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GAO
United States General Accountng Office Office of
Waslington, DC 20548 General Counsel
In Reply
Refer to:
JAN 2 1980 1 -19 6016
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]c,Ar fr. 'Tvlicron'
',Th k'ttr, of fmtet'..nr 1979, rcInstrl that
'4, 1t)iqti t i iLte the ci reuns:iti C stirromIlitoy to award
()V a contr.-Ct for the raplawerent of vifiv1(YfliL tilo
r1lI tiii '&) totiratM An n s tw t. Ion (VA) 7to.0 i tal in
riLr.t rih.,]. 1';an3yl.vani. You , con.tittjenta, Poelort P.
?;dn(lLl oit .hrc1o .ver. AlumiLn Conpan/, Inc. and
'111lar T'. '4ac.ivara: OF Dl-11 pr[t'ij.tq I11c. . twVn ob'jected
t.o rts fact: trt th Ttrte .flivcr!; .i:od i wer. nut tuiud
for the VA project; and that 24.'hio Itivnrri dld not iaVC.
an opnrortunity to pronnnt itn p>roposarl to VA.
In rnqlunsn to our ncjqto-st for n ropor.,.fnx ,.
VA, wC r'veivcd 1-:ho rotl.ing information..,,,o window P .,
,:pl, 1vcvont contrvact wag niarded to the Small' fulnuns, ,
..dinintration which in turn hubcontractod the ,trc to
tiecocn Contruiction Corlaony unV'r the !(a) piroriram.
It was Iniloon *iho chose the wlnclov to be uned in the. . .
p'ojO(t--not 1)A. c-ordin,] to VA, !3eacor; never prenented
PIfhre friveorr' %lndt-,s for consideratb., VA states
that VA off ilt. in no ray Influncqid [flnncon] an
to th final zanufncturer of the windovn tn be tnstnlle,
Thin Office han contIntently recognizod that the
,ractLcns and procedures employod by contractors, such
m im,3ncon, in the award of subcontractu are generally
not mbject to the atatutory and ragulatory requirements
,joverning procuoremnts by the roderal qovernnnnt. There-.
fore, we hav- no basis for oLjectinU to the conduct of
this proculrefent.
e h~ope wrt have nnswered yjour quentlots cncerining
Sincerely yourn,
IMTTJTA17MTom
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