(SANITIZED) PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B00224R000300420014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: April 20, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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0101/70
20 April 1970
1. For the past several months procurement procedures for
project have been under consideration at many levels of
the Agency. OSA submitted three options to. the DDS&T. These were
to use OSA procurement procedures, standard Agency procedures, or
OSA procedures bkfutilizing "Blue Book" and ICAD officers of the
Agency system. These options were forwarded to PPB, who forwarded
them to the Executive Director, who forwarded them to the Deputy
Director of Support for a response. Jack Blake, Office of Logistics,
wrote the response for the Deputy Director of Support, stating that this
was an Agency project utilizing Agency monies and should be_handled
via st n6a-rd Age4icy"groceaures': When PPB received this response
they forwarded?a memo' to tFe "bDS&T suggesting that either the Agency
system or the OSA system be utilized but not a mixture of the two.
The office of the DDS&T noted that a decision was not needed immediately
and, in view of the fact that there was a considerable difference of
opinion between DDS and PPB, decided to hold the matter in abeyance.
2. On 16 April, just prior to a meeting with
and ORD, it appeared as though it was necessary to clarify responsi-
bilities and procedures for forthcoming procurement actions. A phone
call from Jack Blake, which was engendered by his discussions with
indicated that
he was very fir in his position relative to using CIA procedures.
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following procedures:
a. All approvals will go through the normal Agency
approval channels, dependent on the amounts involved, but w'
stick to Agency regulations and procedures.
b. Procurement actions will be handled b~
utilizing Agency Rractices and procedures. It is understood
that this will at times require that a project go to the Procure-
ment Review Board for approval, but we have been assured by
that this should in no case
hold up procurement actions.
c. The OSA Procurement Office will normally work
directly with the of the Agency 25X1
and a teletype is being installed to facilitate this procedure.
d. Security matters will be handled by OSA Security,
who will utilize the Agency Security Officer previously assigned
to this project, to the greatest extent 25X1
possible. received the concurrence of Jack Blake 25X1
on this point.
e. Storage facilities will be used in accordance with the
recommendations of the OSA Security Office and the
Office.
Deputy Director of Special Activities
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