Did that republication move your money?

A wage determination you priced against gets republished under a new modification number, and the notice tells you nothing about whether anything you carry changed. A new modification can move a rate you are carrying, or it can leave every line you priced exactly where it was. The only way to tell which one you are holding is to read the new document against the old one, line by line, for the classifications that are yours.

That is the comparison this does. Name the determinations you are carrying and the hours behind each classification. When the Department of Labor republishes one, we pull the new revision, compare it against the one you priced, and email you the answer — including when the answer is that nothing you priced moved.

This is the email you would get

Not a description of it, and not a mock-up. This is the output of the same code that sends the real one, run over two real revisions of a real determination. Nothing to enter, nothing to pay.

What this example was built from

The Department of Labor republished VA20260195 as modification 1 on 2026-05-18, replacing modification 0. Both revisions are published documents, and both are readable on SAM.gov. The email below is what the same code that sends the real thing produces from that pair.

The crew is an example we picked, made only of classifications published on that determination — no customer is named here:

TRAFFIC CONTROL: Flagger — 1,200 hours
OPERATOR: Roller — 640 hours
OPERATOR: Crane — 220 hours

Subject: VA20260195 modification 1 — Nothing you priced moved

To you@yourcompany.com

VA20260195 was republished as modification 1 on 2026-05-18.

Nothing you priced moved. The 3 classifications you told us you carry hours for are published at the same base rate and fringe as in modification 0.

Added to this determination:

ELECTRICIAN, INCLUDES TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION
$36.85 base + $14.13 fringe = $50.98 loaded
You have no hours recorded for this classification.

What we compared: the published text of modification 0 against the published text of modification 1, both from the U.S. Department of Labor via SAM.gov. Every rate above is a literal value from those two documents.

Your watch — every determination, when it was last checked, and when it is next checked.

This email went to you@yourcompany.com and nowhere else.

Stop watching VA20260195 · Pause all watching · Cancel the watch

That republication moved no rate on anything the example crew carries — which is a real answer, and the one this example happens to give. The watch exists to tell you which of the two it is without you re-reading the document. Open it on its own page.

What a verdict tells you

Which of your lines moved

Only the classifications you told us you carry. The old loaded rate, the new one, and the difference per hour — each figure a literal value read from the two published documents.

What it is worth at your hours

The rate difference multiplied by the hours you entered, per line and in total. That is the number that decides whether a republication is worth acting on.

What was added and removed

Classifications the new revision publishes that the old one did not, and the ones it dropped — flagged separately from the lines you priced, and marked when you carry no hours against them.

Where to check it yourself

Both modification numbers, the publication date, and a link to the determination on SAM.gov. Every verdict is reproducible against the government’s own document.

Set up your watch

1. Which determinations are you watching?

Up to 5 of them, and for each one the hours you carry per classification. The hours are what turn “a rate moved” into a number of dollars on your job — without them a verdict can only say something changed.

Determination number

It is printed at the top of any rate basis you have already built, and in the bid documents. Up to 5 on one watch.

2. Where should the verdicts go?

One address. WageBasis emails nobody else about your watch — not your colleagues, not the contracting officer, not anyone you have not typed here yourself.

Every verdict, and the private link to your watch page, are sent here.

3. What you are agreeing to

Read this before you pay. It is the whole of what happens next.

We check: nothing yet — add a determination above, every day at 07:00 UTC, against what SAM.gov publishes. Republication is the only thing we look for.
You hear from us: Only when a determination you watch has been republished, and only with a verdict on it — which of the classifications you priced moved, and what that is worth at your hours. A check that finds nothing republished sends no email.
It goes to: the address you enter above, and nobody else.
You stop us: Every email carries a one-click stop watching this determination link and a one-click pause everything link. Both work straight from the email — no login, no password, no account. A pause takes effect before the next check, because the check reads your choice immediately before it acts rather than going by the clock.
It costs: $29 a month, charged by Stripe, covering up to 5 determinations. Pausing stops the checks and the emails; it does not by itself end the subscription.

We read every determination on this list from SAM.gov before payment opens, so a number that does not exist, or a classification the document does not publish, is caught here rather than after you have been charged.

Questions before you start

How often do determinations get republished?

We will not tell you, because we have not measured it. What we have measured is two republications of one determination, and neither moved a rate. Any number we quoted you here would be invented, and the whole point of this product is that it does not invent numbers.

Do I need to have bought a rate basis first?

No. A watch takes a determination number and your hours, and nothing else. If you already have a rate basis from us, the determination number and the classifications on it are what to enter here.

What happens if a determination I watch is superseded?

A superseded determination is republished under a new modification number, which is exactly the event the watch is looking for. You get the comparison against the revision you priced, and the verdict names the new modification so you know what you are now being measured against.

Can I change the hours later?

Not in this version — the hours are fixed when the watch starts. Stop watching that determination and add it again with the new hours; both actions are one click and neither costs anything extra while the subscription is running.

Is this legal or compliance advice?

No. Which determination, construction type, and classification apply to a particular contract depends on facts specific to that contract. This page states what the published determination says; confirm applicability with your contracting officer.

Does it cover state prevailing-wage programmes?

No. This page covers federal Davis-Bacon general wage determinations only. State prevailing-wage programmes and Service Contract Act determinations are published separately and are not included here.

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This page covers federal Davis-Bacon general wage determinations only. State prevailing-wage programmes and Service Contract Act determinations are published separately and are not included here.

Which determination, construction type, and classification apply to a particular contract depends on facts specific to that contract. This page states what the published determination says; confirm applicability with your contracting officer.

The Department of Labor republishes determinations under new modification numbers. This page shows the modification named above; check the source before relying on these rates in a bid.