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Mr. Hardy. Predators, and a whole variety of research activity. 

 As you see from that figure, we have got 900 fishery biologists £ind 

 related people under contract to us. 



Mr. DeFazio. Some of these, I would assume, are not intergov- 

 ernmental contracts but are private sector contracts that are let 

 competitively or, as you said, sole source. 



Mr. Hardy. That is correct. I don't know what the breakdown is 

 between competitive and sole source, but there are some of both in 

 there. 



Mr. DeFazio. Could we break this down a little further so we can 

 get some grasp of the range of the contracts that we have ongoing, 

 the duration, the expected termination, or whether they are perma- 

 nent, reoccurring contracts, those sorts of things? 



Mr. Hardy. We would be happy to provide the committee with 

 a further breakdown of those contractor expenditures. 



Mr. DeFazio. I am sure your staff feels the same way mine does 

 when I say those sorts of things. 



I thank you. 



[The information follows:] 



Staffing that BPA pays for among its contractors and cooperating agencies has an- 

 nually been in the 7300 to 8400 FTE range during FY 1991 to 1993. 



The Transmission System Design and Construction component includes architec- 

 tural and engineering firms under direct contract to BPA for design services (ap- 

 proximately 90-170 FTE annually) and construction firms under direct contract to 

 BPA (approximately 500-700 FTE annually). 



The Transmission System Operation and Maintenance component includes non- 

 electrical facilities maintenance contractors (principally right-of-way clearance and 

 buildings maintenance) and electrical crew relievers under short-term, "Kelly-Tem- 

 porary Services" type contracts (130-170 FTE annually); construction firms support- 

 ing heavy equipment replacement (approximately 50-70 FTE annually); and mar- 

 keting/scheduling/dispatch support (approximately 10-50 FTE annually). 



The Energy Conservation component includes utility, state, and local agency staff, 

 and the contractors to these entities, who are engaged in the delivery of the BPA 

 conservation programs (700-1200 FTE annually). 



The Hydro Generation and Construction component includes Corps of Engineers 

 employees (approximately 650 annually), Corps contractors (approximately 300-350 

 annually), Bureau of Reclamation employees The Nuclear Generation component in- 

 cludes Washington Public Power Supply System employees (approximately 1750- 

 1780 FTE annually) and its contractors (approximately 580-630 FTE annually), 

 plus 30 percent of the Trojan Nuclear Power Station workforce (approximately 340 

 FTE annually, prior to the planned shutdown) and 30 percent of Portland General 

 Electric Company's contractor support of the plant (approximately 180-190 FTE an- 

 nually, prior to the planned shutdown). 



The Fish and Wildlife component includes firms under contract to BPA (approxi- 

 mately 120-160 FTE annually); and Federal, State and Tribal fish and wildlife 

 agencies and their contractors (approximately 600-800 FTE annually). 



The "Other" category includes contract support to BPA overhead functions, profes- 

 sional and technical services, and data processing (approximately 390-430 FTE an- 

 nually); and operating employees at small-scale generating resources under contract 

 to BPA, construction employees at plants under development for BPA power acquisi- 

 tion, and the staff and contractors of the Northwest Power Planning Council (ap- 

 proximately 100-250 FTE annually). 



BPA's direct support services contracting has involved competitive procurement 

 for 89-95 percent of the dollar volume during FY 1991 to 1993. Based on actual con- 

 tract awards, 95 percent of $49.6 million was competitively let in FY 1991; 90 per- 

 cent of $61.2 million was competitively let in FY 1992; and 89 percent of $29.7 mil- 

 lion has been competitively let so far in FY 1993. We do not have the competitive/ 

 non-competitive splits by program. 



Mr. DeFazio. You have implemented a limited hiring freeze. 

 Does that mean you are going to seek to lower employee levels by 



