Air Force Intercontinental Ballistics Missile Base Construction Program: Hearings ... 87th Congress, 1st Session1961 - 310 pages |
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... correct final Government estimate is included in the contract file , supplemented by a complete statement justifying the award at a cost differing from the estimate and adequate for subsequent review , or ( 4 ) price redetermination ...
... correct final Government estimate is included in the contract file , supplemented by a complete statement justifying the award at a cost differing from the estimate and adequate for subsequent review , or ( 4 ) price redetermination ...
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... correct . Mr. SHEPPARD . That does not prevail under the circumstances you just explained . Mr. KAISER . Let us look at the problem . Let us assume that is the case , Mr. Chairman , which it probably is in most cases . Several things ...
... correct . Mr. SHEPPARD . That does not prevail under the circumstances you just explained . Mr. KAISER . Let us look at the problem . Let us assume that is the case , Mr. Chairman , which it probably is in most cases . Several things ...
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... correct the impression . Mr. WHITTEN . I may have misstated it . I said for me to have any intelligent reaction to it I need to know the terms of the contract . We Mr. KAISER . The contracting officer directs us to perform the work and ...
... correct the impression . Mr. WHITTEN . I may have misstated it . I said for me to have any intelligent reaction to it I need to know the terms of the contract . We Mr. KAISER . The contracting officer directs us to perform the work and ...
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... correct . Mr. SHEPPARD . The principal problem , based on the statements we have heard is the excess costs for which ... correct ? Mr. KAISER . That is right . In our case , and I can speak only for Mountain Home where I know the facts ...
... correct . Mr. SHEPPARD . The principal problem , based on the statements we have heard is the excess costs for which ... correct ? Mr. KAISER . That is right . In our case , and I can speak only for Mountain Home where I know the facts ...
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... correctly , that the prudence of this policy cannot be questioned and those in Govern- ment responsible for this policy should be commended . But however prudent this policy might be , it should be appreciated that we in the ...
... correctly , that the prudence of this policy cannot be questioned and those in Govern- ment responsible for this policy should be commended . But however prudent this policy might be , it should be appreciated that we in the ...
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acceleration additional adjustment administration agencies Air Force Air Force Base amount approval architect-engineer area engineer ATLAS ATLAS missile authority ballistic missile basis BOSCHEN Cable tray CEBMCO change orders CHARYK claims Colonel WHITESELL Colonel WOODBURY committee completion dates construction contract construction program contracting officer contractor CORNWALL Corps of Engineers correct cost cost-plus decision determination directed drawings equitable EVERIST excusable delays fact fixed-price contract funds furnish GERRITY Government estimate HARDEMAN ICBM impact inspection installation involved ITSCHNER JONAS KAISER LEAVELL LESTER MACDONALD ment million MINTON missile program missile silo modifications negotiations operational original contract PAUL payment percent performance Plattsburgh powerhouse present prime contractor problems procedure question representative responsibility result SATAF schedule SHEPPARD shop drawings SIKES specifications standardized equipment statement subcontractors submitted suppliers supply contracts things tion TITAN valves weapons system WHITTEN
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Page 284 - The Contractor warrants that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure this contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee...
Page 17 - Officer in writing of: (1) subsurface or latent physical conditions at the site differing materially from those indicated in this contract, or (2) unknown physical conditions at the site, of an unusual nature, differing materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inhering in work of the character provided for in this contract.
Page 281 - The decision of the 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 281 - 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 his appeal.
Page 197 - Government, to enter into contracts or into amendments or modifications of contracts heretofore or hereafter made and to make advance payments thereon, without regard to other provisions of law relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, whenever he deems that such action would facilitate the national defense.
Page 197 - ... the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, or the...
Page 281 - DISPUTES [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 284 - States, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality.
Page 281 - 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 284 - ... articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States, shall be acquired for public use.