TOMPKINS IS LOW BIDDER ON CIA PLANT [The Northern Virginia Sun, 26 February 1959]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63T00245R000100150002-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 26, 1959
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26 February 1959
LW Bidder
On CIA Plant
WASHINGTON Charles H.
Tompkins Co., is the low bidder
ff on the con tr c to erect the Cen-
tral Intel'igence Agency's huge
headquarters at Langley.
The Tompkins bid of $32.1.10,-
000 was lowest of 13 bids open-
ed yesterday.
Francis Tompkins, senior vice
president of the company, lives
in McLean.
Mr, Tompkins said that he had
been qdvised by officials of the
CIA that his firm has a good
chance to get the contract
award.
ENGINEVRS of the CIA are
now going over the various bids,
including alternates, in which,
the Tompkins Co. was ,also low.
CIA has an appropriation of
$58,000,000,, and only about $5,-
000,000 is understood fo have
been allocated so far in archi-
tectural. plans and the construe-
tion of the foundations, now
underway.
Next to the Tompkins low bid
was that 'of . John McShane, Inc.
for $32,976.000. The third low
bidder was the McCloskey Co.,
of Philadelphia, at $32,993,000.
Fourth low bid was that of John
Volpe and Walsh Construction
" "or~~3 000. The highest
was errs .iapma` n
gtt for ~z ~ ~~
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