REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF LEASED UNIVAC 9300 EQUIPMENT

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01577A000100010002-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 22, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller
THROUGH Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT Request for Approval of Purchase of
Leased UNIVAC 9300 Equipment
REFERENCE OC-M72-435, dated 29 June 1972
Executive R ovistr?
1. This memorandum submits a recommendation for
your approval; this recommendation is contained in para-
graph 4.
2. It now appears certain that our DATER program,
approved in the reference, will encounter a moderate
delay, with activation early in 1974. Consequently, it
will be necessary to retain the two leased UNIVAC 9300
systems to bridge the gap between our present system and
our planned system for a. longer period of time than had
been anticipated.
3. GSA's contractual arrangement with UNIVAC makes
it cost effective to consider converting to purchase
after about four years of lease. Having had the units for
over four years, the purchase option price is being re-
duced by less than $700 for each additional month that we
lease, whereas the leased price continues at over $4,000
per month. Our delay in obtaining a DATEX switch now
makes it more economical to buy these UNIVAC 9300's than
it would be to continue to lease them. Because of the
lease purchase option available on the basic 9300 systems,
it will prove cost effective to purchase these units for
about $53,000 which approximates the cost of 13 months
of lease. The peripheral equipment and maintenance con-
tract will be extended for an appropriate period which is
estimated to be 18 months. Funds for the purchase are
available in FY-73.
4. Government use of the UNIVAC 9300's after the
18 month period has boon considered. We are currently
providing OSP remote access to the OCS computer center
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and we plan to continue this access after the installa-
tion of the DATEX system. One of the UNIVAC 9300's, for
example, could be used for this purpose. The second unit
can either be used to replace the UNIVAC 9200 at ~ STATINTL
Building or it could be used to re lace an on-rent 9300
at NPIC, or at one of the project sites where STATINTL
new UNIVAC 9300's have been leased uring the past two
years. This will result in a direct cost savings to the
Agency in one case and a cost savings to the Government in
general in the other case.
5. It is requested that authority be granted to pur-.
chase the two UNIVAC 9300's at a cost not to exceed $53,000.
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THE RECOMMENDATION IN PARAGRAPH 4 IS APPROVED:
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