LETTER TO THE RAMO-WOOLDRIDGE CORPORATION FROM (Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2002
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• Publication Date: March 20, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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Contract No. A-101
Amendment No. 6
The Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation
Los Angeles 45, California
1. This document constitutes Amendment No. 6 to Contract No. A-101
dated 31 March 1955, between The RamoWooldridge Corporation, Los Angeles,
California, and the United States Government and further amends said con-
tract, as amended, as hereinafter set forth.
2. Pursuant to the clause of this contract entitled t'Changes,"
the Government hereby (i) makes certain changes in the specifications
of the items of the contract work called for by this contract (ii)
requires performance of certain additional work, and (iii) extends the
period of performance for the work called for hereunder, as follows:
(a) In SECTION A - CONTRACT WORK of the Schedule of Contract No.
A-101, as amended, add the following Su section "D" under the Heading I
System 1:
D. The Contractor shall perform additional work over and
above that contemplated under the contract, as hereto-
fore amended, in connection with the design, engineering,
development and production of System No. 1 to conform
with revised requirements of the Government. The addi-
tional items of work are set forth in Enclosure CMCC
Doc. No. 1131.8 to Contractors proposal of 7 February
1956, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) In SECTION A - CONTRACT YORK of the Schedule of Contract No.
A-1O1, as amended, add the following Subsection "C" under the Heading II
System 2:
C. The Contractor shall perform additional work and services
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and preparations for production of items of equipment
comprising System No. 2. Based on the results of studies
and investigations of
operations already completed by the contractor under is
Contract, further efforts shall be directed toward develop-
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cluding certain capabilities aesirea by ov ent.
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The additional work necessary to complete development
and to provide services essential to preparations for
production of the system, as well as the desired ca-
pabilities of the system are defined in Enclosure C11CC
Doc. No. 1131.9 to Contractor's proposal of 7 February
1956.
(c) In SECTION A - CONTRACT WORK of the Schedule of Contract No.
A-101, as amended, a ad the following Subsections "Dr' and "E" under the
Heading VI TRAINING:
D. The Contractor will provide formal training sessions
for five persons designated by the Government in the
theory, structure, operation, installation and main-
tenance of System No. 1, in accordance with Contractor's
proposal of 24 February 1956, CMCC Doc. No. 151x5.3 and
Enclosure CMCC Doc. No. 1131.10, thereto.
E. The Contractor will provide formal training sessions for
twenty-one persons designated by the Government in the
theory, structure, operation, installation and maintenance
of System No. 2 in accordance with Contractor's proposal
of 24 February 1956, CMCC Doc. No. 151x5.3 and Enclosure
CMCC Doc. No. 1131.10, thereto.
(d) In SECTION A - CONTRACT WORK of the Schedule of Contract No.
A-101, as amended, add the o owing major heading and subsections
thereunder:
VII- SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND PACKAGING :
A. The Contractor shall furnish and deliver to the Government
the items of work set forth below in accordance with Con-
tractor's proposal of 214 January 1956, CMCC Doc. No. 151.772,
and enclosures thereto, entitled CMCC Doc. No. 1131.7, CMCC
Doc. No. 1132.14, Fly-Away Kit List, 180 Day Support List
and Unit Essential Equipment List, all of which are in-
corporated into this Schedule by reference.
(1) Design and supply three (3) portable Fly-Away
Kits, each providing one (1) complete set of parts,
components and subassemblies necessary for the main-
tenance of five operational systems of Type No. 1 at a
Main or Advanced Base.
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(2) Spare Parts and Assemblies for maintenance of
System No. 1 in accordance with the Fly-Away Kit List and
the 180-day Support List attached. These lists represent
a first estimate of spares requirements; quantities and
items may be altered subsequently when operating experience
can be employed to provide a basis for spares requirements.
(3) Three (3) sets of Unit Essential Equipment for
Main Base support of operations involving SystemsNo. 1
and No. 3 and partial support for System No. 2 in accord-
ance with Unit Essential Equipment List as amended. The
items contained in the list include all equipment required
for Systems No. 1 and No. 3, (except test sets for System 3)
and only standard test equipment for System No. 2. Complete
equipment requirements for System No. 2 will be determined
at a later date and incorporated into this contract by an
amendment hereto.
(4) Design and furnish packaging suitable for domestic
air shipment for all items in the Fly-Away Kit and in the
180-day Support List in accordance with Enclosure CMCC Doc.
No. 1131.7.
(e) In view of the work to be performed under subparagraphs (1)
and (3) in Paragraph A, under major heading VII, above, SECTION A -
CONTRACT WORK of the Schedule of Contract No. A-101, as amended, by
Amendment No. 2 is further amended by deleting from Paragraph A under
major heading 1 System 1, subparagraphs (2) and (3) which read as
follows;
tt(2) Spare parts for the systems required to be delivered
by (1) above, equivalent to a total of three (3) spare
systems; and
"(3) Four (1k) complete sets of field test equipment designed
to permit performance tests on the individual subassemblies
and on the complete systems delivered to the Government."
(f) In SECTION A - CONTRACT WORK of the Schedule of Contract No.
A-101, as amended by Amendment No. 3, delete from Paragraph C, under
the heading I System I subitem (5) which reads as follows:
This change will not increase or decrease the estimated
contract price since the estimated costs of subitems (1)
through (6), exclusive of subitem (5), have increased Ly
a corresponding amount pursuant to additional work required
by the Government in paragraph 2 (a) above.
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(g) In SECTION A - CONTRACT WORK of the Schedule of Contract No.
A-101, as amen edc`, add the following major heading and subsections
thereunder:
VIII PROVISIONING EQUIPMENT:
A. The Contractor shall furnish and deliver to the Govern-
ment the furniture and equipment set forth in "LIST OF EQUIP-
ITIENT FOR SYST.; l," submitted with Contractor's proposal of
23 December 1955, CMCC No. 151.765, for test work on System
No. 1 at the Test Site.
B. The Contractor shall furnish and deliver to the Government
the equipment set forth in "LIST OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPIU24T RE-
QUIRED FOR SYSTMT 3," submitted with Contractor's proposal
of 23 December 1955, CMCC No. 151.765, for test work on
System No. 3 at the Test Site.
C. For the purposes set forth in CMCC Doc. No. 151.758 the
Contractor shall furnish materials and labor necessary to
erect the structure required, to transport the heavier items
of equipment from its plant to the Test Site for System 2
and to place these in their appropriate positions within
the buildings for the establishment of a test site for
conducting tests on System No. 2 in the form in which the
system will be provided initially in accordance with Con-
tractor proposal of 9 December 1955, CMCC Doc. No. 151.758
and Enclosure thereto, CMdCC Doc. No. 113.3. An antenna
array which may be required at a later date is not included
as an item of equipment to be furnished under this Sub-
section C.
(h) In consideration of the changes herein and the changes in
priority, under SECTION B - DELIVERY of the Schedule of Contract No.
A-1O1, as amended, to in their entirety the headings I System. I,
II System 2 and III System 3, together with the paragraphs and sub-
paragraphs appearing under each of these headings, and substitute
therefor, the following:
The Contractor shall exert its best efforts to complete
and deliver all work required by this contract at the earliest
possible dates and within delivery schedules specified by the
Government. The Contractor agrees to keep the Contracting
Of_'icer informed by periodic reports of the items and the
dates on which deliveries of the items are scheduled to be
completed.
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(i) In consideration of the changes herein and the changes in
priority, under SECTION J - PERIOD OF PERFORT,7;ANCE of the Schedule of
Contract No. A-101 as amended, delete the date of 1 March 1956 and
substitute in lieu thereof the date of 30 June 1956.
3. The Contractor's proposals and enclosures thereto, referred to
herein by CMCC document numbers, insofar as they relate to procedures,
specifications, requirements, proposed solutions to technical problems
and tentative delivery schedules for items required to be delivered under
this contract, are hereby incorporated herein with the same force and
effect as though fully set forth in this contract and shall serve as
the general outline of the requirements and specifications to be met
by the Contractor in the performance of the contract work under this
Amendment No. 6.
4. The estimated cost of the additional work added to Contract
No. A-101 by this Amendment No. 6 is exclusive of fee.
5. In consideration of the Contractor's performance of the addi-
tional work added to SECTION A - CONTRACT WORK by this Amendment No. 6,
the estimated cost and fixed fee are hereby increased. Accordingly
subsections 1 and 2 of SECTION E - ESTIMATED COST AND FIXED F R of the
Schedule, as amended, are hereby deleted in their entirety and the
following subsections are substituted in lieu thereof.
'l1. The estimated cost of the performance of this contract,
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6. All other terms, conditions and requirements of. Contract No.
A-101 remain unchanged.
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7. Please indicate your receipt of this Amendment No. 6 to Contract
No. A-101 and your acceptance thereof by executing the original and two copies
of this Amendment. Return the fully executed original and one copy of this
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED
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exclusive of fixed fee, is
2. The fixed fee for performance of the work called for
by this contract is
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