Obtaining Cost or Pric- ing Data Certification FAR 15.804-4 Processing Delays FAR 22.805(a)()Gi) FAR 22.1007(b) 5.1.5 Determine Ap- propriate Considera- tion FAR 48,104 CHAPTER 5 and the modification does not change the contract or subcontract to one for the acquisition of other than a commercial item. If the modification changes the nature of the work to the commer- cial item or adds other noncommercial work, then obtaining cost or pricing data for the changed work is not prohibited. When cost or pricing data are required, the contractor must be required to execute a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, which must be in- cluded in the contract file. Evaluating a change can be extremely time-consuming. You may need to comply with legal or administrative requirements that apply to contracts for the increased dollar value of the contract as changed. Two examples make the point, EEO Clearance. When a change raises a contract's total value over $1,000,000, you need to obtain an approval for compliance with equal opportunity. If the Department of Labor has no compliance approval on record for the contractor, there would be a delay while an approval was processed. Wage Determinati When a modification includes a significant amount of new work covered by the Service Contract Act and/or per- formed by new categories of service workers not included on wage deter- minations obtained for the basic contract, you are required to obtain a wage determination covering these new categories. ‘The regulations are not clear as to when new service work is significant but certainly when the dollar value of work to be performed by persons within these new service categories exceeds $2,500, the threshold for ap- plicability of the Act on a new procurement, an additional wage determi- tion would be appropriate for a modification as well. ‘The job of a contract administrator is to ensure faimess to both contracting parties, and to evaluate the relevance of consideration to both the contrac- tor and the Government, Base your evaluation on what is equitable and reasonable for the particular circumstances surrounding a change. Some- times consideration has been predetermined or limited based on a formula or a restriction contained within a contract itself, as with a sharing ar rangement relative to acquisition savings calculated for a value engineer- ing change proposal. 5-17