CONCURRENCE IN AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO TASK ORDER NO. 5 CONTRACT BB-425 WITH ITEK CORP. PROJECT CORNONA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00074R000500210017-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: June 19, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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19 Jurs 1963
ICMIORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Concurrence in Amendment No. I to Task Order No. 5,
- _Xontract BB-425 with ITEK Corp., Pro-ject--CORC L.
1. This memorandum contains a recommendation submitted
for concurrence of the undersigned. Such recommendation is
contained in Paragraph 6.
2. Task Order No. 5 covered a design study and a report
and design plan for a transforming printer for photographic
exploitation. It is to be followed by a production Task Order
(TO #,9) for a quantity of 2'Gassa I" printers. The basic de-
sign plan has been completed at costs somewhat below original
estimates and this amendment No. I. has been written to reduce
the amount obligated by the sum of \39-400,00 to a - w tetal~:r - ~w -~eov
obligation of $16,511. Upon concurrence to this amendment,
Chief, Budget and Finance Branch should notify the budget
officer of NPIC that this obligation has been reduced. By
concurrence to this memorandum, the Chief, Budget and Finance
Branch signifies that funds have been adjusted as provided
above.
3. The services and equipment being procured by this
Task Order No. 5 are in furtherance of the CORONA Program,
the nature of which cannot be publicly disclosed for security
reasons. The undersigned Contracting Officer therefore deters
mines that this procurement at be accomplished by negotiations
pursuant to the authority of Section 3(a) of PL 81-110 and
Class Determination and Finding, OXC-2122, signed by the DDCI
on,05 October 1961.
4. Certification of funds for this contract will be
handled under the procedure approved by the Director of Cent:a 1
Intelligence on 154DScember 1956 which, in effect, results in all
covert expenses involving the issuance of Treasury Checks being
accumulated in a separate account within the Finance DiVision.
The amounts in this account will be periodically scheduled for
certification of the vouchers by the Director. This procedure
eliminates the necessity for a separate certification of authority
under Section 8(b) of Public Law 110, 81st Congress (formerly
10(b) - see 85-507 dated 7V7/58) for each contract.
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6. Concurrence in Amendment No. 1 to Task Order No. 5
to Contract No. EB-425 is recownded.
Contracting Officer, OSA
CONCURRENCEB :
J. IPARANDMIT
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