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B-186368 1 (1976-05-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddmv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE C IMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 t -ITLO FILE: B-186368 DATE; May 18, 19'6 qI q33 MATTER OF: Victor H. Van Sant - Wages allegedly due from General Services Administration DIGEST: Employee hired by Government contractor, with approval of GSA, to provide construction supervision services for GSA on construction project does not have legal claim against GSA for wages allegedly due for first day of work, even though GSA instructed employee to report to work on that date, since there is no privity or contractual relationship on which to base.claim as employee did .not work for GSA. Mr. Victor H. Van Sant requests reconsideration of the denial of his claim by our Claims Division's Settlement Certificate No. Z-5813, dated March 30, 1976. The Settlement Certificate disallowed Mr. Van Sant's claim for additional compensation allegedly due from the General Services Administration (GSA) incident to his employment with Irving Bowman and Associates (IBA) on a GSA construction project in Elkins, West Virginia. The record indicates that pursuant to the construction supervision provisions of a contract between GSA and IBA, Mr. Van Sant was, with the approval of GSA, hired by IBA to provide construction supervision services for GSA on the Elkins project. Mr. Van Sant's appointment was effective July 15, 1975, and he was instructed by GSA to report on this date. The record indicates that Mr. Van Sant did report to work on July 15, 1975. According to Mr. Van Sant he worked a total of 11 hours that day for which he was not paid. He claims GSA owes him additional compensation for this work. The evidence of record does establish that GSA did request Mr. Van Sant to report to work on July 15, 1975, and while Mr. Van Sant was employed on the project he worked under the general supervision of GSA's Construction Engineer. However, - 1

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