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092714 1 (1969-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION ). AR 196 ~ 2 LM092714 Dwwa !tr. jote: V.' 'Nwe rnme.e a review of coo-inc mchirn lesed by tY4 Dep&-tnent of GM7rrcie =nder Federal 3W~p;- ScbedrZLe eortracts. Our reiw whic!! w rePxurs=t to the TuDA-et anld kccountincj Act al922. (, 61 .C 33)s n the Accoimtine r~ Aitin,4 ket of 295C (M U.... 67)% W&S dLrecteod to~r-d a deten~Inaticm of th.e avgi2a-ilitY of coryia'!!chnez I&I±h would be capatle of prardinr tom-iuj services sk-:1.1ar to tho3--e povided b7 inachbnen boj, used byr the Depart,-vezt at aL ine weeical cost. 0zr reviev, 1hich waw conducted St the Deprtz-aet of (;=wee in WM'4.n,-ta, D). C., and at minums bureaa Ir. the T.'aaRanl-ton area, inclA4sd A review Of pertine&nt Sections of the Code of Federal ~Etala- tiona, aznd ar Vri~.tion of DeparL~nt rcords, policies, and pro- cadixei relatin- to the 1aainr wid operaticn of co7.4.ar e W~e discussed yrocurorent procodurwo with IDeprt~st offiials, and Mc31ltod wth re eW.-.tWAtVe of various conwinc Mr~acn Mmufac- turers to becr fani'iar with th~eir zsc1.zies' capabilitiez. 'We did not reiri.ew the nood for the nmri-er of @d.StirJg co,,7in,- mahines in the Departm~ent.I rhy letter dated Fabruary 2, 1968, we advised the Aas.istant See- retaxT for Ad&inistrtio tbat there were copinx- ma idnes availeLle or, the Federal Sply Schodue whiich in our opino tad siJ±-.r cra- bilities to, and were mmre coca2nioal than zany, of the Zerwx copyin.. necia which the Deprtent had leaised. We a13o stated that sintce the Depar-ti-ent 'a copyinEz mw.%riez wsre leased under ruJ.ile-ard Yedaral Sup-ply. SchedZe contracts, the Deparrnent is required, undsr the Feda-raI Fropwtert Yaaeoit 1Re~uitiota,0 to justify orders placed at other than the lowst delivered price availbl. TWe advised that ve Wa found no writtoa- justU'icati=s. Alzo, we sxpm~ssd the vlew that the reliance rlaced by the #taff of the Office of Aer-.4trati Serview an the Frintirkr ELquir.. amt Fim.i, Cm.ttee,. Office of Puict~,to ascertain that the rmt coo=Ua1 zacil ws baia procured Wa resulted in tie lark of' adequate rae-eisn a the pros rmnt requests bec ause the C*i=ittee did not consider coat idin saing, requets for copy- Iran =achnes. Fvrther, we e,,res-3ed the view t-hat there was a need to inprove the rev~wiL p-ooedumo 6o tlArt Depatant-level rmaa*- rent could be aiseued that the most econwuioal coy--int eez'vice was *bt9'.A 71Y

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