Defense Contracting: Air Force Machine Tool Procurement Raises Buy American Questions
NSIAD-90-73
Published: Feb 21, 1990. Publicly Released: Feb 21, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed an Air Force contract award to an Italian firm for machine tools, focusing on: (1) whether the procurement violated a statutory prohibition on the use of procurement funds for foreign-made tools; and (2) the Air Force's determination that the firm was responsible.
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