B-218427.2: May 15, 1985

A firm protested the Department of Labor's wage rate determination pursuant to a Military Sealift Command (MSC) solicitation for tugboat services, contending that: (1) the wage determination for tugboat deckhands was lower than the minimum wage rate under a collective bargaining agreement with a preceding contractor; and (2) the determination that tugboat captains and engineers were not service em...

B-218427.2: May 15, 1985

PROTEST AGAINST THE EXCLUSION OF TUGBOAT ENGINEERS AND CAPTAINS FROM COVERAGE OF THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT IN SOLICITATION FOR TUGBOAT TOWING SERVICES IS DISMISSED WHERE THE AGENCY ADMITS THAT IT MISTAKENLY CLASSIFIED THE ENGINEERS AND CAPTAINS AND INTENDS TO ISSUE AN AMENDED WAGE DETERMINATION INCLUDING THEM. CROWLEY CONTENDS THAT MSC INCORPORATED A PREVAILING WAGE AND BENEFIT DETERMINATION FOR TU...