Certified payroll requirements for UC Merced Procurement Services projects
What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is UC Merced Procurement Services. With live registration data from DIR project filings.
Data updated 2026-09-03
Recent UC Merced Procurement Services project registrations
New PWC-100 project registrations naming UC Merced Procurement Services as the awarding body, from DIR's public project registry. Every one of these projects means certified payroll for every contractor and sub on it, starting with the first week worked.
| Project | Registered |
|---|---|
| UCM BAC Cooling Towers | 2026-07-01 |
| UCM Fire Suppression Inspections | 2026-07-01 |
| Scooter Rack Installation | 2026-07-01 |
The portal situation
We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for UC Merced Procurement Services. Your contract documents are the source of truth: if a system like LCPtracker, Elation, or PRISM is named, uploads there are the awarding body's monitoring copy. Either way the direct DIR eCPR filing under your own registration is a separate, standing obligation on non-exempt projects (DIR eCPR FAQ).
Your filing duties on these projects
- Direct DIR eCPR filing. On a registered public works project you submit electronic certified payroll records directly to DIR at least monthly, or more often when the contract says so, under your own PWCR registration (Labor Code 1771.4). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll to the awarding body, the prime, or a portal "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" (DIR eCPR FAQ).
- Federal WH-347 weekly when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed (U.S. Department of Labor).
- Records on demand. A written request for certified payroll records starts a 10 day clock. Miss it and the penalty is $100 per worker per calendar day, enforceable by withholding from your progress payments (Labor Code 1776).
Working for a public agency
Whoever the awarding body is, California's baseline does not move: on a registered public works project you file eCPRs directly with DIR at least monthly under your own PWCR registration, and you answer any Labor Code 1776 records request within 10 days or face the $100 per worker per day penalty.
Trades recently listed on UC Merced Procurement Services work
- HVAC (C-20): 1 contractors
- Electrical (C-10): 1 contractors
- Fire protection (C-16): 1 contractors
- General building (B): 1 contractors
- D-24 (D-24): 1 contractors
- D-34 (D-34): 1 contractors