How have SCA rates actually moved in your counties?

The problem

A typical Service Contract Act award is one base year plus four option years. The wage determination current at each option anniversary governs that year — not the one you bid against. And under FAR 52.222-43 you only recover the movement in the minimum, not whatever you actually chose to pay above it.

So the escalation assumption in your bid is doing real work. Guess low and you carry the difference for four years. Guess high and you lose the award to someone who guessed lower. Most people use 2%, or 3%, or whatever last year’s spreadsheet said.

What this would be

A report for the counties and labor categories you actually bid on, showing how the determination rates have moved historically — year by year, occupation by occupation — so your option-year assumption is grounded in what the rates have really done rather than a round number.

Historical movement only — no forecasts, no predicted rates, and no recommended escalation percentage. Nobody can tell you what the Department of Labor will publish in 2030, and anyone selling you that number is guessing with your margin. What you can have is evidence of what the rates have actually done, so your own assumption is informed rather than invented.

Just the data. The judgement stays yours, and the determination incorporated into your solicitation always governs.

Why I’m asking first

The rate data on this site is refreshed weekly, but a historical series is a different thing: it means pulling every prior revision of every determination back through the years, and older documents use a different format that needs separate parsing work. It is a weekend or two, not an afternoon.

I would rather find out whether anyone wants it than build it and find out afterwards. If you would use this, say so above and it moves up the list. The pricer itself stays free either way.