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088964 1 (1974-05-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuxt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 09v REGIONAL OFFICE ROOM 201 415 FIRST AVENI.E NORTH SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98109 MY 2 1974 Mr. M. L. Blaylock Acting Regional Administrator General Services Administration GSA Center Auburn, Washington 98002 Dear Mr. Blaylock: We recently completed a survey of the procurement of automobile and truck parts by Federal agencies. The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention an apparent opportunity for the Federal Supply Service to help agencies achieve savings through the consolidation of procurements. We found that Federal agencies were purchasing repair parts from a multitude of suppliers under various methods of procuxement. This resulted in substantially varying prices for the parts. Some procuring activities were attempting to ccnsolidate their require- ments in order to achieve more favorable discounts, while others were purchasing on an item-by-item basis. In no cases, however, did we find that activities were consolidating their volumes with other activities to negotiate better prices. As a result of this fragmented procurement, local agencies were not taking advantage of the potential discounts available through volume procurement. We examined the prices paid for automotive parts by two Forest Service garages, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Richland, Washington, and five agencies in the Seattle/Tacoma area maintaining the largest vehicle repair facilities. The activities included Fort Lewis, General Services Administration (GSA) Motor Pool, Seattle District Postal Service, McChord Air Force Base (AFB), and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS). At each location, we compared prices of replacement parts for general-purpose vehicles manufactured by Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, American Motors, and International Harvester. ITE'

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