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11 Pub. Cont. Newsl. 1 (1975-1976)

handle is hein.journals/procurlw11 and id is 1 raw text is: SECTION OF PUBLIC CONTRACT LAW AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Vol. 11, No. 1, Oct. 1975 Inspired and enthused by the Section's Montreal meeting, which 200 members attended, the Public Contract Law Section is moving into high gear for the 1975-76 year. High points of the program which Bob Wallick and Biff Turner did such a superb job of putting together were the report by the Honorable Hugh E. Witt, Administrator of the Office of Procurement Policy, on the functioning of his Office and on the complex problems it has to solve; and the well-received account of the Honorable J.M. DesRoches, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Supply and Services of the Royal Canadian Government, of how research and develop- ment procurement is handled in Canada. These addresses were rivaled, however, by those of Robert Montgomery, General Counsel of FEA, and Hudson R. Ragan, Deputy General Counsel of ERDA, on their specialties, and by the well-prepared bread and butter sessions. The mock Congressional Hearing on HR 6085 (Remedies) was better than the usual real thing. The programs on the handling of shortages and escalation and on acceptances and warranties were first rate; and the presentation on grants in EPA and protests and disputes in HEW were informative and thorough. The Section also presented, jointly with the Section on Local Government Law, a well-attended program on the Model Procurement Code, which is vigorously moving forward as one of the major projects of the Section this year. The intellectual fare had its counterparts in the culinary and liquid delights offered at the Mount Stephen Club by the fifteen host firms to the Section and its many friends-the most brilliant social event of the Annual Meeting. The Council of the Section worked hard and productively in two long sessions on the many issues confronting the Section and the profession. It voted: * To request the ASPR Committee and the Office of Procurement Policy (since transmitted) not to promulgate an All-Disputes clause until the FEDRAL STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Copyright © 1975 American Bar Association government was ready to take action in an integrated way on all of the Procurement Commis- sion's recommendations relative to disputes and judicial remedies; 0 To request the Administration Committee of the Board of Governors of the ABA to authorize the Section to file a brief amicus supporting a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court in International Engineering Compaky v. Richardson (a request which was not granted because of policy considerations); 9 To amend the by-laws of the Section to enable the Council to act on procedural matters by majority vote of a quorum (a majority of the Council), and on substantive matters by a vote of two-thirds of those present or a majority of the full Council, whichever is the lesser; and also to amend these by- laws to leave to the Council, rather than to include in the by-laws, the regional organization of the Section. (Both amendments were approved by the Section membership and the second by the. ABA House of Delegates); 9 To run an essay contest on public contract law. The Council also: a Approved a sample statute for state enactment requiring bid proposals to set forth relevant environmental protection laws and regulations, and also providing for issuance of change orders for additional work caused by environmental pro- tection changes; and a contract clause to the same effect; 0 Reaffirmed its support of several years ago for the appointment of a Commission on Grants to study and make recommendations on this subject similar to those on Federal procurement of the Federal Procurement Commission; Formulated the role and mission of the Council Liaison, as follows: 0 Each liaison member should be a manager and take responsibility for getting his committees to work. He should provide assistance to his commit- Martin J. Harty, Editor, 14227 Georgia Ave., No. 104, Silver Spring, Md. 20906 Ronald Wartow, Assistant Editor CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

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