NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



217 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 



WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230 



Contract No. C-300-65(Ner,) 



FINDINGS AND DETERT.IINATION 

 USE OP COST-PLUS-A-PIXED-FEE CONTRACT 



fin accordance v;ith the requirernents of Section 304(b) of 

 i the Federal Prooer'tj'- and Administrative Services Act of 

 ■1949 (41 U.S.C/254), I hereby find that: 



(1) The Contractor, Battelle Memorial Institute, 

 has Gubmittod a proposal in response to a 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey Request for Pro- 

 posal a study on "User Benefits Accruln.r; 

 from the Activities of U.S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey in continental Shelf 

 Regions" on a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis, and, 



(2) The contract orice exclusive of fee is 

 $51,920.00 and the fee is .$3,110.00 (5-9;^) and. 



(3) The proposed study requires the evaluation 

 of present hydrof^raphic and ocean study 

 pror^rams and objectives and X';lll consider 

 future requirements v;ith special emphasis 

 on cost as related to benefits. The study 

 is to be completed v/ithin 14 Vi-eeks and be- 

 cause of the time limitation and complexity 

 neither the Government nor the Contractor 

 can estimate the cost vrith such certainty 

 as V70uld warrant the use of a fixed price 

 contract and. 



The Contractor has refused to accept the 

 contract on a fixed price or cost-sharinj^ 

 basis because of the aforementioned diffi- 

 culty of estimating the costs vrlth any de- 

 gree of certainty and. 



Further, I hereby determine that: 



(l) It is Impractical to secure the services 



; required under Contract No. C-300-65(Nep;) 



'., v?ithout the use of a cost-plus-a-flxed-foe 



;: contract. 



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(Actinj Chief, Contracting 



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