PROCUREMENT POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83T00573R000300170004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 14, 1980
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: John N. McMahon
Deputy Director for Operations
SUBJECT: Procurement Policy
REFERENCE: DDA 80-2154/2, 8 October 1980
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1. I don't want the point of my statement to the new
supergrades to be lost in a numbers debate. figure_,$TATINTL
show a drop in availability from a normal level of 97% to 94%
during the first quarter of CY-80. A downtime that increased
from 3% to 6% is one that doubled--that's a 100% increase in
downtime.
2. My remarks were not intended to be critical of ODP.
I am well aware of the progress that has been made since the
first quarter of this year to bring availability back to 97%.
We very much appreciate ODP's fine efforts on our behalf.
3. What I intended to convey to our audience was my strong
conviction that there are unique aspects to the CIA's mission
which have resulted in special authorities being given to the
DCI and that we are not using these special authorities to best
advantage. The computer example came to mind because of the
problems in integrating the Telex disks into the Special Center.
This, according to ODP at the time, caused a significant part of
the downtime in January and early February.
4. I know the Telex equipment cost less, but it signif-
icantly extended a multi-vendor environment in the Center, which
all concerned know is an inherently less reliable environment
than one in which a single vendor is involved. ODP has worked
very hard to connect the different brands of equipment together.
I believe that our technical people, in short supply, should not
have to spend so much of their time making such adjustments.
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5. An Agency-level procurement policy which (a) places
greater emphasis on overall performance requirements as well as
(b) reducing personnel costs associated with equipment inte-
gration, along with (c) purchase price would use CIA's special
authorities properly in the Nation's interest.
-ohn N. McMahon
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