About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

PSAD-78-78 1 (1978-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawuk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 




05217 - [052537                  NSUE

Review of Air Force Award Procedures concerning    p
of X15 Afterburner Cylinders. PSAD-78-78; 0-14687. February 16v
197e. Released February 23. 1978. 2 Vp.

Report to Rep. illia A. Cotter; by R. U. Gutmana Director#
Procurement and Systems acquisition Div.

Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods aud Sarvices (1900).
Contact: Drocurement and Systems acquisition Div.
Budget T-,action: National Defense: Department of Dfense -
    Procuremeft S Coatracts (058).
Organization Concerned: Birken Mig. Co.; Department of the Air
    Force; Department of the Air Porce: Air Logistics center,
    okl .oa C ty. OK.
Conq      nal Relevance: Rep. SIllinm a. Cotter.

          iirkeLu Manufacturing Company indicated that the Air
Force improperly prevented it from ccmpetAng because it vas not
a qualified repair source even though the company and its
predecessor were the original sanufacturer of the items.
Officials at the Oklahoma City Air Logistic& Cente uhere the
repair contracts were awarded stated thatq under the centeres
procedures, the normal qualification xaquirement for Birken
vculd have been waived if no other qualified firm was available.
However, another firm qualified and had received -sole- sume
repair contracts for several years. according to c:enter
personnel, the ability to manufacture an item does not assure
the ability to repair it. The Air Force contract award &ad
qaalificatioa procedures were generally ad oguate, but activities
requiring repair services should qualify more than che cource,
if possible, and this was not done by the center. Qualification
testinq of Birkenes repair process has been initiated and, if it
is satisfactory, the company will be allowed to compete in
future repair contracts. (TE)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most