PURCHASE DIVISION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03985A000400130013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2005
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: March 20, 1953
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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PURMSE Duo
1= Mission;
a. The mission of the Purchase Division is to t tah support to &U
by purchaeei or Otherwise procuring all ded supplies and
b, It is also our future purpose to either furnish
or to assist you in the eelecti0a and training
to perform our mission in your area,
such personnel
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., . *=v 1 L$ o the Oti'jo Of the Chief and 4 W,,.
(2) '"tract Branch n*80tiates and a Wasters all
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(apt on General Supply fiche j ) Vhich exceed ~.oy. include
large production contracts which ay ,xc e s Mas 190070, 000 e h and also
-wr4weh and development contracts.
all, ova
Purchase Order Branch; Thjq Batch purchases in the o
required.- th*se are nearly
o Purchases in large dollars volts fro? G
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u pl cr~eduiea for statxda +d govert mental type teme..
items from
Military Purchase Branch; This Branch prod s
the three armed aervicag_
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SECURITY i 'FORMATIOP
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a. The Agency and the Purchase Division have the f
(1) Zack of standardized operating procedures for guidance of
person el in your area charged with purchasing duties.
dispersed and and. repetitive purchasing.
(4) inadequacy of nomenclature and specifications for items being
requisitioned leading to delays or procurement of i roper materiel.
Potential Remedies: In order to overcome or alleviate the problems listed
xistence of consolidated requirements which has led to
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following remedies am proposed for which your cooperation is ease
4ctted:
a. In order to become familiar with the volume, type of purchasing and
h are hindering more adequate support:
Son-existence of training program for overseas area personnel
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ed person from this Division will make a site survey.
b. Based on the information obtained through that survey, a pure'
Consideration will also be given as as determined from the over all
saaftation will be similar to that in Headquarters.
ant which are encountered in Headquarters are also present in your
on would be proposed Mich would fit the needs. If all the fields
,urea obtained by this group.,
establishment of a main purchasing
office at at some point most effective in relation to the industrial supply center.
Such an office could support your area purchasing office where the local
supply sources were found inadequate.
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It will ~cess or Headquarters to establish and make' avail-
field standard operating procedures with flexibility where
required to meet any special local. conditions.
e. It will be necessary for Headquarters to either train your employees
in purchasing policies and procedures or to assign personnel from 1116adquarter
on a permanent change of station basis --- more likely a combination of the tvo.
5. If all of the above can be accomplished your area should derive the benefit of
tious purchasing, prompt delivery of desired items, and so accomplished
as to more nearly comply with accepted governmental purchasing standards, within
the limitations that security requirements will allow.
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