Construction Work for the Army Outside the Continental Limits of the U.S., Hearings ..., on S. 2562 ..., JUne 23, 1939 |
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15 buildings American contractors American labor American skilled labor architectural authorize the Secretary bid-contract method BILL TO FACILITATE carries the insurance Colonel HARTMAN COMMITTEE ON MILITARY continental limits contract entered cost of overcoming cost-plus-fixed-fee contract date since complete detailed distance from material engage the services engineers and architects estimated cost excessive profit facilitate certain construction fact that unusual firm fixed fee going insurance for contingencies item for contingencies January 12 least 24 months lower ultimate costs M. M. LOGAN MILITARY AFFAIRS MORRIS SHEPPARD national defense negotiate noninsurance of Government obtain competitive bids overcoming unforeseen construction plans and specifications preliminary investigations private engineering property is firmly proposed bill provision Quartermaster Secretary of War Senator AUSTIN Senator HOLMAN Senator LOGAN Senator MINTON Senator SCHWARTZ services of private SHEPPARD tion TYNER uncertainty of weather uncertainty which requires unforeseen construction difficulties United United States Code UNITED STATES SENATE War Department
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Page 1 - ... fee with such bonuses and penalties as the Commission may deem necessary to secure maximum performance under such contracts, if for each contract (1) such fixed fee...
Page 2 - Whenever deemed by him to be advantageous to the national defense, and providing that in the opinion of the Secretary of War the existing facilities of the War Department are inadequate, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, outside architectural or engineering corporations, firms, or individuals for the production and delivery of the designs, plans, drawings, and specifications required for the accomplishment of any public works or utilities project of the...
Page 1 - Army officer to duty, without additional compensation, as an executive representative of the contracting officer. The contract shall provide that the officer so detailed shall have the right to attend any meetings of the board of directors or other executive or administrative board or committee of any corporation, partnership, firm, or syndicate which is or may become a party thereto for the purpose of submitting propositions, propounding questions, and receiving information relative to any matter...
Page 1 - In the absence of such limitation, the fixed fee to be paid the Contractor as a result of any cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract entered into under the authority of this Order shall not exceed seven per centum of the estimated cost of the contract (exclusive of the fee as determined by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or the United States Maritime Commission, as the case may be).
Page 2 - In no case shall the fee paid for any service authorized by this section exceed 6 per centum of the estimated cost, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy, of the project to which such fee is applicable.
Page 2 - ... of the contract. (c) In any project the contract for which is negotiated under authority of this section, the Secretary of the Navy may waive the requirement of a performance and a payment bond and may accept materials required for any such project at such place or places as he may deem necessary to minimize insurance costs.
Page 3 - This report was submitted to the Bureau of the Budget which advises that there would be no objection...
Page 1 - Navy, and contracts may be made with any such individual, firm, or corporation, or with any two or more of them jointly, upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Navy may determine to be fair and equitable and in the interests of the national defense. For each contract entered into under authority of this section the Secretary of the Navy may detail a naval officer to duty, without additional compensation, as an executive representative of the contracting officer. The contract shall...
Page 2 - It would permit the work to be carried on at a faster rate, since necessary changes in the design and construction procedures which are inevitable in work of this character will be made with a minimum of delay. (c) It would result in lower ultimate cost to the Government.
Page 13 - Department will pay exorbitant fees for this work as definite standards have been established by the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and other reputable professional societies.