HOWEVER, THE RAY-JEFFERSON DOES HAVE A SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY UNIT. IT IS REPORTED THAT NOTHING WAS MENTIONED CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENT OF THE POWER SUPPLY. WHILE YOU STATE YOU WERE ADVISED THAT A SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY WAS UNACCEPTABLE, THIS IS DENIED. THE PHYSICAL SIZE WAS MENTIONED SINCE LCM (8/'S WERE MODIFIED FOR THE RAY-JEFFERSON RADIOS AND TO USE A LARGER RADIO WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS. IT IS ALSO REPORTED THAT YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THE RADIO COULD NOT BE ANY LARGER PHYSICALLY THAN THE RAY JEFFERSON (AN/SRC-8BZ). IN RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT BY YOU THAT COMMERCIAL RADIOS DO NOT HAVE OUR EIGHT CHANNELS, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT IF THE RADIO MET ALL OTHER SPECIFICATIONS OF THE AN/SRC-8BZ IT WAS FELT THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR TEN CHANNELS COULD BE WAIVED. IS REPORTED THAT, IN TALKING WITH YOU CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENT, YOU ASKED WHAT INPUT VOLTAGE WOULD BE REQUIRED AND YOU WERE ADVISED 24 VOLTS DC. PURSUANT TO SUCH DETERMINATION A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHARLESTON ARMY DEPOT TELEPHONED YOU AND OTHERS IN THE AREA REQUESTING THAT HE BE FURNISHED THE AVAILABILITY, PRICE, AND EARLIEST DELIVERY SCHEDULE OF COMMERCIAL RADIO SETS EQUAL TO THE RAY-JEFFERSON (AN/SRC-8BZ), TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, CRYSTALS, AND SPARE PARTS KITS. DUE TO THE URGENCY, APPROPRIATE DETERMINATIONS AND FINDINGS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASPR 3-202.3 THAT THE RADIO SETS SHOULD BE PURCHASED BY NEGOTIATION UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF 10 U.S.C.
THESE RADIOS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT AND NEEDED AT ONCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDERS OF VESSELS. THE NEED FOR OBTAINING COMMERCIAL SUBSTITUTE SETS FOR THE AN/SRC-8BZ WAS THAT WHILE SOME OF SUCH SETS WERE ON ORDER, DELIVERY WAS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER 1965. THE RECORD FURNISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SHOWS THAT THE CHARLESTON ARMY DEPOT RECEIVED A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF 54 COMMERCIAL MARINE RADIO SETS EQUAL TO THE RAY-JEFFERSON (AN/SRC/8BZ) RADIO SET. * * * AT THE BEST SOMEONE IS BEING CARELESS WITH OUR MONEY AND AT THE WORST GRAFT AND PAYOLA IS SUSPECTED.'
IT IS FURTHER STATED THAT "NOW, WHEN I FIND THAT A COMPETITOR CAN OVERBID ME BY $10,000.00 AND STILL BE AWARDED THE CONTRACT WHEN WE ARE OFFERING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME EQUIPMENT I AM NATURALLY AROUSED.
YOU STATED THAT THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE POWER RATINGS OUTPUT OR SENSITIVITY AND THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE RAYTHEON MODEL USES A SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY, WHICH YOU HAD BEEN INFORMED WAS UNACCEPTABLE. YOU STATE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH BOTH YOUR BENDIX SKIPPER MODEL 430 AND THE COMPETING RAYTHEON MODEL 1130, AND THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM. IT IS STATED THAT ON FEBRUARY 24 YOU WERE ADVISED THAT YOU HAD SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OFFER, BUT A DECISION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE BY THE ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND IN PHILADELPHIA AS TO THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE BENDIX SKIPPER MODEL 430 OFFERED, AND THAT ON FEBRUARY 25 YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THE ELECTRONICS COMMAND HAD DECIDED TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF RAYTHEON MODEL 1130 RADIOS. YOU ADVISED THE CHARLESTON ARMY DEPOT TO THIS EFFECT ON THE SAME DAY. THEREAFTER YOU CONTACTED THE BENDIX CORPORATION WHOM YOU REPRESENT IN THE AREA AND YOU WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICE AND MET DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS ON 54 BENDIX SKIPPER MODEL 430 (130 WATTS) RADIOS, TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, CRYSTALS, AND SPARE PARTS KITS. THE ORDER ALSO WAS TO INCLUDE ANTENNAS AND SPARE PARTS KITS.' DELIVERY WAS SPECIFIED AS THREE DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE ORDER FOR THE FIRST 22 UNITS AND THE OTHER 32 UNITS A WEEK LATER. "AT LEAST 100 WATTS INPUT POWER TO THE FINAL AMPLIFIER, 24 VOLTS DC INPUT VOLTAGE, 8 OR MORE CRYSTAL CONTROLLED CHANNELS WITH CRYSTALS WHOSE FREQUENCY WAS TO BE SPECIFIED LATER, PHYSICALLY NO LARGER THAN THE AN/SRC- 8 THEY HAD BEEN USING IN THE PAST, AND A BUILT-IN POWER SUPPLY. YOU STATE THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE OUTLINED TO YOU AS FOLLOWS: IT IS STATED IN YOUR LETTER THAT ON FEBRUARY 19, 1965, YOU WERE CONTRACTED BY THE CHARLESTON ARMY DEPOT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FURNISHING ON AN EMERGENCY ORDER 54 RADIOTELEPHONE SETS.
TO NIELSON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS COMPANY:įURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 25, 1965, PROTESTING THE AWARD MADE BY THE CHARLESTON ARMY DEPOT FOR 54 COMMERCIAL MARINE RADIO SETS EQUAL TO THE AN/SRC-8BZ.
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