AQUILINE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Aquiline
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05646592
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 16, 2020
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2020
• Publication Date: April 20, 1970

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20 April 1970
MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: AQUILINE Procurement Procedures
1. For the past several months procurement procedures for
project AQUILINE have been under consideration at many levels of
the Agency. OSA submitted three options to the DDS&T. These were
to use OSA procurement procedures, standard Agency procedures, or
OSA procedures btc#utilizing "Blue Book" and [CAD officers of the
Agency system. These options were forwarded to PPB, who forwarded
them to the Executive Director, who forwarded them to the Deputy
Director of Support for a response. Jack Blake, Office of Logistics,
wrote the response for the Deputy Director of Support, stating that this
was an Agency project utilizing Agency monies. and_sho_uld.be .11a4dled
ii-PPB received this response
therfiaald-eltra-iiirel-frart-O-thae�DDS &T suggesting that either the Agency
system or the OSA system be utilized but not a mixture of the two.
The office of the DDS&T noted that a decision was not needed immediately
and, in view of the- ara that there was a considerable difference of
opinion between DDS and PPB, decided to hold the matter in abeyance.
2. On 16 April, just prior to a meeting with McDonnell Douglas
and ORD, it appeared as though it was necessary to clarify responsi-
bilities and procedures for forthcoming procurement actions. A phone
all from Jack Blake, which was engendered by his discussions with
Chief, West Coast Procurement Office, indicated that
he was very firm in his position relative to using CIA procedures.
Discussions with Fred Janney, Carl Duckett,
resulted in the
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following procedures:
a. All approvals will go through the normal Agency
approval channels, dependent on the amounts involved, but 4),
stick to Agency regulations and procedures.
b. Procurement actions will be handled by
utilizing Agency practices.a.p.d procedures. It is understood
that this will at times require that a project go to the Procure-
ment Review Board for approval, but we have been assured by
both Jack Blake an that this should in no case
hold up procurement actions.
c. The OSA Procurement Office will normally work
directly with the West Coast Procurement Office of the Agency
and a teletype is being installed to facilitate this procedure.
d. Security matters will be handled by OSA Security,
who will utilize the Agency Security Officer previously assigned
to this pr 'art to the greatest extent
possible. received the concurrence of Jack Blake
on this point.
e. Storage facilities will be used in accordance with the
recommendations of the OSA Security Office and the AQUILINE
Office.
Deputy Director of Special Activities
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