rant on "mil spec" wasRE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] RG-11 Source?

[Jim Lux]

And, of course, the mfr has to have staff in place to make the specific 
measurements called out by the spec (which might be different than the 
usual commercial practice) and maintain records and artifacts of the 
inspections, etc.

And, if the mfr happened to sell the stuff on a contract, as opposed to a 
purchase order, then they'd have to have all the necessary accounting and 
recordkeeping systems in place to handle the DCAA auditors who would visit 
to make sure that that price was fair, reasonable, and not higher than 
offered to any other customer.

(not to mention that the mfr would probably have to have invested a few 
hundred bucks in the shelving to hold all the Federal Acquisition 
Regulations you'd need to comply with.)

Such is life dealing with the government.  What sounds like a great idea 
when applied to jet engines may not be so hot when applied to hammers and 
ashtrays.



At 11:20 AM 2/9/2005, RICHARD BOYD wrote:
>And $795 ash trays or $600 toilet seats or $600 hammers might be bundled in
>the same contract with $1 automobile engines -- other items that the
>supplier takes a loss on and makes it up on something else that they really
>don't want to have to make, are not in the business of making, but the
>government wants to buy them in the same package.  I've seen it happen, and
>the "horror stories" about ridiculously overpriced items have always struck
>me as... "There might be more to the story."  You have to look at the whole
>package of what was bought and see if it all evened out, something very few
>of us are in a position to do.
>
>73 - Rich, KE3Q
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Les Kalmus" <w2lk at earthlink.net>
>To: "Jim Lux" <jimlux at earthlink.net>; <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:07 PM
>Subject: RE: rant on "mil spec" wasRE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] RG-11 Source?
>
>
> > It sounds like this is why they have those $795 ash trays.
> >
> > Les
> >
> >
> > Jim, W6RMK
> >
> > (I'll be happy to send the 400kB Mil spec for TP to anyone who wants
> > it...)
> >