7 8 9 10 11 $ Please furnish in accordance with instructions hereon the following items which I certify are necessary for use in the public service. vision DO NOT WRITE IN THESE COLUMNS Chief (SIZE ACI DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES NUMBER UNIT UNITS UNIT ITEM NO Cartons boxes used for shipment: 12 FILLED BY: CHECKED BY: DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE dovable partitionis, sicu. Coutractor. lenges Company, Inc. 3427 BB5th Street. Kansas City, Missouri JUSTIFICATION. These partitions are for use in our Electronic Data Processing SHIPPED VIA AIR EXPRESS AIR PARCEL 10000 SUBTOTALS REQUISITION TOTAL 2496 F5643 2.490 RECEIPT I CERTIFY that the materials, equipment, or services itemized above have been received in the quantity and quality specified, except as otherwise noted (Note and follow carefully instructions on reverse side) Mr. BROOKS. After sending in your request, August 19, when did Mr. Burns start the installation? Mr. MORAN. About a week later. Mr. BROOKS. Sir? Mr. MORAN. About a week later. Mr. BROOKS. This was on August 19. About a week would be roughly the 26th or 27th. Probably start on the first of the week. What did you tell him about proceeding with the installation when he showed up? Mr. MORAN. He just Mr. BROOKS. Did he come himself from the first day? Mr. MORAN. He was there most of the time, yes. He had these people working in the building. Mr. BROOKS. What did you tell him, sir? Mr. MORAN. I just told him again, "You don't have a contract. I have no authority to give you this job." Mr. BROOKS. Did he complain when you said it? Mr. MORAN. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. Broadly? Happily? Mr. MORAN. No, I just was trying to get across to him, as I see it now, that it was a bad piece of judgment on my part to let him go ahead. Mr. BROOKS. I am inclined to agree. Mr. MORAN. At the time I was- -as I say, I made a bad error. Mr. BROOKS. It seems hard for me to understand. And you just told him where you wanted them, how you wanted them done, and you inspected them, and then you told him, "But you haven't got any contract." Mr. MORAN. That's right. Mr. BROOKS. "But you go ahead and do it"? Mr. MORAN. No, sir. "You can go ahead on that basis." Mr. BROOKS. You can go ahead and do it if you happen to like building partitions around here. Mr. MORAN. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. And move the desks? Mr. MORAN. There were no desks. Mr. BROOKS. It was all empty. "It is all yours, I am leaving it with you, but I am not going to be responsible." But the truth is that you are responsible. When you cautioned him not to proceed, did he tell you that GSA approved? Mr. MORAN. No. Mr. BROOKS. He said he would take his chances with them when it went up for bid? Mr. MORAN. Yes, sir. Mr. BROOKS. Did you specifically tell him that he was proceeding at his own risk? Mr. MORAN. Well, I think I implied that when I said that "I cannot give you the authority to buy these things." In a sense I was telling him Mr. BROOKS. Did you imply that somebody else could give him the authority? Mr. MORAN. No, sir. |