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02955 - [A1933005]
(Interim Upgrade of Equipment for the Department of
Agriculture's Fort Collins Computer Center). LCD-77-104;
B-146864. Jujy 1, 1977. 5 pp.
Report to Rep. Jack Brooks, Chairman, House Committee on
Government Operations; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and Services (1900);
Federal Records Management (1400).
Contact: Logistics and Communications Div.
Budget Function: Miscellaneous: Automatic Data Processing
(1001); Miscellaneous: Financial Management and Informa.tion
Systems (1002).
Organization Concerned: Department of Agriculture; Department of
Agriculture: Fort Collins Computr Center, CO.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Government
Operations; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
The acquisition by the Department of Agriculture of a
Univac 1100/42 computer system as a replacement was reviewed to
determine whether there was justification for procurement and
noncompetitive procedures. The need ta upgrade the system
evolved from plans to establish large-scale regional computer
centers. In anticipation of the procurement of cowputer systems,
the Department established the Fort Collins Computer Center.
Findings/Conclusions: Transfer of work from Forest Service field
offices ar.d cancellation of the procucement program caused a
workload that exceeded the capacity of the existing system.
However, cost analyses were not prepared for Forest Service
applications systems to be transferred to the Center, and
improper methods were used to compa re costs with commercial
service. The new system was needed because the existing one was
being operated at maximum capability and the workload was
increasing, but better planning could have limited the size of
the workload transferred hy the Forest Service which would have
prevented this situation and allowed time to conduct fully
competitive procurement. (HTW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacmr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)