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B-66927 1 (1974-05-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaegi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: hee er e9 is ITEEJ 8TMQfEAAWWKR f Mih, S WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS RLAE DIV1SION REESDMAY 3 0 1974 B- 669 27 The Honorable Mike Gravel United States Senate Q Dear Senator Gravel: On March 25, 1974, you requested that we investigate why the ,Off e ,ofNaval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves (ONPR) awarded a contra'qp;t_ ,c , r itects and Engi- neers, Incorporated (PAE), to drill two wells in Naval Pe- troleum Reserve No. 4 in Alaska. You questioned the award because it was your understanding that the firm had no prior drilling experience. We have inquired into the award of this contract and have discussed it with officials of ONPR. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, NOd-10056, estimated at $904,000, was awarded to PAE on January 31, 1974, for drilling gas wells numbers 11 and 12 in Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, if thawing conditions seemed likely to per- mit satisfactory completion by April 30, 1974. The solicitation of proposals was published in Alaskan newspapers December 3 through 7, 1973. The re- quest for proposals was mailed on December 10, 1973, to 17 prospective contractors. The deadline for submitting proposals was January 7, 1974. The proposals were to in- clude plans; estimates of mobilization costs, wage rates, and man-hours; costs of contractor-furnished equipment; and the amount of the expected fee. Only two firms, PAL and Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc., submitted proposals. Nabors' proposal was determined non- responsive because it did not include:

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