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B-179891 1 (1974-01-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaemh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION B-179891 coi.; The Honorable H. R. Gross o e:l pr a House of Representatives Dear Mr. Gross: Your October 15, 1973, letter to the Comptroller General requested that we furnish you certain information about the General Services Administration's (GSA) obtaining of ex / 1 and consultant services for forecasting_ _g,loal weather con.d$ _t~a . in t r Balimore, Md., d 208D.C., areas. IGSA has contracted for detailed weather forecasts (especially of snow and ice conditions) for these two areas each year since November 1967. The annual contracts cover the period from November 1 to the following April 15 and, including the current contract, will have cost the Government $20,600 through April 1974. We were told that GSA does not contract for local weather forecasts in any other areas. The current contract was awarded to Northeast WeatherP4 25-' -Services, Inc., on October 24 for $3,600 and covers the /period November 1, 1973, to April 15, 1974. In addition to the announcement in the October 12 issue of the Commerce Business Daily, which you called to our attention, GSA sent invitations for bids to six firms7offering weather fore- casting services; Northeast's was the only bid received. GSA seeks forecasts that are timely and accurate predictions of snow accumulations in Baltimore and. Washington so that it can order its snow removal crws and equipment to stand by to remove snow from the many Government building complexes in these cities. GSA believes that the specialized forecasts that it receives from its contractors are more accurate than the general forecasts of snow and ice conditions made by the United States Weather inreayohe.res

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