

Demonstrate a history of material compliance in the previous three years, or provide available history for a new business, with federal and state wage and hour laws and applicable prevailing wage rate laws;

Demonstrate a history of material compliance in the previous three years, or provide available history for a new business, with the rules and other requirements of state agencies with oversight regarding occupational safety and health; and

Ensure at all times during the duration of the project that work is performed by qualified testing personnel or qualified adjusting personnel as required by ORS 332.352 to 332.365.

In lieu of complying with the requirements described under subsection (1) of this section, a contractor may provide the school district with a copy of a project labor agreement and shall be exempted from the requirements described in subsection (1) of this section.

As used in this subsection, “project labor agreement” means a project labor agreement as defined in 48 C.F.R. 52.222-34, as in effect on January 1, 2024.