B-200808.2, JUN 5, 1981
Highlights
THE PROTESTER MAINTAINS THAT THIS CHANGE IN THE HOURLY RATE SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED SINCE IT IS INFLATIONARY AND FAR IN EXCESS OF THE WAGE RATE FOR THE AREA IN WHICH THE GUARD SERVICES ARE BEING PERFORMED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-200808.2, JUN 5, 1981
DIGEST: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE DOES NOT REVIEW WAGE RATE DETERMINATIONS ISSUED BY SECRETARY OF LABOR UNDER SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, INC.:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, INC., PROTESTS AGAINST THE WAGE DETERMINATION ISSUED UNDER DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. N00406-80-R-1114, WHICH INCREASES THE HOURLY WAGE FROM $5.98 TO $6.58. THE PROTESTER MAINTAINS THAT THIS CHANGE IN THE HOURLY RATE SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED SINCE IT IS INFLATIONARY AND FAR IN EXCESS OF THE WAGE RATE FOR THE AREA IN WHICH THE GUARD SERVICES ARE BEING PERFORMED.
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); G. W. GALLOWAY COMPANY, B-193940, JANUARY 30, 1979, 79-1 CPD 74.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.