Impact of Military Supply and Service Activities on the Economy: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Defense Procurement of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, Pursuant to Sec. 5 (a) of Public Law 304 (79th Congress) March 28, 29, and April 1, 1963, Volume 7

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Page 374 - States, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality.
Page 210 - It is the general policy of the administration that the Federal Government will not start or carry on any commercial activity to provide a service or product for its own use if such product or service can be procured from private enterprise through ordinary business channels.
Page 374 - ... supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be. in the United States except as provided in section lOa of this title: Provided, however.
Page 377 - ... shall be construed to constitute authorization hereunder for — (a) the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting; (b) any contract in violation of existing law relating to limitation of profits or fees; (c) the negotiation of purchases of or contracts for property or services required by law to be procured by formal advertising and competitive bidding...
Page 363 - ... (6) The preferential actions described in this policy shall be in addition to other such actions to which firms may be entitled because of performance in substantial labor surplus areas, such as additional preference under the "Buy American Act.
Page 363 - Defense Manpower Policy No. 4 states the policy of the Government to encourage the placing of contracts and facilities in labor surplus areas and to assist such areas in making the best use of their available resources. § 18-1.801 Definitions. § 18—1.801—1 Labor surplus area concern...
Page 6 - ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT This category includes projects which have advanced to a point where the development of experimental hardware for technical or operational testing is required prior to the determination of whether the items should be designed or engineered for eventual service use.
Page 367 - ... the firm submitting the low acceptable domestic bid is a small business concern, or a labor surplus area concern...
Page 374 - ... other contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States or elsewhere shall be awarded to such contractor, subcontractors, material men, or suppliers with which such contractor is associated or affiliated, within a period of three years after such finding is made public.
Page 212 - Certain products or services may be found to be clearly unfeasible to procure from private enterprise through ordinary business channels due to the fact that the product or service is — (1) An integral function of the basic mission of the agency ; or (2) Not available in the particular instance, nor likely to become available commercially in the foreseeable future because of the Government's unique or highly specialized requirements or geographic isolation of the installation; or (3) Administratively...

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