Government Procurement and Contracting: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 474, to Establish a Commission on Government Procurement, Part 7United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Military Operations Subcommittee U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - Government purchasing |
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Page 1751
... discuss this proposed Commission . Mr. HOLIFIELD . By the way , before you start , and please excuse me for interrupting , would you recite for the record your background and your qualifications as a witness ? Mr. NASH . Yes , sir . We ...
... discuss this proposed Commission . Mr. HOLIFIELD . By the way , before you start , and please excuse me for interrupting , would you recite for the record your background and your qualifications as a witness ? Mr. NASH . Yes , sir . We ...
Page 1754
... discussion within the public contracts section , I have taken the liberty of setting forth a few random views on the present state of Government procurement regulations . Implicit in this presentation is the view that many changes in ...
... discussion within the public contracts section , I have taken the liberty of setting forth a few random views on the present state of Government procurement regulations . Implicit in this presentation is the view that many changes in ...
Page 1762
... discuss we have entitled " Subcontractor Remedies . " The subcontractor frequently bears the brunt of any problems which occur in the procurement process . I might say , just to keep my discussion current , that this is occurring now in ...
... discuss we have entitled " Subcontractor Remedies . " The subcontractor frequently bears the brunt of any problems which occur in the procurement process . I might say , just to keep my discussion current , that this is occurring now in ...
Page 1767
... discussions with people in the audit group of the General Accounting Office who are looking into this problem at the present time , and I believe we will get an audit report out of them sometime in the rela- tively near future which ...
... discussions with people in the audit group of the General Accounting Office who are looking into this problem at the present time , and I believe we will get an audit report out of them sometime in the rela- tively near future which ...
Page 1769
... ( Discussion off the record . ) Mr. ROBACK . This is a fairly informal discussion and since the Air Force in a sense precipitated the problem that we are discussing in part today , I thought that Mr. Munves should tell the committee what ...
... ( Discussion off the record . ) Mr. ROBACK . This is a fairly informal discussion and since the Air Force in a sense precipitated the problem that we are discussing in part today , I thought that Mr. Munves should tell the committee what ...
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Accounting Office activity administrative AECBCA agency Air Force applied ASBCA Attorney authority basis board decision Board of Contract Budget Bureau Chairman CIBINIC Circular A-76 Committee competitive Comptroller CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consider Contract Appeals contracting officer contractor cost comparisons Court of Claims Defense Department Department of Defense determine discussion disputes clause disputes procedures employees executive Federal finality formal advertising Fuchu fully accounted function Government contracts Government Operations Government procurement hearings HOLIFIELD HORTON HUGHES incremental cost industry involved issue JAFFE judicial review jurisdiction KELLER legislative LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS matter ment MORITZ MULLINS MUNVES NASA NASH notice of appeal opinion parties percent performance personnel PETROWITZ PODWIN problem question of law RASOR record regulations ROBACK rules Service Contract Southside Plumbing SPECTOR statement statutory subcommittee subcontractor subpoena support services technical tion Wunderlich Act
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Page 1842 - Except as otherwise provided in this contract, any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this contract which is not disposed of by agreement shall be decided by the Contracting Officer, who shall reduce his decision to writing and mail or otherwise furnish a copy thereof to the Contractor.
Page 1842 - Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 1842 - In connection with any appeal proceeding under this clause, the Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of Its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision. (b) This "Disputes...
Page 2015 - The comptroller general shall investigate, at the seat of government or elsewhere, all matters relating to the receipt, disbursement, and application of public funds, and shall make to the President when requested by him, and to Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a report in writing of the work of the general accounting office, containing recommendations concerning the legislation he may deem necessary to facilitate the prompt and accurate rendition...
Page 1779 - ... filed or to be filed as limiting judicial review of any such decision to cases where fraud by such official or his said representative or board is alleged : Provided, however, That any such decision shall be final and conclusive unless the same is fradulent or capricious or arbitrary or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or is not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 1862 - At the request of any party subpoenas for attendance at a hearing or trial shall be issued by the clerk of the district court for the district in which the hearing or trial is held.
Page 1774 - All claims and demands whatever by the Government of the United States or against it, and all accounts whatever in which the Government of the United States is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, shall be settled and adjusted in the General Accounting Office.
Page 1862 - Commission is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, and by subpoena to require any person to appear and testify, or to appear and produce documents, or both, at any designated place.
Page 1779 - That no provision of any contract entered into by the United States, relating to the finality or conclusiveness of any decision of the head of any department or agency or his duly authorized representative or board in a dispute involving a question arising under such contract, shall be pleaded in any suit now filed or to be filed as limiting judicial review of any such decision to cases where...
Page 1854 - No provision of any contract entered into by the United States, relating to the finality or conclusiveness of any decision of the head of any department or agency or his duly authorized representative or board in a dispute involving a question arising under such contract, shall be pleaded in any suit now filed or to be filed as limiting judicial review of any such decision to cases where fraud by such official or his said representative or board is alleged: Provided, however, that any such decision...