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B-194139 1 (1979-04-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: r MPT#f0J.ERGENERAL _PF THE UNITED STATES SWASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN RI PLY REFER TO: B-194139 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce- - House of Representatives -Dear Mr. Chairman: ~D5 We refer to sour letter dated February 8, 1979, concerning 1contract . 7-4 between the Econom.i/Rg149y Administration LL4 7) (-ERA, Department o h(?y '( --,and Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc.I (S&W). The contract's purpose is to help devel p materials assist State public utility commissions and major nonregulated utilities in evaluating and, if appropriate, adopting improvements in certain ratemaking procedures, including both rate design and regulatory practices. In your letter, and through subsequent informal discussions with a member of the staff of your Committee, you request our opinion on a number of. matters concerning the solicitation for the contract effort, the procedures used by DOE in conducting the procurement, the award of the contract to S&W, -and the propriety of contract modifications proposed by DOE. In addition, you ask whether in our view the contract should be terminated. The response below is based substantially on our review of the written record proxlided to our Office by your staff. We have not requested any further information from DOE, nor are we providing that agency with a copy of this reply. 1. Whether the contract, which you state obviously was entered into in anticipation of the enactment of Public Law 95-617, was authorized? ~rc~T~L April 11, 1979 088819

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