BAIRD-ATOMIC, INC.'S INVOICE NO. 5151-1 DATED 30 NOVEMBER 1957

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• Publication Date: December 13, 1957
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13 December 1957
NF DRANDUM FOR: Project Finance Officer
Project Director of Administratic
Baird-Atomic, Inc.'s Invoice No. 5151-1
Dated 30 November 1957
1. Attached is Baird-Atomic Inc.'s bill for $9,216.57. This
bill is submitted for work done for which I was responsible at the
request of Mr. Bissell. It was agreed that Baird's expenses should
not exceed a cost of $10,000.
2. Mr. Bissell approved a contract for
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and myself on 7 November 1957. The contract was intended to termin-
ate on 22 November 1957.
3. I have no quarrel with the Per Diem rate (upon which we
mutually agreed) nor the hourly rates for labor. Neither have I any
c ~saJr n,e~~ 4,L~-A-,41apn! With cost of direct materials ($19). I have, however,
some comments relative to time for which reimbursement is claimed.
First, as noted above, W. Bissell did not give approval for commence-
ment of work under the contract until 7 November 1957 although the
schedule of direct labor, Per Diem and travel expenses include amounts
for the mouth of October ($302.69) in addition to probable work per-
formed during the first 6 days of November. I was not aware that we
were paying Baird for their expenses incurred in "selling" the idea to
us. I will clarify this point with Mr. Bissell and inform you on this
matter.
4. Besides my general comment that their charges for direct
labor are considerably higher than I anticipated, I can find no other
fault with their invoice. Their schedule of direct labor notes that
15 scientists contributed time/effort to this contract. I cannot dis-
prove that this number were not involved, but in my two trips to Boston
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for discussions with them I on no occasion had. discussions with more
than 6 or 7, and was not wader the impression that as mny people
spent as many hours on this contract as shown. I make this con ent
not to debate the justification of their invoice but merely as a mat-
ter of record.
Attachment
Invoice No. 5151-1
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