LATE PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON LATE PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES PORTLAND, OREG.-AUGUST 26, 1977 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business 96-385 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., Connecticut WILLIAM B. CHERKASKY, Executive Director (II) 1 CONTENTS Agrimson, Orrin, president, Criticare Medicare Services, Portland, Brown, Arthur, credit manager, Hirsch Weis, Portland, Oreg. Casady, Chris, Total Mobility Systems and Designs, Inc., Eugene, Chapman, Floyd A., president, Hydronix, Inc., Portland, Oreg- Cook, Terry, Soter Landscape, Inc., Portland, Oreg_. Cornell, Holly A., president, CH2M Hill___ Gundersen, Donald L., president, Portland Chamber of Commerce, Jack, Robert V., president, OECO Corp., Portland, Oreg--- Kalinoski, Jack R., public affairs manager, Associated General Con- Newton, Dave, owner, Dave Newton Duplicator Co., Portland, Oreg__ Renwick, Lois, office manager, Pacific Landscape Contractors, Beaver- Wilson, Charles H., Ace Overhead Door Specialties, Portland, Oreg__ EXHIBITS Enrolled Senate Bill 391, sponsored by Committee on Labor, Consumer Letter dated August 11, 1977, to Criticare Medical Service, Portland, Oreg., from Gerald D. Giles, Chief, Correspondence Section, Internal Revenue Booklet, "Terms and Conditions," applicable to contracts and purchase Letter dated July 28, 1977, to Complete Gardening Services, Inc., Portland, Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Dave Deitering, from John M. Craig- Letter dated April 28, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, 120 Letter dated June 21, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Page Inc., from Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army. Letter dated June 20, 1977, to the Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc__. Letter dated June 30, 1977, to Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc---. Letter dated July 6, 1977, to Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc------- Letter dated July 26, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc., from Col. Harvey L. Arnold, Jr., Department of the Army. Letter dated August 1, 1977, to Col. Harvey L. Arnold, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc---- List of specification requirements insisted on by Jack Robertson that put the specification at odds with the industry. Fee schedule for transport clearings, Portland, Oreg., effective February 1, Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from W. L. Hallmark, vice president, Bingham- Letter dated August 16, 1976, to M. F. McDonald, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, from W. L. Hallmark, vice president, Bingham-Willamette Letter dated August 24, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from John A. Wilcox, president, Columbis Air Con- ditioning Co., Portland, Oreg___ Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Clyde Rushing, president, Peco Manufactur- ing Co., Inc., Portland, Oreg-. Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from John W. Keener, manager, American Steel Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Allan Jensen, president, Industrial Alloy Fabricators, Inc., Forest Grove, Oreg__ Letter dated August 9, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from W. M. Frahler, Frahler Electric Co., Tigard, Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 25, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Susan Asplund, Asplund Supply, Inc., Anchor- Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter dated August 9, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- ness Committee, from W. R. Mefford, executive director, Rose Villa, Inc., Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from M. C. Wilkinson, Kellogg Corp., Littleton, Letter dated August 18, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Commit- Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Page 255 256 Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, from Tomahawk 257 Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Bayless Auto Parts, Grants Pass, Oreg__ 258 Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 262 Letter dated August 19, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Marvin J. Buersmeyer, president, Western Trails, Inc., Bend, Oreg___. Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 263 Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Commit- Letter dated August 31, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 26, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter dated August 26, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 264 265 266 267 268 269 271 273 274 277 278 Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 279 Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Joseph N. Dodson, JIMCO Electrical Contracting, Inc., Lebanon, Oreg_. 281 Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 282 Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 283 Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Harold A. Eichsteadt, attorney at law, Woodburn, Oreg____ 284 Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Walter W. Emory, vice president, Jayveebrand, Inc., Lake Oswego, Oreg‒‒‒ 285 |