In a few recent episodes (including episodes 459 and 462), Kevin and the Skyway team covered some of the elements of the Service Contract Labor Standards Act (SCLSA) (the law previously known as the Service Contract Act) that applies to many service contracts. The SCLSA covers a LOT of services that contractors provide under service contracts in GovCon.
However, there are a lot of services that the government contracts for that are NOT covered by the SCLSA. This 2-part episode is about those services: the ones that are “exempt” from the SCLSA.
In this 2-parter, Kevin and Shelley Hall outline what makes a service exempt, why it matters, and who makes the determination on whether a service is exempt. They also share a few reasons why services being exempt from the SCLSA may be “better” in some cases.
If a) You award service contracts from the government side, or b) You compete for or perform under service contracts from the industry side, then this 2-part episode is for you. This episode 467 is part 1. Part 2 will be come out one week from today as Episode 468.