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                    CW4PTtROLLER tTERALOF THELINITED STATES



      5n178933                                 September 20, 1973



      N & X  natrmwts, Zncorpyw-tod
      522lWest 164th Street
      Cleveland, Ohio 44142

           AtolAfN-o  Mr. E. John Wote
                      Pnidont
      Gntlmui:

           This Is in repy to your letter of J:me 13, 1973, protesting the
      purchase frcx General Radio Corporati(a ot' crtain aound equoent by
      tho Department of Tranaportation (Dr) wntr rGeral Services Adminia-
      tration (GSA) contract No. GOS-00605773s

           Cn March 6, 1973, DW plUcd an order with General Rol~o Corps.
      ration, a Federal Supply Schedule supplier, tbr sour4 recorder oyataas
      in the amount of $70,746.75. on March 12, 1536 JXDP ordered 5,89)9.50
      worth of coun level motera and similar equiptmwt, alo frcv General
      Radio Corporatirn. Os June 12, 1973,  P ovderitd an &dtlonal
      *52,696.0 worth of sound equipaent fro th e same conny. All the
      equipment was liatcd on the same Federal Supply £khedule, Which cou-
      tamed a w   ntns order litotion of 400,000.

           DDT has nftned us that its potential total tequrmwent wa for
      960 motors and 50 recorder cystema, u4 that it initiany ordered
      onlyhalt of the potential requiremont pending the :M= establicbment
      of its total neods. In a lottr dated Auwast 2, 1!13, a copy of
      *k~oh ms bean furnished you, DOT reported tht for clarity the re-
      iremaita for the meters and rec%rdera were each put on separate
      procurement yequeata and that during proeessing the tvo requests
      tbocone separated cmd were processed indepondmtly, ovid therefore,
      tha applicability of the nnxia w order lli tatimz Nvat not recognized.
      par further reported that its total additionmv ,requ~r('mtnp, when
      subuequently establishedg exceedod the rxm      order ltmitation and
      van theTefore subject to review in aceordaneto t IiDOT polly. Thie
      review established that there was a eaua uf recorders fku tb
      intial order and that the total quantity of recorders to be
      ordered could not be determine. leV then aordred an amdittcl
      quntity oi' met era only a  June 12.

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