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From: mcc@ETN-WLV.EATON.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
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Subject: Re:  mil stds vs. rfc's
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Date: 27 Dec 88 01:27:57 GMT
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Bob:

I doubt that the vendor's failure to perform proves anything about the DoD
procurement regulations and/or methodologies.  For example, I was able to
read your message suggesting that there is a fault over a communication
network procured under the same procurement regulations.

Without the benefit of reading DCA's Request For Proposal, the only things
that might be inferred from the vendor's failure is

	A) this was a rather blatant "buy-in" by an under-capitalized
	   company in hopes procuring further contracts,
	B) the individuals assigned to the project did not have the
	   technical background necessary to translate the RFCs into
	   a MIL-STD, or
	C) there was a requirement for the documents to conform to 2167
	   standards which were not negotiated correctly.

Merton