ML20054M710
| ML20054M710 | |
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| Issue date: | 06/03/1982 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Simpson A SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
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CHAlMMAN June 3,1982 The Honorable Alan Simpson, Chairman Subcomittee on Nuclear Regulation Comittee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate, Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Chainnan:
In accordance with the statutory obligation to respond to recommendations by the General Accounting Office (GAO) within 60 days of publication, we hereby submit our responses to the recorwndations made by the GA0 in their report entitled, "Less Sole-Source, P.ure Competition Needed on Federal Civil Agencies' Contracting," (PLRD-82-40).
The Comission concurs in ~all of the GAO recomendations except Recommenda-tion 2.
This recomendation suggests the use of the Federal Procurement Data System to establish numerical goals for increased competition. The Commission is not persuaded that quantitative considerations in the form of a numerical goal for increased competition should be permitted to influence individual de -
cisions of a qualitative nature.
Decisions on competition vs.-sole-source must be made on the basis of an examination of the particular circumstances surrounding the rpecific action without reference to whether it will advance the agency toward the accomplishment of a numerical goal.
As you can see in the enclosed responses, the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) has already implemented all of GAO's remaining recomendations. Addi-tionally, the Commission is comitted to competition in the NRC's contracting activity. We believe, as,does the GAO, that this may be the most important action of all.
Specific comments on the GA0 recommendations are presented in the enclosure. _
Sincerely, M
S' iunziblJ. Palladino l
Enclosure:
Responses to GA0 Recommendations
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Sen. Gary Hart
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