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FROM WACASC
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/EX AND OPR/ST
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: ASUP
SUBJ: TERMINATION OF WACASC SUPPLY OF GSA/WRSC ITEMS
REF: STATE TELEGRAM 071669 (NOTAL)
ALL POSTS FOR ALL AGENCIES PROCUREMENT OFFICERS.
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1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN REFERENCED
TELEGRAM, WACASC IS NO LONGER THE SUPPLY SOURCE FOR GSA OR WRSC
CATELOG SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. EFFECTIVE JULY 1/75 NO ORDERS
WILL BE ACCEPTED BY WACASC FOR THESE ITEMS. ANY REQUISITIONS
RECEIVED CONTAINING THESE ITEMS WILL BE REJECTED AND POSTS
ADVISED TO PLACE ORDERS DIRECT WITH EITHER GSA OR WRSC AS
APPROPRIATE.
2. WACASC STOCK OF GSA/WRSC ITEMS CURRENTLY ON HAND AND
ON ORDER WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO WACASC DESIGNATED SERVICED
POSTS ONLY, ON A NO COST BASIS. EVEN THOUGH A POST HAS
UTILIZED WACASC AS A SUPPLY SOURCE FOR ITS OWN CONVENIENCE,
IF IT HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNATED AS A POST WHICH MUST UTILIZE
WACASC AS A MANDOTORY SUPPLY SOURCE, IT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED
IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF STOCK. STOCK WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
BASED ON PAST ORDERING STATISTICS OF THE POSTS.
ALL STOCK WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AND POSTS WILL BE FURNISHED
A COPY OF THE ITEMS WHICH WILL BE SHIPPED TO THEM OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. ALLOCATION OF STOCKS WILL BE COMPLETED
BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1975, EVEN THOUGH ACTUAL SHIPMENT OF ALL
THE STOCK MAY NOT BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE
CALENDER YEAR.
3. (WACASC REDUCED ITS ORDERING OF MANY ITEMS AND STOPPED
STOCK REPLENINSHMENT ACTION COMPLETELY ON MARCH 30, 1975, FOR
ALL GSA/WRSC CATALOG ITEMS.) HEAVY YEAR END PURCHASING HAS DEPLETED
OR GREATLY REDUCED STOCK ON HAND AND AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION.
4. WACASC STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT ALL FORMERLY SERVICED
POSTS IMMEDIATELY PREPARE AND SUBMIT THEIR SEMI-ANNUAL REQUISITIONS
TO BOTH WRSC ANSA TO FILL THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
ADJUSTMENTS ON ORDERING CAN BE MADE BY EACH POSTS DURING THEIR
SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL ORDER AFTER THEY RECEIVE NOTICE FROM WACASC
ON ITEMS BEING SHIPPED FROM THE SUPPLY CENTER.
5. WACASC WILL CONTINUE TO STOCK MEDICAL SUPPLIES, HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES AS WELL AS ITS LINE OF APPLIANCES
AND AIRCONDITIONERS. TIRES AND TUBES, AS WELL AS SOME OFFICE
MACHINES WILL ALSO BE MAINTAINED. A LISTING OF ITEMS THAT WILL
BE STOCKED WILL BE MAILED TO EACH POST BEFORE JULY 20, 1975.
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YM AS A REMINDER, PACKING MATERIALS WILL NOT BE STOCKED.
POSTS WHO RELY ON IMPORTED PACKING MATERIALS FOR SHIPMENT OF
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS SHOULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE THIS ITEM ON THEIR
FIRST SEMI-ANNUAL ORDER. AFTER OBTAINING AN INITIAL SUPPLY,
POSTS COULD THEN KEEP AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY AVAILABLE BY ORDERING
DIRECT FROM GSA CITING THE TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION FUNDS AS THEY
HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DOING THROUGH WACASC.
7. LOCAL PURCHASING THROUGH WACASC IS DISCOURAGED. WACASC
SWITCHED ALMOST ALL OF ITS ORDERS FOR ITEMS FORMERLY OBTAINED
ON THE LAGOS MARKET TO U.S. SUPPLIERS. MOST ITEMS, SUCH AS
STENCILS, DUPLICATING INK, THERMO COPY PAPER, ETC., ARE IN
SHORT SUPPLY AND NOT READILY AVAILABLE. IF AVAILABLE, THE
PRICE IS USUALLY 300 PERCENT OR MORE HIGHER THAN CAN BE OBTAINED
FROM U.S. OR OTHER COUNTRIES SUPPLIERS. THIRD COUNTRY PROCURENT
THROUGH WACASC IS NOT TO BE COUNTED ON AS A SOLUTION FOR POSTS
WHO FAIL TO SUBMIT THEIR ORDERS PROMPTLY OR MISCALCULATE THEIR
NEEDS. ALL POSTS SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LENTHY
LEADE TIMES INVOLVED. ITEMS READILY AVAILABLE FROM GSA OR WRSC
TAKE FROM FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO REACH WACASC WITH ANOTHER MONTH
NEEDED TO SHIP THEM ON TO THE ORDERING POST. IF EITHER GSA
OR WRSC ARE OUT OF STOCK, LEAD TIMES CAN QUICKLY STRETCH INTO
ONE YEAR.
8. WHEN SHIPPING GOODS, THE WORD IS CONTAINERIZE. WACASC
CANNOT ENSURE THE SAFTY OF EXPORT PACKED CARGO TRANSITING LAGOS
PORT FACILITIES. THIS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL COMMUNICA-
TIONS AND BEARS REPEATING. CONTAINERIZATION IS SAFER AND ONLY
REQUIRES DOMESTIC PACKING IN THESE TIMES OF TIGHT FUNDING, (IT
SAVES MONEY). THE LAGOS POST IS HEAVILY CONGRSTED WITH OVER
187 SHIPS STANDING BY FOR PIER SPACE. THE CONFERENCE LINES
WHICH CARRY OUR CONTAINERS HAVE PRIORITY BERTHING. CUSTOMS
WAREHOUSES ARE IN TURMOIL AND ANYTHING ARRIVING HERE UNCONTAINERIZED
EASILY DISAPPEARS. IN FACT, EVEN TWENTY FOOT CONTAINERS ARE HARD
TO FIND AMONG THE THOUSAND ON THE PIER AND IN THE CONTAINER YARD.
IF POSTS EXPORT PACK AND HAVE THE CARGO SHIPPED OUTSIDE OF THE
CONTAINERS, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCF LOSING IT. WACASC DOES ITS
UTMOST TO LOCATE AND CLEARDPMENTS BUT THE CONDITIONS AT
THE PORT MAKE THIS ONLY ABOUT 98 PERCENT EFFECTIVE. WACASC
DOESNT WANT ANY POST TO BE AMONG THE TWO PERCENT WHO LOSE
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THEIR CARGO. THUS POSTS ARE REMINDED TO HAVE ALL REPEAT ALL
SHIPMENTS SENT TO THE U.S. DESPATCH AGENT FOR CONTAINERIZATION
SUTING WACASC.
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