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PSAD-80-9 1 (1979-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazwl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION B-146700 October 26, 1979 Major General E. W. Bowers, USA Commander, Defense Personnel Support Center 2800 S. 20th Street I111liiii Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Dear General Bowers: 110766 Subject: Review of DOD's Pork Purchasing0 (PSAD-80-9) We have completed a limited review of pork purchasing by the Defense Personnel Support Center in accordance with a congressional request (code 950561). The effort involved examining th6 competitive asects of the procurement of pork chops, pork loin roasts, and bacon to try to determine whether Government purchases were made in accordance with the commercial-type products purchasing policy of the Government. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued a policy memorandum on May 24, 1976, stating: *** The Government will purchase commercial, off-the-shelf, products when such products will adequately serve the Government's requirements, provided such products have an established commercial market acceptability. * Although it is too early to tell the full effect of recent purchasing policy changes, we observed some additional competition for the chops and roasts, and significantly lower prices for the roasts resulting from a June 1979 changeover from military specifications to commercial-type specifications. On the other hand, more restrictive bacon specifications were introduced, effective with October-1979 deliveries, which resulted in increased prices to the Government. FINDINGS Pork chops--There were basically two, occasionally three, contractors submitting offers and receiving awards during 1979 under the military specifications. Under the commercial-type specifications, one contractor, who had not previously participated in the Support Center's request for offers, submitted several proposals during July 1979, 1 month after the introduction of commerical-type specifications, for this item. Since this contractor's offers were higher than the other two, there was no apparent savings. 007682

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