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 Agricuiture 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 required early in the Program on a large quantity
of s-inch O. D. spiral-welded pipe during fabrication in the vendor's plant at Berkeley, California. The order had heen 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 Joads 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 sub-
stitutions 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
REQUISITIONS
RECEIVED
PURCHASE
ORDERS
ISSUED
Jaruarv
February
March
Anril
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Januarv
February
March
April
407
496
446
AVG
TT7
686
849
659
787
733
rs)
722
534
3359
282
197
225
413
480
122
468
727
895
964
836
847
786
744
651
501
405
168
9,115
9,593
VALUE
3
431,980.12
391,843.91
509,634.12
1226 602.42
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
352,027.44
297,214.97
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 311,545.76.
The following reports were prepared in compliance with AEC procurement procedures:
REPORT NUMBER
TYPE OF REPORT
AEC-328
AEC-329
Procurement Action of 325.000 or more.
Procurement Actions of Subcontractors of
AEC-330
Quarterly Small
Business Report
Summary of Procurement Actions.
Percentage of business placed with small
business firms.
825,000 or more.
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