WEEKLY REPORT FOR PROCUREMENT DIVISION FOR PERIOD ENDING 28 MAY 1986

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00063R000200170005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2011
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• Content Type: MISC

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1. Progress Report of Tasks Assigned by the DCI/DDCI:
No tasks assigned during this reporting period.
2. Items or Events of Major Interest that have Occurred During
the Preceding Week:
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a. Procurement Division, received a
requisition from the Office of Development and Engineering, Systems
Development Group (OD&E/SDG) requesting procurement of a Television
Graphic Advanced Paint System. This system is to be added to a
special field office television studio in order to handle some very
specific requirements for ODE/SDG. An extensive market survey of 18
manufacturers was conducted by the special field office TV center
engineers and the prices ranged from $5,000 to $360,000. The decision
was justified by the TV center technical engineer and OD&E to procure
a Quanta Corporation system which met all 11 of the critical technical
specifications. This paint system will allow the ability of the
existing video equipment to create brush shapes and a color palette in
excess of 20,000 colors, expandibility for including animation as well
as expansion of computer software aspects. The General Procurement
Branch requested and received a waiver of the Procurement Note 85,
Revision 90 from the Director of Logistics on 9 May, k9'B4. The
procurement officer has placed the order in the amount of $26,932.25
with Quanta Corp. and the paint system is due for delivery by 30 June
1986.
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c. In response to RFPI Ifor 140 ergonomic chairs for
the Office of Imagery Analysis, only one vendor complied within the
deadline prescribed. However, this vendor, M.S. Ginn, responded with
five different proposals. General Procurement Branch, Procurement
Division, and the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative are
evaluating each proposal with respect to the specifications and plan
to award a contract based on the item that meets the requirements at
the lowest overall cost. Award is anticipated by 30 May 1986 and the
estimated dollar amount is $34,000.
requisition, P&SCB will work with OCR to develop an appropriate
solicitation. The projected value of the contract is $195,000 per
e. Production and Services Contracts Branch (P&SCB), Procurement
Division, participated in preliminary discussions with representatives
of the Office of Central Reference (OCR) to review Agency requirements
for newspaper subscriptions. Based upon the information presented by
OCR, it was decided that a multi-year firm fixed-price type contract
would best suit the Agency's needs. Upon finalization of the funded
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f. 4W72"- --, ur offers4 in response to`equest ?o -f~er
pp -l in support of the Systems Integration for the `
Counterterrorist Program-were !a t-he
Pxeeeasi g d,~Ag =peer - nc r;? ~rre to ?d~ir . Both the
Technical Evaluation Team and the Cost Evaluation Team will be meeting
the week of 27 May 198 to review the proposals and recommend the
selection of a successful offeror to the Source Selection Board by
04 June.l06 The resultant award is anticipated at approximately
$3,375,000.
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g. The Automated Data Processing and Engineering Branch,
Procurement Division received proposals from industry on 23 May 1986
in support of Computer Security Group, Office of Information
Technology requirement for the development of a Data Labeling Model.
The required cost, technical, management, and security evaluations
have begun and award is anticipated for 28 July 1986. Approximate
25X1 value of the action is $200,000.
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h. The Agency Contract Review Board recently approved office of
Finance's requirement for the continuation of the Automated
Compensation Information System project efforts. The sole source
Request for Proposal is expected to be released shortly and the
resultant contract will be awarded to allow performance to commence on
1 July 1986. The approximate value of the action is $3.5 million.
i. Members of Automated Data Processing and Engineering Branch,
Procurement Division, Network Systems Engineering Group and Commercial
Systems and Audit Division, Office of Finance met during the week of
19 May 1986 to form the cost evaluation team for the Message Handling
25X1 Facility Request for Proposal At the same time, the
technical evaluation team was meeting to review the six proposals
received. The evaluation teams expect to complete initial review by
30 May and have any clarification questions ready to be provided to
the offerors by 6 June. The a ultant award is nti ?pat ed for
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j. The Automated Data Processing and Engineering Branch,
,`Procurement Division, in support of the Office of Information
Technology will issue a competitive Request for Proposal for
contractor services and supplies to support the Agency Software Store,
scheduled to open by September 1986. It is anticipat
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k. At the request of the Office of Information Technology,
Engineering Services Group, the Automated Data Processing and
Engineering Branch, Procurement Division, solicited a sole source
proposal from Harris Corporation for the refurbishing of 10
operational remote ITS-W terminals as well as the purchase of
additional terminals. These terminals are used within the
Intelligence Community to transmit pictures to one another. The
estimated value of this contract is expected to be $500,000. The
proposal has been received and is in the process of being reviewed
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3. Significant Events Anticipated During the Coming Week
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