LETTER TO JOSEPH P. ADDABBO FROM (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000600730032-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: July 15, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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Central lnteiligence Agency
15 JUL 1983
OEXA 83-1507/E
The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo
Committee on Small Business
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Addabbo:
I am writing in response to your letter of 11 July 1983
to the Di Central Intelligence, Mr. William J. Casey,
regarding , Spacesaver Systems, Inc.
This is to advise you t a concerns are
presently before the General. Accounting Office (GAO) for
review as'a formal Bid Protest. The Comptroller General is
investigating the matter and will respond to
appropriate.
To assist you in your investigation of this award, I am
enclosing a copy of the Agency's 5 July 1983 Bid. Protest
Report filed with the GAO relatin to CIA RFPa83A-160. inter-
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same report has been prov
.ested parties.
In answer to questions, we can assure you
that Agency technical specs ications were not altered to
protect Remco Corporation, the successful bidder, or for any
other improper purposes. More specifically, our tight dead-
line for contract performance was imposed because of the date
scheduled for occupancy of the building. When construction
difficulties delayed the date the building would be available
for occupancy, our requirement for expedited performance
ceased to exist. Simply stated, our tight deadline for
contract performance was relaxed, not out of concern for
Remco or any other bidder, but because the building occupancy
date was delayed due to construction problems, thereby elimi-
nating the need for the tight deadline originally required.
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has also inquired concerning amendments to
the technical specifications for the required shelving.
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These specifications were amended seven times, each on the
basis of recommendations from our contracting and technical
components. We wish to emphasize that these amendments were
issued in order to ensure the suitability of the product and
to remove ambiguities from the solicitations.
As mentioned previously, these matters and several other
relevant questions are presently before the Comptroller
General for review, and further elaboration on the facts at
this time may be inappropriate pending a decision by the
Comptroller General. I trust the foregoing is responsive to
your inquiry and will provide some reassurance to your con-
stituent that his interests were properly safeguarded by this
Agency.
Cordially yours,
Direct Office of External Affairs
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Drafted by: Daniel C. King, Director of Logistics
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