LATE PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON LATE PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES PORTLAND, OREG.-AUGUST 26, 1977 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business 96-385 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 CONTENTS Agrimson, Orrin, president, Criticare Medicare Services, Portland, Brown, Arthur, credit manager, Hirsch Weis, Portland, Oreg_. Casady, Chris, Total Mobility Systems and Designs, Inc., Eugene, Chapman, Floyd A., president, Hydronix, Inc., Portland, Oreg- Cook, Terry, Soter Landscape, Inc., Portland, Oreg-- Cornell, Holly A., president, CH2M Hill__ Gundersen, Donald L., president, Portland Chamber of Commerce, Jack, Robert V., president, OECO Corp., Portland, Oreg-- McKenney, Edward, president, Gem Equipment of Oregon, Inc., Wood- 17 3 102 Newton, Dave, owner, Dave Newton Duplicator Co., Portland, Oreg__ 143 103 Westerman, Robert E., vice president, Gibbons and Reed Construc- Retzlaff, David R., branch manager, Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co., Williams, Mike, secretary-treasurer, Fleck Construction Co., Portland, Wilson, Charles H., Ace Overhead Door Specialties, Portland, Oreg–– EXHIBITS Enrolled Senate Bill 391, sponsored by Committee on Labor, Consumer Letter dated August 11, 1977, to Criticare Medical Service, Portland, Oreg., from Gerald D. Giles, Chief, Correspondence Section, Internal Revenue Booklet, "Terms and Conditions," applicable to contracts and purchase Letter dated July 28, 1977, to Complete Gardening Services, Inc., Portland, 110 Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Dave Deitering, from John M. Craig- 111 111 111 117 Letter dated April 28, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, 120 Letter dated June 21, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc., from Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army__. Letter dated June 20, 1977, to the Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc--. Letter dated June 30, 1977, to Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc---. Letter dated July 6, 1977, to Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc_-- Letter dated July 26, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc., from Col. Harvey L. Arnold, Jr., Department of the Army__. Letter dated August 1, 1977, to Col. Harvey L. Arnold, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc__- List of specification requirements insisted on by Jack Robertson that put 139 Fee schedule for transport clearings, Portland, Oreg., effective February 1, Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from W. L. Hallmark, vice president, Bingham- Letter dated August 16, 1976, to M. F. McDonald, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, from W. L. Hallmark, vice president, Bingham-Willamette APPENDIX Letter dated August 24, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from John W. Keener, manager, American Steel 191 193 Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Allan Jensen, president, Industrial Alloy Letter dated August 9, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from W. M. Frahler, Frahler Electric Co., Tigard, Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from K. D. Fleischman, executive vice-president, Letter dated August 25, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Susan Asplund, Asplund Supply, Inc., Anchor- Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- ness Committee, from Richard Loomis, Loomis Chemical Co., Portland, Letter dated August 9, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- ness Committee, from W. R. Mefford, executive director, Rose Villa, Inc., Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Guy J. Bailey, Veneta, Oreg‒‒‒‒ Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood. Senate Small Business Committee, from M. C. Wilkinson, Kellogg Corp., Littleton, Letter dated August 18, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from T. B. Apperson, controller, Ace Electric Co., Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Edward Atiyeh, Atiyeh's, Inc., Portland, Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- ness Committee, from John M. Ausland, vice president, Ausland Con- struction, Inc., Grants Pass, Oreg- Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Commit- Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, from Tomahawk Page 255 256 257 Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Commit- 258 262 Letter dated August 19, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Marvin J. Buersmeyer, president, Western Trails, Inc., Bend, Oreg__ Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Commit- 263 264 265 266 267 Letter dated August 25, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 268 Letter dated August 31, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 269 Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 26, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter dated August 26, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 271 273 274 277 278 Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 279 Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Joseph N. Dodson, JIMCO Electrical Contracting, Inc., Lebanon, Oreg.. 281 Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 282 Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small 283 Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Harold A. Eichsteadt, attorney at law, Woodburn, Oreg- 284 Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Walter W. Emory, vice president, Jayveebrand, Inc., Lake Oswego, Oreg-- 285 |