CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 5 practically all fabricated structures, equipment, materials and goods shipped to the Proving Ground. These were generally divided into four main categories: specially designed and fabricated structures, electrical equipment, replacement parts, and subsistence supplies. The U. S. Department of Agriculture Inspection Service aided in the inspection of subsistence supplies. Inspectors activities were carried out on a daily assignment basis, and reports were made out and filed on each inspection action. An extensive inspection activity was re- quired early in the Program on a large quantity of 8-inch QO. D. spiral-welded pipe during fabrication in the vendor’s plant at Berkeley, California. The order had been placed by the University of California, which had requested that inspection of the pipe be made by Holmes & Narver. Since the pipe had a relatively thin wall and was furnished in 40-foot lengths, special wooden crates were built to insure delivery of the pipe without deformation. Practically all lumber used in the crates was designed to be salvable at Eniwetok. Whenever construction schedules permitted, special and custom electrical fabrications and devices were operated and tested under simulated loads to insure that only top-quality operable equipment would reach the Jobsite. The inspectors exercised particular care on replacement parts to make certain that no substitutions by vendors were made. In order to provide rapid identification at Eniwetok, all such parts were marked to show the item and part number; like parts were individually tagged and bagged. INTERNAL CONTROL The following statistics cover the periodfrom 1 January 1953 through 31 April 1954: MONTH January February March April May June July August September October November December January REQUISITIONS RECEIVED 407 496 446 416 777 686 849 689 787 763 675 722 534 February 389 April 197 March 282 9,115 PURCHASE ORDERS ISSUED 995 413 480 483 468 727 895 964 836 847 786 744 651 501 405 168 9,593 | VALUE $ 431,980.12 391,843.91 509,634.12 1,226,633.48 981,843.15 1,745,205.46 1,370,630.73 1,504,580,57 1,014,275.96 1,339,083.00 568,851.00 608,615.00 352,927.44 257,214.97 197,981.74 85,946.58 $12,587,247.23 Petty cash transactions for this period amounted to 1,276 actions, with a dollar amount of $11,545.76. The following reports were prepared in compliance with AEC procurement procedures: REPORT NUMBER AEC-328 AEC-329 AEC-330 Quarterly Small Business Report TYPE OF REPORT Procurement Action of $25,000 or more. Procurement Actions of Subcontractors of: $25,000 or more. Summary of Procurement Actions. Percentage of business placed with small business firms. Page 3-25