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B-169166 1 (1970-05-05)

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
         WASHINGTON, D C 20548


B-169166



Dear Hr. Oganovic:


     Pursuant to a congressional inquiry, we examined into
followed by the Civil Service Commission's Denver Regional
procureomt of copy paper for use by the Interagency Board
Examiners (IAB) at Salt Lake City, Utah.


the procedures
Office in the
of Civil Service


     Our review ws directed primarily toward ascertaining wether copy
paper used by the TAB bad been purchased at the lovest price available
under the Federal Supply Schedule, as required by section 101-26.408-2 of
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. We did not examine into the effi-
cieney and effectiveness of the copying machine operations.

CO   PAER 9    t    AT A PRIC CEATK
A    THE i   s PRIC    AWV

     In December 1969 the Denver Regional Office issued a blanket purchase
o der for 25#000 sheets of copy paper from the 80 Corporation covering
the estinted requirements of the Salt Lake City lAB through June 30, 1970.
The Federal Supply Schedule price lists showed that the appropriate type of
Nashua copy paper was available at a net price, after cash discounts, that
was slightly lower than the listed net price for the 80 copy paper ordered
for use by the Salt Lake City IAB.


     Following is a comparison of the met prices of these
copy paper In December 1969.

                                              Nashua


Gross price per 1.000 *heets
Cash discoumt available on payments
  made within 20 days:
     Nashua copy paper - 2 percent
     904 copy paper - I percent

  Hot price per 1,000 sheets


#18.39

   .37

aus


two brands of

       S4


#UL


LYQCUMLNT AVAILABI


CIVIL DIVISION


1970

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