To Establish Uniform Requirements Affecting Government Contracts: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 215, a Bill to Establish Uniform Requirements Affecting Government Contracts, and for Other Purposes. May 7, 1935 |
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... involved and not subject to being placed on paper . It often requires inspections of the site of the work , which must be made before the surface indications are changed from weather or other con- ditions . The contractor is an ...
... involved and not subject to being placed on paper . It often requires inspections of the site of the work , which must be made before the surface indications are changed from weather or other con- ditions . The contractor is an ...
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... involved in moving the necessary plant and equipment to and from the location of the work . The act of June 25 , 1910 ( 36 Stat . 676 ; U. S. C. , title 33 , sec . 632 ) , which authorizes the informal lease of lands or easements ...
... involved in moving the necessary plant and equipment to and from the location of the work . The act of June 25 , 1910 ( 36 Stat . 676 ; U. S. C. , title 33 , sec . 632 ) , which authorizes the informal lease of lands or easements ...
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... involved , it is essential that services of the highest class be obtained . The value of the return to the United States from the judicious use of this authority is far greater than the expenditures involved . Specific exemption of the ...
... involved , it is essential that services of the highest class be obtained . The value of the return to the United States from the judicious use of this authority is far greater than the expenditures involved . Specific exemption of the ...
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... involved in all those questions was $ 714.59 . That is just chicken feed when you come to consider the amount of money that was involved . There was an additional reason for those 15 , which was that during this depression there were so ...
... involved in all those questions was $ 714.59 . That is just chicken feed when you come to consider the amount of money that was involved . There was an additional reason for those 15 , which was that during this depression there were so ...
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... involved in the matter . I am glad to say that has not happened very often . There is an old saying that the crook can beat an honest man every time , and he can . I am going to admit that where the bidder was a crook and the postmaster ...
... involved in the matter . I am glad to say that has not happened very often . There is an old saying that the crook can beat an honest man every time , and he can . I am going to admit that where the bidder was a crook and the postmaster ...
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36 Stat 40 Stat Accounting Office act of August Act of June Act of March additional bond additional subparagraph administrative amended authority Award of contracts BASH bid conforms bidder whose bid bids are opened bill BOWIE Chief of Engineers claim committee competition Comptroller contracting officer contractor cost court decision delay department concerned executive department existing law fact filed final settlement ganister Government-owned corporation head Heard Law involved June 25 labor liquidated damages lowest responsible bidder M. M. LOGAN Major BRAGDON material MCGUIRE ment Navy Department necessary Panama Canal Panama Railroad payment performance bond permit procedure procurement proposed protesting bidder provision public emergency public interest purchase purpose questions reason referred repeal representative river and harbor satisfactory Secretary Secretary of War section 14 section 20 Senator AUSTIN Senator LOGAN specifications statement statute subcontractor supplies surety tion title 33 title 41 tractor troller TSCHAPPAT United War Department
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Page 5 - ... no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract, in the employ of the contractor or any sub-contractor contractIng for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day upon such work...
Page 7 - ... other contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States or elsewhere shall be awarded to such contractor, subcontractors, material men, or suppliers with which such contractor is associated or affiliated, within a period of three years after such finding is made public.
Page 7 - ... 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...
Page 5 - The Comptroller General is authorized and directed to furnish, to any person making application therefor who submits an affidavit that he has supplied labor or materials for such work and payment therefor has not been made or that he is being sued on any such bond, a certified copy of such bond and the contract for which it was given, which copy shall be prima facie evidence of the contents, execution, and delivery of the original...
Page 8 - An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 7 - SEC. 3. (a) Every contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States...
Page 10 - There is created an establishment of the Government to be known as the General Accounting Office, which shall be independent of the executive departments and under the control and direction of the Comptroller General of the United States.
Page 6 - ... except armor and armor plate, whether made to conform to particular specifications or not, or to the construction or repair of levees or revetments necessary for protection against floods or overflows on the navigable waters of the United States...
Page 6 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law. and unless the head of the department or independent establishment concerned shall determine it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or the cost to be unreasonable, only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produce*!
Page 6 - An act relating to' the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia...