RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN AGENCY CONTRACTING IN SUPPORT OF THE NRO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, National Reconnaissance Office
SUBJECT Recommendations For Changes In Agency
Contracting In Support Of The NRO
Special Activities. In addition to
1. Because of the decision to transfer the IDEALIST
program to the Air Force, I plan to abolish the Office of
IDEALIST, OSA is responsible
for the ~program, thel (program,
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the NRO. My recommendations for the transition of IDEALIST NRO
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programs and activities are given below. I plan to transfer ;F1c
to the Air Force and for disposition of these remaining
the Agency contract responsibility for all continuing
activities in support of the NRO to the Office of Development
and Engineering on 1 July 1974.
IDEALIST Program
Under the IDEALIST program which now consists
of overall support for the Agency's U-2 aircraft, there
~~ has already been a gradual shift-of U-2 supportive
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will lead to a transfer of all CIA U-2 assets to the
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Air Force as soon as practicable. From a
contractual standpoint, all IDEALIST field service
support contracts will be extended three to six
months in order to permit appropriate phase-out
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activities. The funding for these extensions will
be provided by the Air Force through Director, Program D. t$,%4
All other contracts will expire at the completion
dates specified therein, unless earlier termination
.is requested by the Air Force. With few exceptions,
these-contracts should be completed by 30 June 1974.
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SUBJECT: -Recomm1ations for Changes in Agcy Contracting
In`Support of the NRO
CIA to continue handling
I?recommend that this responsibility be transferred
to SAFSP effective 1 July 1974.
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SUBJi ui: urianges in gv ecy contracting
in Sup Tort of the NRO
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I recommend that this activity remain intact and be
placed under the admini?stra-t-i-on of the Office of ELINT,
which is physically collocated with the
The Office of ELINT is the most logical
office within the Directorate for Science and Technology
to perform this function, since it has the operational
responsibility for the
operations in general.
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in, Sort of the NRO
Other Contracts
There are a number of other miscellaneous
contracts which the Office of Special Activities
handles on behalf of various NRO activities.
I propose that we examine these on'a case-by-case
.basis and that I provide you with my recommendations
for each of these by :L June 1974.
CARL E. DUCKETT
Deputy Director
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Science and Technology
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Special Action 6taff/OSA
SUBJECT CMD/OSA Comments Relative to Reference
REFERENCE Memorandum for Director/NRO
Subject: Recommendations for Changes
in Agency Contracting in
Support of the NRO
(Working Paper/9 April 1974)
In response to the request for comments on referenced
memorandum, attached are summary schedules by program of ac-
tive contracts; i.e., those in which technical performance.
has not been completed to date. At the present time, there
are approximatelysuch contracts, of which have peri- 25X1
ods of performance ex ending beyond 1 July 197 Of these 32
contracts, there are which have completion dates prior to
31 December 1974, an i would appear to be in the best inter-
est of the Government not to terminate them. However, there
are 13 which the Air Force might consider terminating prior
to dates specified in the contracts.
IDEALIST Program
(Tab 2)
There are active contracts in this program, of which
only two exten eyond 30 June 1974. It is suggested that,
since the contract expires 31 July 1974, the Agency
retain contract administration responsibility for this contract.
The only other contract extending beyond 30 June 1974 is 25X1
which is a facility and property accountabils.ty-
and obviously ought to be assumed by the Air Force.
The comment in subject reference that "there has already
been a gradual shift of U-2 supportive activity to the Air
Force," I believe, refers to the 1 July 1973 takeover by the
Air Force of the Common Account responsibilities.
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Field Service Support Contracts (Tab 2b)
This schedule shows the number of active contracts that
will require Agency contractual coverage for the proposed three
to six month extension. In view of the fact that the Air Force
currently has certain similar field service support contracts
in the Common Account, it seems that'the six month extension
of Agency contracts will be sufficient time to allow the Air
Force to prepare for follow-on contracts. However, during
this interim period, very close coordination must be maintained
between the Air Force and Agency contracting officers and ap-
propriate funding procedures must be specifically identified
to meet.FY-75 appropriation coverage.
(Tab 4)
There are 15 active contracts, of which there are eight
with expiration dates after 30 June 1974. (See Tab 4a showing
actual completion dates.) If Air Force becomes responsible
for the entire program, it may be best that Agency procurement
handle final settlement on those 7 contracts that expire before
the end of calendar year 74 and terminate the remaining 8 con-
tracts at an appropriate time.
KOBOLD Program (Tab 3)
There areElactive contracts (see Tab 3a) for this pro-
gram, seven of which extend beyond 30 June 1974 and all will
expire prior to 30 June 1975. No Agency contract management
problems are anticipated for these contracts if the proposed
recommendation is accepted.
OSA contract management group has no involvement in the
contract support for this activity. t
Upon completion of study, close attention will be required
to preserve Security procedures relative to the
Agency's involvement.
Others (Tab 5)
There are active contracts under this category, of which
have completion dates beyond 30 June 1974; however, 9 of
these will expire prior to 31 December 1974. It would appear
that most of these contracts ought to be administered through
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final closeout by the Agency contracting office, especially
since most of these will be completed by September 1974. The
remaining 6 that extend into calendar year 75 can be treated
individually.
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for the Air Force Consideration
ought to be treated with respect to the u ure contractual role
of the Agency on this program.
Chief, Contracts Management Division/OSA
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