Including a project labor contract requirement in multiple federal contract solicitations does not result in anything less than the full and open competition required by federal law, the U.S. government told a federal court.
If a contractor is able but unwilling to enter into a PLA – a pre-employment collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization that helps avoid project disruptions – the contractor was permitted to participate but chose not to submit a compliant bid, The government said the US federal court is suing in a filing published on Tuesday.
The government submitted the counter-application for the assessment of the administrative register in a…