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GGD-81-53 1 (1981-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbra0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GKNKRAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-144874 MARCH 23,1981 The Honorable William F. Bolger Postmaster General Dear Mr. Bolger: Subject:Electronic Scal Procurement Needs Revision (GGD-81-53) This report is another in a series addressing restrictive conditions and specifications in Postal Service solicitations and their impact on Postal relationships with private industry, compe- tition, and cost. This particular report concerns early action needed to: --Cancel or reduce current procurement quantities of elec- tronic scales. --Shift procurement strategy from competition by specifica- tion to competition based on commercially available items. ACCEPTABLE UNIT NOT YET OBTAINED USING POSTAL SPECIFICATION The Postal Service intends to replace mechanical scales be- ing used in customer windows with electronic scales. This transi- tion is expected to take at least 10 years and result in greater accuracy, increased productivity and impr6ved customer satisfac- tion. The process to develop and define the Service's needs took several years and resulted in specifications incorporating fea- tures of earlier commercial products plus new requirements. The result is an end product unique to the Postal Service. This u- nique product is to serve as the standard electronic scale for the future. The initial contract award for this scale went to Intercomp Company in May 1980 for $2,136,200. It called for 1500 scales with first article delivery expected in September 1980. The first article was not received until December 1980 and did not pass the required quality control tests. A second scale experienced problems but received conditional approval in early January 1981 on the basis of independent environmental and Na- tional Bureau of Standards tests. However, over 2 months later the Bureau's report on these tests has not been received. Also, // (...3 (019004)

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