B-197362.2, MAR 28, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: CORRECTNESS OF WAGE DETERMINATION ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO AND PROTEST ALLEGING INCORRECTNESS OF SUCH WAGE DETERMINATION IS DISMISSED. DOES NOT REVIEW THE CORRECTNESS OF WAGE DETERMINATIONS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS WE HAVE IN THE PRESENT CASE. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-197362.2, MAR 28, 1980
DIGEST: CORRECTNESS OF WAGE DETERMINATION ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO AND PROTEST ALLEGING INCORRECTNESS OF SUCH WAGE DETERMINATION IS DISMISSED.
PAINTING & DRYWALL WORK PRESERVATION FUND, INC.:
PRINTING & DRYWALL WORK PRESERVATION FUND, INC. (PAINTING) PROTESTS THE CORRECTNESS AND APPLICABILITY OF A WAGE SCALE SPECIFIED IN AN AMENDMENT TO INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. N62474-78-B-0828, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NAVY (NAVY).
THIS OFFICE, PURSUANT TO JUDICIAL DECISIONS CONSTRUING THE SECRETARY OF LABOR'S AUTHORITY TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS OF PREVAILING WAGES, DOES NOT REVIEW THE CORRECTNESS OF WAGE DETERMINATIONS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS WE HAVE IN THE PRESENT CASE. SEE EDWARD E. DAVIS CONTRACTING, INC., B-194102, MARCH 1, 1979, 79-1 CPD 142. CHALLENGE TO A DAVIS-BACON ACT WAGE DETERMINATION SHOULD BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY DOL. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, INC. ARKANSAS CHAPTER, B-190775, JANUARY 17, 1978, 78-1 CPD 40.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.