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B-182342 1 (1975-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadchk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LLER THE COMPTR -LER GENERAL DE=CISION *OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-182342 DATE: JUN 20 1975 MATTER OF: Purchase of a television set for installation on Environmental Protection Agency ship, Roger R. Simon. DIGEST: In view of fact that crew and scientists aboard EPA ship, Roger R. Simon, are confined for extended periods without any common recreational facilities and that they are unable to personally provide their own portable televisions due to the ship's configuration, appropriated funds may be used to purchase television set and special antenna and rotor should responsible EPA official find it necessary for most efficient and economical performance of the ship's functions. The Assistant Admninistrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Planning and Management presents for our considera- tion two questions concerning the purchase of a television set for installation on a shio owned by that agency. The vessel, Roger R. Simon, is operated as Government-furnished property under contract with the Great Lakes Laboratory, State University of New York, Buffalo. The contract provides for the University to operate the ship and to furnish a crew, but any major pieces of equipment for the ship are to be pur- chased by the EPA. The ship gathers and evaluates water samples collected in the Great Lakes. See 33 U.S.C. H 1251, 1254(f), 1258 (Supp. II, 1972). The ship's personnel consists of 10 University-supplied crewmen and from 5 to 10 EPA scientists. A normal cruise lasts from 7 to 15 days, ordinarily without putting into dock during the duration of the cruise. The EPA scientists on board are furnished lodging and meals and are, consequently, only compensated $1 per diem and the vessel moves from sampling point to sampling point after the scientists' normal work hours. It is against this background that both the EPA scientists and the ship's crew request the installation of a television in the ship's lounge. In support of their request, they assert the following arguments: (a) No other common recreational facilities are available on the ship. D.,C1SION 54......................... ..............

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