CHAPTER Il, SECTION 7 piling a Commodity Stock List covering the activities at EPG. At the commencement of HARDTACK, approximately 11,000 line items had been classified in 35 categories, standardized nomenclature had been drafted for each commodity, and the printed lists had been assembled into books which were issued to the various offices. During HARDTACK, the number of Preparation of equipment requisitions was coordinated with Jobsite to permit sufficient time for a thorough review of specifications, types, and quantities before procurement action was initiated. Special planning was given the over-all equipment program to: line items identified, described, and assigned numerals totaled approximately 20,000, resulting 1. supply, construction, and maintenance offices. Numbers identifying the published items have been posted to stock cards and bin tags and are in use both in the Home Office and at 2. in 88 complete published stock lists which were in use in the various engineering, procurement, Jobsite on Advance Material Estimates, bills of material, and documents concerned with pro- curement, warehousing, and issue of materials. All items have been assigned a tentative code symbol designating standard warehouse stock, standard for authorized construction only, or non-standard for future procurement. These codes are being reviewed to simplify fu- ture supply problems while permitting utilization the progress of work at EPG; (2) to furnish a guide for AEC, MATS, and MSTSin planning transportation activities; and (3) to record and document the complete Home Office and Jobsite effort pertaining to work performed by H&N at the EPG. In addition, to periodic reports, a number Standardize equipment by make, mod- el, engine, etc., as much as possible under existing Government procurement regulations to keep spare parts Emphasis was placed on the utilization of AEC and other Government excess which could meet the stated requirements. items The two basic sources of excess items were: 1. AEC excess located by screening excess lists from other AEC Contractors and through personal contact with the Albuquerque, Oak Ridge, and Savannah River Operations Offices. 2. Other Government excess located through a careful review of excess lists provided by: REPORTS SECTION. Office. The primary purposes of these reports were (1) to keep AEC and HEN informed of ficient, and economical equipment suitable to Jobsite conditions. inventories at a minimum. of existing stock. The Reports Sections produced periodic reports covering activities at the EPG and Home Acquire the most versatile, modern,ef- (A) (B) General Services Administration from all regions; Interservice Material Utilization Agency, formerly the Material Redistribution Division of the Navy. AEC excess equipment having an original of special reports and studies were edited and finalized for the AEC, the Engineering Department, and the Blast Study Group. These studies acquisition cost of $468,433 was purchased for II, Section 1). other Government excess sources with original are listed under Engineering Design (Chapter The responsibilities of indexing and maintaining a file of photos of Jobsite work were also functions of the Reports Section. Besides their use in various reports, these photos were used by H&N Executives and Engineers for reference study. EQUIPMENT SECTION. The Equipment Section expended considerable effort in anticipating as accurately as pos- sible the equipment requirements for the entire Operation and in planning for the arrival of this equipment at Jobsite in time for required usage. Equipment requirements were scheduled by procurement quarters, with the bulk of the purchases falling within the third and fourth quarters of FY 1957 and the first and second quarters of FY 1958. Page 324 $107,341, reflecting a saving of $361,092. More- over, equipment and materials obtained from acquisition costs totaling $967,802 were purchased for $163,333, a saving of $804,469. In addition to the excess sources, consider- able quantities of equipment were purchased from Navy stock under the letter of agreement between the Navy and AEC, whereby AEC or its Contractors may purchase directly from Navy stocks at list prices. However, since a certain amount of the equipment in Navy stock was from three to six years old, the following method of pricing was established: depreciation was computed according to the age of a piece of equipment and this amount of depreciation was deducted from the estimated replacement cost. Using this method of pricing, equipment with original acqusition costs totaling $1,021,000 was purchased for $653,329, showing a saving of $367,671.