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              UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING  OFFICE
                          REGIONAL  OFFICE
                        ROOM 7068 FEDERAL BUILDING
                        300 NORTH LOS ANGELES STREET
                     Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012
                                                    MlAR 1 2 1971




Captain K. B. Mattson
Naval Plant Representative
Douglas Aircraft Company
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
3855 Lakewood Boulevard
Long Beach, California 90801

Dear Captain Mattsons

     We recently completed a survey of the pricing of negotiated
defense contracts at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California.
The objective of our survey was to review the procurement process and
determine the extent of compliance by contractor and Government
personnel with the requirements of Public Law 87-653 and the imple-
menting provisions of the Armed Services Procurement Regulation.

     We included in our survey 25 firm fixed-price procurements over
$100,000 awarded to the contractor during the period July 1, 1968, to
November 30, 1970.  Based on the results of our work, we do not plan
to perform any detailed examinations of the pricing of these procure.
ments at this time.  Although the results of our survey were discussed
with you and your staff at the completion of our work, we thought it
would be useful to sumarize  those procurement and contract adminis-
tration issues which we believe warrant your attention.

Need to improve technical
evaluation procedues

     The Naval Plant Representative Office (NAVPRO) performed technical
evaluations for,23 of the procurement actions included in our survey.
Although these evaluations appeared to cover the significant cost
elements, they were performed by nontechnical personnel of the Contracts
Division.  We noted that evaluations performed for basic ordering
agreement (BOA) orders lacked explanation for the conclusions reached
and the recomendations  made.  We also noted that documentation in
support of the work performed was not maintained.








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