B-126491, SEP 12, 1958
Highlights
PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTERS DATED JUNE 13. IT IS STATED THAT RAIL SERVICE WILL BE USED FROM SALEM. BUS SERVICE WILL BE USED FROM THE OTHER NAMED POINTS TO PITTSBURGH. IT IS STATED ALSO THAT THE SINGLE ONE-WAY FARES ARE LESS THAN $5 AND THAT THERE IS A CONTINUING SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC. THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT HERETOFORE APPROVED IN SIMILAR INSTANCES. SINCE THE PROPOSED BASIS FOR THE BULK PURCHASE OF TICKETS IS APPARENTLY DESIGNED TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY IN THE PROCUREMENT OF NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION FOR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES. PERMISSION TO EFFECT THE PROPOSED PROCUREMENT IS GRANTED.
B-126491, SEP 12, 1958
PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE
THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTERS DATED JUNE 13, JUNE 27, AND JULY 31, 1958, FILE TCTMA-PD (RCSI #74), FROM THE MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AGENCY, PASSENGER DIVISION, REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION, UNDER SECTION 2020.20, TITLE 5, OF OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL, TO USE GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS TO PROCURE GROUPS OF ONE-WAY OR ROUND-TRIP BUS AND RAIL TICKETS FOR USE WITHIN 30-DAY PERIODS BETWEEN VARIOUS NAMED POINTS AND PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AND BETWEEN THREE POINTS AND INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. IT IS STATED THAT RAIL SERVICE WILL BE USED FROM SALEM, OHIO, AND BUS SERVICE WILL BE USED FROM THE OTHER NAMED POINTS TO PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
IT IS STATED ALSO THAT THE SINGLE ONE-WAY FARES ARE LESS THAN $5 AND THAT THERE IS A CONTINUING SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC. THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT HERETOFORE APPROVED IN SIMILAR INSTANCES.
SINCE THE PROPOSED BASIS FOR THE BULK PURCHASE OF TICKETS IS APPARENTLY DESIGNED TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY IN THE PROCUREMENT OF NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION FOR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES, PERMISSION TO EFFECT THE PROPOSED PROCUREMENT IS GRANTED, SUBJECT TO THE APPLICATION OF PROPER CONTROLS TO SAFEGUARD THE INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES.