LETTER TO MR. H. PETERSON (THE RALPH M. PARSONS COMPANY) FROM AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS LABORATORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72B00464R000400050022-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2010
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: September 3, 1964
• Content Type: LETTER

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C U T L E R - H A M M E R
AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS LABORATORY
DEER PARK, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 11729
PHONE: 516 MY 3 7 CC
595-5737
3 September 1964
The Ralph M. Parsons Company
Electronics Division
151 South Dell cey Avenue
Pasadena, California
Attention: Mr, R. Peterson
We intend to award you a fixed price Purchase Order No, 2211,
Ponding negotiation and definitization of said purchase order, The
Ralph M. Parsons Company is authorized to provide all the effort
necessary to accomplish the requirements of AIL WORII STATEMENT GS-
DP-657-B., less items 3 through 19 and less item 25, by the delivery
dates specified therein or sooner. The aforementioned work statement
and associated AlL Specification 21k919, Revision "C", are attached
hereto: these documents and the other associated documents which are
already in your possession are incorporated herein by reference
Funds authorized hereunder shall not exceed $175,000.00,
This Letter Contract authorization is for a period of seventy-
four (74) days, commencing 3 September 1964 and ending 15 November
re-
1964, Such work will be conducted in accordance wits hh Sep
meents set forth above and deviation therefrom is pro ibite ess
expressly authorized., in writing, by AIL's Materiel Department -
Subcontract Section,,
No news release (denial or confirmation of same), sales pre-
sentation, or public announcement, written, oral or pictorial, con-
cernin any part of the subject matter of this Letter Contract
authorization or any phase of any program hereunder shall be made
without the prior written approval of Airborne Instruments Laboratory,
Materiel Department - Subcontract Section. The Ralph 14. Parsons
Company shall extend this restriction to lower-tier subcontractors
concenaed. faith the performance of this Letter Contract authorization,
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The Ralph M. Parsons Company
3 September 1964
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Unless Purchase Order No. 2211 has been executed in a manner
.mutually acceptable to AIL and The Ralph M. Parsons Company on or
before 15 November 1961, this authorization will automatically
terminate on said date subject to termination provisions hereinafter
set forth, unless otherwise amended by AIL in writing.
This Letter Contract authorization is issued under a U. S.
Government Contract. As required thereby, The Ralph M. Parsons
Company shall perform work under this Letter Contract in accordance
with all laws and regulations applicable to subcontracts with the
U. S. Government.
All contract clauses required by law or presidential executive
order, or specified in the Armed Services Procurement Regulations,
in effect on the date hereof, including but not limited to Section
ACV, Part 2 Contract Cost Principles, and 7-101.15 Records are by
this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
AIL may terminate work covered by this Letter Contract, in
whole or in part, at any time, for its own convenience by written
or telegraphic notice. Upon receipt of such notice, or in the
event of automatic termination of authorization, The Ralph M. Parsons
Company shall proceed to terminate in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Part 8 of ASPR, then in effect, and a settlement shall
be negotiated and a determination made of the amount due The Ralph
M. Parsons Company in accordance with said provisions; provided,
however, in the event of termination attributable to failure of the
parties to definitize Purchase Order No. 2211 on or before 15
November 1961, as said date may be extended, the amount to be paid
to The Ralph M. Parsons Company pursuant to such termination shall
not exceed the fund limitation set forth herein, as the same may,
from time to time, be expressly amended.
Please indicate your acceptance by signing and returning the
enclosed copy of this Letter Contract authorization which shall not
be effective until that has been done. Your acceptance is also
agreed to effect extension of the expiration date of any proposal/s
or quotations to the date set forth in this agreement for definiti-
zation of a superseding contractual document which will be subject
to further negotiation and subsequent Government approval, By
acceptance of this Letter Contract authorization, The Ralph N. Parsons
Company agrees that its proposal/s or quotation/s for the work set forth
herein will not, in any event, exceed or be increased beyond a
total Fixed-Price of Y351,057.00. It is understood that any extension
by the parties hereto of such definitization date will likewise
extend such proposal/s or quotation/s.
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The Ralph M Parsons Company
3 September 1964
Pa3e three
Please return the aclazowleciMement copy of this document to
STATINTL Very truly yours,
AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS LABORATORY
a Division of Cutler-Hammer, Inc.
ACCEPTED Jul: THE RALPH M. PARSONS COMPANY
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25 may 1964
Dear Frank:
Pursuant to our !May telecon, the writer is pleased to
forward the enclosed material constituting information pertinent to
the procurement of the SDS-910 (lot DpoD) Computer, approval of which
is herein requested.
To reflect briefly-P, 0. #194 was originally issued to provide
for rental of a 5D$ 910 Computer System with an option to purchase.
This Computer System was composed of item #1 through #7, plus one (1)
SDS?BBE-2 Puffer, previously purchased by us. All items to be integrated
and functioning as a Computer System. Supplement Zoo. 3 is issued to
record the exercising of this purchase option for Items #1 through P.
The original purchase order contains provisions whereby the
Seller may,, at its option, at no increase in cost,, furnish a substitute
Computer System with equal or superior capability. The Seller has furnished
such superior equipment and has agreed to provide an SDS 920 Computer
teen as provided for in this Supplement No. 3.
The Spy 910 Computer System is being purchased in accordance
with 91)5 Price Lists #980020: and #9B0029A. We are enclosing; one (1)
copy of each of these documents as well as one (1) copy of SDS Quotation,
dated 6 December 1963, for your reference.
Expedient confirmation of this contractor's approval request
will be appreciated. In the event additional information is required,
please contact the undersigned.
Re rds,
APPROVED UNDER LETTER CONTRACT;~NO. FH-7322
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