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PSAD-81-6 1 (1980-10-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbef0001 and id is 1 raw text is: J-- UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE i i 4 SHINGTON, D.C. 20548I i iI SRELEASED 113654 POCURKMVIT AND SYrUMU C , ACQUISITION DIVISION ,,90OCTOBER 10, 1980 B-199906 .. The Honorable Thomas A. Luken House of Representatives , Dear Mr. Luken: Subject: (Army's Decision Not to Contract for '1'enetrator Production at the Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, 0ie, Was Justified(PSAD-81-6) At your request, we reviewed the appropriateness of the,_,0. / Army's decision not to contract with the National Lead Com- pany of Ohio, a subsidiary of NL Industries, Inc., for pro- duction of depleted uranium core penetrators at the Depart- ment of Energy's (DOE's) Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, Ohio. _ . 7 SCOPE OF REVIEW In accordance with discussions with your office, we focused on --a cost comparison of the bids submitted in response to the fiscal year 1979 solicitation, --the need for the Center as a producer of penetrators, --whether the use of the Center would have avoided pro- duction delays, and --the latest expenditure figures for the fiscal year 1978 and 1979 contracts. We also (1) reviewed the history of the Army's efforts to improve its 105-mm. tank armament leading to the decision to develop a depleted uranium penetrator (XM774 round), (2) looked at correspondence from DOE stating its position and the conditions under which it might accept a production contract to use the Center, and (3) obtained information on S3(950600)

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