Subject Index

General Accounting Office (GAO): (continued)

4-6, 169; role, 4-40, 42, 169, 220; review, 1-79;
2-75; 3-51-52, 55; 4-39-45
General Services Administration (GSA): 1-84, 86-87,
121, 173-175; 3-6-8, 10-13, 66-67, 73, 86, 88-89,
92-93; A-E selection, 3-115-116; authority, 3-5,
18-19, 22, 46-50, 52-55, 58, 61-62; 4-173, 189, 191,
216, 225; FPASA (see Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act); Federal Supply Service,
3-10-11, 28-29, 36, 74-75; Public Buildings Service,
3-108; 4-219; source of policy, 1-33; 4-212, 225
Goldplating, 2-81, 106

Government-furnished equipment (GFE), 2-168
Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities

(GOCO), 1–66, 76, 85, 104; 2-13, 16; 4-220
Government Patent Review Board, 4-117
Government Printing Office (GPO), 3-6, 13, 53
Government property: 1-34, 84-88; 4-222; facilities,

1-86-87; policy, 1-85-86; sale of, 1-87-88; 4-173,
175; self-insurance, 4-91-97
Grants: 1-3, 12; 2-7; 3-107, 153-177; 4-172-173, 180,
220-221; cooperative agreements, 3-156, 164, 166;
formula, 3-157, 163; grant-in-aid, 3-156-157;
grantee use of Federal supply sources, 3-25, 39-
44; project, 3-6; relationships, 3-161-164; 4-176;
recipients, 3-161-164; size, 1-155; 3-6, 155-156;
transactions, 3-153, 164

Gratuities, 4-177

H

Hardware exclusion clause, 2-47-49

Head Start Supporting Services Act Amendment, 1-98
Heard Act, 3-140

Hoover Commission, 1-1, 45, 164, 173-174, 183; 3-10
Humane Slaughter Act, 1-115

I

Incentive contract (see under Contract)

Incremental funding, 3-125

Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1-62

Indemnification (see under Catastrophic accidents and
Patents)

Independent research and development (IR&D), 1-76,
79; 2-3, 23, 31-42, 55-56, 116; 4-175, 191, 218, 221
Industrial base, 1-4

Industrial funding, 3-2, 32, 36-37; 4-174
Industry Advisory Council (IAC), 2-33, 150-151
Inflation, 1-4, 182; 3-126

Infringement (see under Patents)
Insurance:

Extrahazardous risks, 4-54

Self-insurance, Government (see Self-insurance)
Interagency supply: 3-10-11; depot stock, 3-34-37, 69,

93-97; nondepot stock, 3-70; obsolescence, 3-68,
95-97; support (see under Support)

Interservice rivalry, 2-76, 101, 104-105

Interest, 1-79; 4-29

Invention Secrecy Act, 4-118

Invitation for bid (IFB) (see also Formal advertising),
1-160

Major systems: (continued)

N

Cost estimating and funding, 2-145–154
Definition, 2-90

Design: Bureaus, USSR, 2-124; competition, 2-81-82,
122, 139-140; conceptual, 2-113-114, 122-123;
engineering, 2-113, 122; preliminary, 2-113, 122;
production, 2-113, 122; responsibilities, 2-81, 117;
system, 2-112, 117-119; transfusion, 2-118, 137
Development: 2-112; competitive, 2-122, 146; en-
gineering, 2-113, 122

Development Concept Papers (DCP), 2-121, 137, 173
Individual programs, 2-73, 101-105, 130, 137-138, 158,
179-187

Implementation, 2-145-178

Management, 2-84, 87-88, 171-178
Marketplace, 2-73, 81, 92, 112

Needs and goals, 2-75-78, 84, 90, 92, 95-109
Performance responsibility, 2-137-139, 146, 168-169
Premature commitment, 2-79, 83, 143, 145, 147-149
Production: 2-146; authorization, 2-166; commit-
ment, 2-158; options, 2-167

Programs: Congressional control, 2-70-71, 80, 97-98,
105-106; coordination, 2-76-77; funding, 2-150;
institutional considerations, 2-94; manager,
2-172; needs and goals, 2-76-78, 95-109
Prototyping, 2-86, 126-129, 135, 139
Requirements process, 2-117-122
Reprogramming authority, 2-85, 131, 150
Staff reviews, 2-174-176

Subsystems, 2-78-80, 116-117

Test and evaluation, 2-85-87, 154-166, 179–187
Total procurement package, 2-166-167
Make-or-buy decision, Government, 1-57-66

Management: 1-2

Commercial product acquisition, 3-79

Controls, 1-6-7

Manpower, 3-29

Procurement personnel, 1-46-47

Systems, 1-6, 80-84, 183; 3-6

Manuals, procurement, 1-33-35, 38

March-in rights, Government, 4-114-117

Marketplace:

Commercial, 3-3-4, 18, 23

Federal, 3-3, 6

Major systems, 2-73, 81, 92, 112

Master agreements, 2-46-47

Menasco Manufacturing Co., 4-91-92, 97

Military:

Construction, 3-109-110

National Accelerator Laboratory, 3-109
National

Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), 1-33, 36-37, 71, 79, 84, 86, 95, 103; 2-2-
11, 13-15, 29, 46-48, 89, 155, 170; 4-14-15, 40, 69-
76, 119-124, 126-129, 177, 188-189

National Bureau of Standards (NBS), 1-62; 2-21; 3-
46, 51, 53

National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2-6-7, 21, 27;

3-157-175

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 1–123–124;
3-134-135

National policies implemented through the procure-
ment process (see Socioeconomic programs)
National Science Foundation (NSF), 2-7-11, 13-15,
18-21, 27; 3-156-157, 175

National Supply System, 1-175-176; 3-36, 79
Naval Air Systems Command, 2-104

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 3-109-110
Naval Material Command, 3-9
Naval Stock Fund, 4-174, 197

Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIPS), 1-104
Negotiated procurement (see also Truth in Negotia-
tions Act): 1-16, 18-25, 75-76, 98-99, 160, 172, 178;
2-24-25; 3-117-118; 4-174, 180

Sole-source (see under Procurement)

Small purchases (see under Small purchases)
New starts, 1-62-63

Noise Control Act, 1-112-113, 118, 123
Nonprofit organizations, 1-5; 2-18-19

Interservice rivalry, 2-76, 101, 104-105

Missions, 2-101-105

Procurement personnel, 1-53-55; 4-193

Military Traffic Management and Terminal Service
(MTMTS), 3-12, 62-63

Miller Act: 1-115, 120-121, 123; 3-133; added cost,
3-141; cost contracts, 3-140; 4-175; thresholds,
3-140

Mobilization, 1-86-87, 125-126, 172-174; 3-132; 4-177
Multi-year procurement: 1-27-28, 34, 134; 3-3, 48-49;
4-173-174, 176, 192, 217–219; savings, 1-28

Circulars:

A-11, 3-126

A-21, 2-23

A-49, 1-66

A-74, 2-27

A-76, 1-57, 59-64, 66, 181
A-88, 2-20, 23, 46
A-94, 3-50

A-100, 2-23, 26-27

A-101, 2-23; 3-159

Office of Naval Research (ONR), 1-104; 2-27

Regulations: (continued)

Legal force, 1-41-42

Multiplicity, 1-31-33; 2-170

Participation in rulemaking, 1-38-41
Readability, 1-38

Source of policy, 1-9-12, 31; 4-167-170, 173, 225
Uniformity, 1-34-38; 2-23-24; 3-129; 4-188

Remedies, legal and administrative (see also Disputes),
1-6; 4-1-84, 93, 167

Renegotiation Act, 1-171-172; 4-175, 188-191, 212-
213, 222, 227

Renegotiation Board: 1-33, 172; charter, 4-173, 188-
191, 222, 229; excess profits, 1-163; 4-51, 188-
191, 221-222

Reprogramming authority, 2-85, 131, 150

Request for proposal (RFP), 1-23, 81, 99-100, 160;
2-43, 74, 79 (see also Proposal)

Required operational capability (ROC), 2-97
Research:

Applied (see Research and development)

Basic, 2-7-9, 78-79, 114; 4-173, 221

Research and development (R&D): 1-16, 20, 34; 2-1-67
Budget, 2-11-12, 129-131

Competition, 2-43-45, 128-129

Cost recovery: From commercial sales, 2-28-30; from

foreign military sales, 2-30-31

Federal objectives, 2-5-12

Funds, 2-11-12, 14, 78, 129, 139
Interagency cooperation, 2-6

IR&D (see Independent research and development)
Master agreements, 2-46-47

Major systems (see Major systems)
Obligations, 2-11-12

Performers: 2-1-2, 13-21, 114, 137; 4-172; academic
institutions, 2-19; consortia, 2-21; Federally
Funded R&D Centers, 2–16; Federal R&D lab-
oratories, 2-13; industry, 2-20; nonprofit re-
search institutes, 2-18

Procurement procedures, 2-43-49
Productivity, effect on, 2-57-59

Resources: 1-5; allocation, 2-105-106; technology base,
2-57-63, 113-115

Revenue Act, 1-171

Revenue sharing, 3-169

Review conference, informal (see under Disputes)
Risk:

Contractor, 1-4, 77-78; 2-128, 137-138; 4-190
Extrahazardous, 4-175

Technical, 2-148-149

Uninsurable, 4-87-89, 99-103

Royalty Adjustment Act, 4-118

Royalty-free license (see under Patents)

S

Schools, Government, 1-51-52

Sealed bids (see also Formal advertising), 1-18; 3-110
Second War Powers Act, 4-201

Self-insurance: 3-141; Government property, 4-87-88,

91-97; prime contract, 4-93; subcontractors, 4-93,
97; third parties, 4-93, 95, 97

Service Contract Act: 1-113-114, 120-121, 123, 180;
4-63, 172, 176, 179-184

Skunk Works, 2-126

Small business, procurement from: 1-125-135
Certificate of Competency, 1-128-130
Competition, 2-79, 124-126

Fair proportion, 1-127-128

Section 8(a), 1-113, 119, 122; 4-176, 212, 223, 227
Set-asides, 1-119, 128-130; 4-173

Small Business Act, 1-17, 115, 125-135, 179-180; 4-172
Small Business Administration (SBA), 1-33, 87, 125-
135

Small claims (see under Boards of contract appeals)
Small purchases: 1-26-27; 3-25-27

Potential savings, 3-27

Procedures, 1-26-27, 34; 3-16, 26, 29; 4-174
Statistics, 3-86

Thresholds, 1-20, 26-27; 3-25, 32; 4-176, 195
Socioeconomic programs: 1-3, 111-124

Conflicts, 1-111-112

Cost, 1-111, 122; 4-224

Goals, 1-111-112; 3-3; 4-167

Impact, 1-111-112, 118-119, 122; 4-223-224, 227
Labor laws, 1-114-115; 4-167
Listing, 1-114-115

Problems, 1-112, 116-117

Reexamination, 1-118

Reforms, 1-165, 167

Sanctions, 1-123-124

Thresholds, 1-120-122

Sole-source procurement, 1-26; 2-146; 4-174

Source selection, 1-4, 160-161

Specifications: 1-16, 18-20, 134, 164; 3-2, 15, 18-22,

58-59

ADPE, 3-47

Construction, 3-113, 121, 128-129

Control, 3-19

Federal, 1-134; 3-1-2, 10, 18-22

Inadequate, 1-79

Military, 3-1, 19

Standards, 3-10, 18-22

Standard forms, 1-175; 3-61, 63

State laws, 4-212-213

Statutes (see also Index of legal citations): 1-6, 15-29,

133; 4-167-231

Codification, 4-169-177

Consolidation, 1-15-20; 4-179-186, 187-193
Obsolete, 4-167, 199-201
Redundant, 4-167, 195-197

Statutory framework, 1-15-20; 4-211-228
Study Group data, 1-145-151

Subcontracting: 1-28-29, 88-96, 131; 4-175
Advance notification, 1-93-94
Bid shopping, 1-92; 3-129-131

Review and approval, 1-28-29, 89, 92-93
Small business, 1-128, 130-131
Subcontractor:

Bonds, 3-141

Disputes, 1-91-92; 4-11, 30-31

Flowdown, 1-31, 88-89, 92

Liability, 4-87, 97

Privity, 1-88

Quality assurance, 1-90-91

Risk, 1-88

Tax: Credit, 2–7, 42; 4-177, 193; revenues, 3–43, 126
Tax Reform Act, 2-19

Technical data, 1-90; 4-125-132

Technical leveling, 1-24-25; 2-74, 82, 137-138
Technical transfusion, 1-24-25; 2-74, 82, 118, 137-138
Technology and foreign competition, 2-60-63
Technology base: 1-4; 2-1, 5, 78-79, 111, 114-115;
funding, 2-129; public need, 2-90; systems ap-
plication, 2-73; technology coordinating papers
(TCP), 2-114

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 1-17, 33; 3-12, 61
Tentative specific operational requirement (TSOR),
2-97

Termination contracting officer (TCO), 4-11

Texas City catastrophe, 4-99

Texas City Disaster Relief Act, 4-99

Third parties, 4-93, 95, 97, 199, 214

Tooling, Government-owned (see Government property)
Total economic cost, 1-135; 2-141; 3-65-79; 4-30

Total package procurement, 1-178, 183; 2-166
Trade-offs, 1-19; 2-177