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PSAD-79-90 1 (1979-06-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaziy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1oqoo UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ouWASH INGTON, D.C. 20548 LM109600 PROCUREMENT AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION June 11, 1979 B-193530 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker United States Senate Dear Senator Schweiker: This is in reply to your December 19, 1978, request on behalf of Dr. Lewis B. Udis, President of Alan Scott Indus- % tries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You asked us to review a voluminous series of documents concerning two unsolicited value engineering change proposals (VECPs) submitted by Dr. Udis to the Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC), a field activity of the Defense Logistics Agency. The issues raised by Dr. Udis are not new; they are essentially the same complaints as those he brought to your attention earlier in 1978 and to other members of the Congress in 1976 and 1977. Because of your interest and in view of the tenacity and persistence of Dr. Udis, we reexamined the documents, interviewed Dr. Udis and DPSC personnel, examined DPSC records, contacted experts in metallurgy, reviewed a Defense Logistics Agency Inspector General's report on these same matters, and obtained the views of other industry sources. Our January 19, 1978, letter to you expressed our opinion that the Department of Defense had neither mistreated Dr. Udis nor acted improperly in dealing with his VECPs and further review by us would serve no useful purpose. Our reexamina- tion of these issues leads us to the same conclusion. This letter summarizes the issues and briefly outlines the facts and circumstances of the dispute between Dr. Udis and DPSC. Dr. Udis made two unsolicited VECPs concerning (1) the lot sample size for heat treat and hardness testing and (2) the use of copper sulfate and boil tests for corrosion resist- ance. Both VECPs were directed to DPSC's specifications for purchasing dental and surgical instruments. At that time, Alan Scott Industries was a potential supplier of these instruments. 0 PSAD-79-90 109600 z9-=Vz5

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