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B-175750 1 (1972-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablcu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O¢et ffice exceptL, on the bas~s of se5, 5c -7 the 1 D SP sk by , VOS ;_ r , Dear Senatoru Boggs: tv COMPTROLLER&&1apu4MM1 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ~ouxc ~ B- 17 5750 RLAE 3W7 Dear Senator Boggs: Your letter of October 10, 1972, requested information I on the attempts by the General Se ces -dminlra.tio. (GSA) 7 to use-mr ~msi~e.eihea attachment clauses in comter lease contracts for fiscal year 1973 and informa- tion on monitoring efforts by our Office. For several months we have been conducting further re- search on the acquisition and use of peripheral equipment as well as on other problems mentioned in our 1969 report. We expect to issue a followup report on these matters soon and will send you a copy when the report is available. Also, through personal contacts, we have been kept informed of GSA's progress in the area of your specific interest. GSA is making a concerted effort to include new clauses in the fiscal year 1973 Federal Supply Schedule contracts with major automatic data processing equipment manufacturers. These clauses will clarify the Government's right to attach peripheral equipment to leased computers. We anticipate that these new contract clauses, if successfully negotiated by GSA, will insure the Government's right to (1) substitute or add peripheral equipment when the system is being leased under a Schedule contract and (2) obtain technical information needed to facilitate installation of the substituted or added equip- ment. The new clauses are shown in the enclosure. Negotiations are currently underway with major equipment manufacturers for the fiscal year 1973 Schedule contracts. GSA has succeeded in negotiating the new contract clauses, with minor changes, into the Schedule contracts with the Con- C, &trol Data Corporation and the UNIVAC Division of Sperry Rand P - Corporation. As of November 10, 1972, these two contracts were the only fiscal year 1973 Schedule contracts awarded to major equipment manufacturers. GSA has assured us, however, that the new provisions are being given primary considera- tion in the negotiations with the other major equipment manufacturers. 44-5~O0C9

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