CHAPTER II, SECTION 7
Throughout the Operation equipment hav-
ing an original acquisition value of $2,457,235
was purchased for $924,003, reflecting a saving
of $1,533,232, or approximately 62% of the cost.
Expenditures for all equipment during Operation HARDTACK from both commercial and
Government excess sources totaled $3,156,000,
of which $924,003 was spent for excess items,
representing approximately 30% of the total purchases of equipment.
Acquiring equipment from Navy stock and
Government excess lists proved invaluable, since
immediate delivery was possible on emergency
items which normally have long lead-time re-
quirements when purchased from commercial
sources.
In addition to the purchase of equipment
for Operation HARDTACK; it was necessary
to borrow on a “no charge” basis seven pieces
of heavy equipment valued at approximately
$200,000 from the Navy at Pearl Harbor for
use at Johnston Island. The locating, arranging
for the loan, inspecting, preparing for shipment,
and the shipping of this equipment were accomplished in seven days. Also arrangements were
made with the Chief, BuDocks, U.S. Navy, for
the loan of two 500-kw and two 600-kw diesel-
driven portable generators for EPG and one
500-kw portable diesel-driven generator for John-
ston Island. Total acquisition value of these
generators was approximately $400,000; however,
as a result of these arrangements, no costs were
incurred other than transportation and rehabili-
tation upon return to the Navy.
INSPECTION SECTION.
To insure a high quality of materials and
workmanship in the fabrication of special items
and to aid further the over-all construction effort, the Inspection Section assisted certain of
the Vendors in job planning and production con-
ous service functions, such as export packing,
pre-employment medical examinations at Los
Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu, reproduction for thousands of feature drawings, etc.
Through this action, solicitation of bids covering all major services was released far enough
in advance of the Operation to ensure complete
coverage of known requirements.
During the program, similar construction
materials, not covered by AME stockpiling ac-
tion but called out in small quantities against
separate CBM’s, were grouped in accumulated
totals, and requisitions were issued for standard
package quantities. This procedure enabled the
Purchasing Department to take advantage of
lot prices and better delivery time and decreased
the necessity for duplication of orders in small
quantities.
Requisitions for long delivery items, sucn
as telephone and power cable, dehumidification
units, generators, power panels, and special fabrication items, were released to the Purchasing
Department early in the program. Delivery was
scheduled to accept partial quantities over a predetermined period of time to provide Jobsite
with adequate quantities of materials at all
times.
In addition to Home Office-initiated mate-
rial and equipment requirements, all requisitions
prepared in the field were reviewed for quality,
description, justification, and conformance to the
construction schedule prior to transmittal to
Procurement for the required action.
The following table shows the work accom-
plished by the Requisition Section during
HARDTACK as compared with that during
REDWING:
ITEM
REDWING
HARDTACK
trol.
AME?’s, CBM’s,
and Revisions
2,260
4,957
On several occasions it was necessary to
transfer Inspectors from the Home Office for a
CRE’s, FRE’s,
and Revisions
9,380
15,272
CRE’s, FRE’s,
and Revisions
(Line Items)
55,000
74,895
period of weeks to carry out prolonged fabrication inspection duties at Vendors’ plants. Included among the important installations on
which inspection was expanded throughout fabrication were the ABMAservice tower on Johnston Island, the LSM-444, (now called the
ALOTO), and the diesel generators and other
equipment for the WeatherStations.
REQUISITION SECTION.
Preliminary requisition action was under-
taken in supportof the anticipated construction
program based on advance criteria. While this
advance action was small in scope compared
with the activity during construction, it involved construction and operational materials,
equipment build-up and replacement, and variPage 326
During HARDTACK it was evident the
preliminary preparation for entry into the construction phase had laid a firm foundation for
the requisition activity. Advance procurement
on long delivery items of materials and equipment, good coverage of stockpile items by
AME’s, a clear and concise nomenclature using
H&N Materials Standards Catalog Reference
data, and streamlined paperwork, and the use
of the H&N
Standard Operation Procedure
enabled the Requisition Section to keep abreast,
and in many cases ahead, of construction re-
quirements,