AQUILINE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

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05646592
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RIPPUB
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U
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2
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July 16, 2020
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July 30, 2020
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April 20, 1970
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Approved for Release: 2019/11/05 C0564659 AQUILINSCET E AQUI-0101/70 Copy 0,e of F 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 � AQUILINE _S-Z-eirSr-7F Aordigoo����,,ire�Weide.* Cilti; 1 Ereu:.'el 'acm zilt:nztic C:wv;:r.:(al tcrl 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2019/11/05 C05646592 Approved for Release: 2019/11/05 C05646592 -S�E�enrE-17 AQUILINE AQUI-0101/70 Page 2 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 AQUILI SEC Approved for Release: 2019/11/05 C05646592