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B-208899.2, DEC 1, 1982

B-208899.2 Dec 01, 1982
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B-208899.2, DEC 1, 1982

DIGEST: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE DOES NOT REVIEW WAGE RATE DETERMINATIONS ISSUED BY SECRETARY OF LABOR UNDER SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965.

U.S.EAGLE INC.:

U.S.EAGLE INC. (EAGLE) PROTESTS THE WAGE DETERMINATION ISSUED UNDER DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (NAVY) INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. N62474-82-B 7933, BECAUSE THIS WAGE DETERMINATION, REPRESENTING DECREASED WAGES FOR JANITORIAL WORK, CONFLICTS WITH A SEPARATE WAGE DETERMINATION FOR A DIFFERENT ONGOING CUSTODIAL CONTRACT AT THE SAME NAVAL FACILITY.

WE DISMISSED AN IDENTICAL PROTEST UNDER THE SAME IFB IN CONTRACT MANAGEMENT INC.; INDUSTRIAL, TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, B-208899, OCTOBER 4, 1982, 82-2 CPD 309. AS WE STATED IN THAT DECISION, OUR OFFICE DOES NOT REVIEW WAGE RATE DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR UNDER THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED, 41 U.S.C. SEC. 351, ET SEQ. (1976). 48 COMP.GEN. 22 (1968); INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, INC., B-200808.2, JUNE 5, 1981, 81-1 CPD 450; G.W.GALLOWAY COMPANY, B-193940, JANUARY 30, 1979, 79-1 CPD 74.

WE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ISSUE SHOULD PROPERLY BE RAISED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) AND THAT, IN THIS CONNECTION, THE NAVY HAD ADVISED US THAT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT INC., ONE OF THE TWO PRIOR PROTESTERS, HAD COMPLAINED TO DOL AND DOL HAD CONFIRMED THE WAGE DETERMINATION UNDER THIS IFB.

WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.

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