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G                  U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States




Decision


Matter of: William Schaeffer

File:       B-417654

Date:       September 12, 2019

William Schaeffer for the protester.
John B. Alumbaugh, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the
agency.
Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest arguing that the agency's method for establishing salaries for personal services
contractors is unreasonable because it is inconsistent with agency regulation is denied
where the agency's reasonable interpretation of its own regulation is afforded great
deference.
DECISION

William Schaeffer challenges the terms of solicitation No. 720MMS1 9R00001, issued by
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), for personal services
contractors to serve as overseas executive officers.' The protester argues that USAID's
method for establishing salaries for personal services contractors is unreasonable and
inconsistent with the USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR).

We deny the protest.






1 Our Office has jurisdiction over this protest as it concerns a solicitation for the
procurement of services. See 31 U.S.C. §§ 3551(1), 3552; Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) § 37.104; Joseph W. Beausoleil, B-285643, Aug. 31, 2000, 2001 CPD
T 26 at 1 n.1; Mary Jo McDonough, B-270530, B-270530.2, Mar. 13, 1996, 96-1 CPD
T 154 at 2 n.2.

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