European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 Pettei cafes concessionaire contracting policy explained after 30 years of service the bavarian shop at Ramstein has lost the contract. While i realize thai the lowest bidder receives the contract i have a few questions regarding this decision. I does lowest bidder mean that the customers will to offered a lower Price or thai cafes will receive a greater percent of the profit 2. Will the merchandise offered by the lowest bidder be of comparable or higher Quality 3. What will the Impact be on German american relations in the Kaiserslautern Community. This shop also has affiliations with a shop in . Can imagine the naughty and feelings of the Kair Slauter business Community regarding this Deci Sion. In a country where Good service and Good business relations Are prize his Deci Sion Only serves As an example of those in considerate ungrateful americans. To my knowledge the bavarian shop has always provided excellent service and has had Good working relations with the Mili tary Community and cafes. The person Nel arc always Friendly courteous and extremely helpful. It seems to me that after 30 years they deserve some consideration due to the Quality of their service. It is probably Loo late to change the Deci Sion bul i think cafes needs to consider More than monetary gain in the future when they make similar decisions. Jackie Schlater ram Feln a Germany european edition Cut Dale k. Attson us Edlor in chief cmdr Jeffrey i. Ioakem Lin dip uly cd Lur in Chw . A Proctor . Mana or Mintos de. Cake claim Muunro tit in in i in Luik Frudd tar men Xvi a in mall lira ural in o Fontai. Cafe Tinli of this � and Lori i i not Kim Riv 1m and Iii in i of. Of Darud by 1aa us. Odvin Winil rat erf dry Iii of Imu a. Eun Hwi comm Tow Ift Titei of in Ihli pull Calkum. Ines us Ira in Urli or . 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Tjernberg German it twin Hytt font but and to Imo. Corn Apo a he Pluto nun org is Sui Tler Futini. 4w-jjm w Hurr web tar. Will 7i3h3. In Ufa Hwi orbs. Of to my autonom Jim lib cd. 10431 j1m3cd enl sol mucus Lahmi Vlanis. By. Sb3� paid Miott. My editors note Muster sgt. Bruce e. Zilsdorf customer relations specialist. Public affairs ofic he aares europ replies your Dheri lion of our a Tsion a taken prs for awarding concessionaire con Inco is skewed. Let s take i moment to set he record Slraight. Cafes is i fool Inspru men Allty or it Lla government. As such we re subject to statutes departmental instruction and Epili Tiow catering govern it Neal procurement just like any other Naf entity. Thai incl Man Tow requirement thai Venice contracts to include those with concessionaires be reopened to Competition i least once every Lite years. Thule where we stand with the a is Len bavarian shop contract. Cafes wards contracts based on responsiveness to the requirements at the solicitation record of integrity and resources to perform he contract competitiveness. These factors Are listed in the order we evaluate them and their order of importance. Prices Don t necessarily change str ply because concessionaires change. Some May be Able to offer better prices through vol ume buying or other initiatives. Firms specializing in the same Type of merchandise Are in trentely Price competitive and often buy from the same manufacturer. Cafes contracts contain uniform pric ing provisions with an Overall goal of id percent so Ings Oft Tike items purchased on the local Economy. Will cafes get a greater percentage if All other requirements of a proposed con tract have been met then the proposal of a higher percentage becomes the Only criteria left on which to Bast a contract award. Part of our Mission is to generate income for army and air Force morale welfare and recreation programs. Accepting a higher percentage when All other criteria Are seen to be equal contributes to our 1 phishing that Mission. It s also possible the merchandise offered by a new concessionaire May be a completely new selection but it still must it the Stock assortment and Quality standards spelled out to the contract. Judging Quality of identical items b easy but discussions of comparable items is not unlike trying to compare the benefits of apples and oranges. As for the possible Impact on German american relations let me emphasize the following aafes1 experience with local business firms has shown they appreciate the principles of full and free Competition. They share our position that favouritism and seniority have no place in contract relation ships. Government contracting policy does t give Points for longevity. The term of a contract is set out in the contract and the concessionaire knows that up front. The goal As it should he b open and fair Competition in the free marketplace. Tax on electric Bill questioned since filling out the new Oha form we re told that even though we pay water sewage and heat rated into our land lord s account the landlord provides the utilities. Now what guarantee do we have that we will be compensated for these utilities you can bet that if we do not pay these Bills the utilities Wilt be turned off. Now the electric Bill it was rated at 66 do per month and that we paid directly to the company. Well the year end Bill came and our rate was 160 do Short for the year so do of that was a 14 per cent Tan. I was told by our local lax Relief office that we could not have the lax taken off. In a sense Are we not buying the electricity from the company i was told if i was buying fuel Oil that i could have the tax removed what s the difference now if we and others like us have been wronged by the system How do we get it straightened out name withheld Schwa Ebisch Muend Germany editor s note James e. Poc morale welfare recreation division of fice of the Deputy chief of staff person Nel he Usa eur replies individual members of the is. Forces military and civilian and their family members Are not authorized lax free procurement in their own name. Only an offi Cial procurement Agency being the Community morale support fund is entitled to make tax free purchases in Germany. Tax Relief must be taken at the Lime of Purchase of the goods or sences. The Type of Utility Bill the writer addresses in this article is a so called end of the year Bill. End of the year Bills do not qualify for tax Relief for two reasons 1. It is an Afler the fact Purchase As the service has already been Glam and consumed 2, the individual has been making monthly payment with his her personal Money to the Utility company which Nulli fies any Tait Relief consideration. The a mss lax Relief office should be contacted for further information. Balanced budget Ball in our court a recent article in the stars and stripes Senate kills balanced budget Amend was one of those Good news bad news Sioris. -. First the bad news the Senate let us Down. They proved once again that they just can t kick the habit. They re spend Abolins. Now the Good news this is certain to Spur the state to Call a Constitution it convention to balance the budget thirty two Stales Al ready have Only two More Are needed. The advantage of a stale called convention is that Congress can t water it Down. I be read some scare stories about the dangers of a convention that they could rewrite the whole Constitution or repeal the Bill of rights bul Many of the slates have specified that the convention is to bal High school reunion the Ion Vii a Triton for Law Clou of 1 to Cocoa Algu school in Coco. Fth. Will to had on july is Iii z7, it. For my Inlo Nulton or Robin know Titi . Bobilu Cocos Florida to tilt Ance the budget nothing More but no mat Ter what they come up with it still has to be approved by two thirds of the slate Legislatures. The president said it Best he is disappointed that the Senate failed by Only a single Vole to simply ask the american Congress to do what every american family must to spend no More Money than they take the Ball s in our court now. Rogers Vaj Hongen Germany pen pals i would like lot in Nair in Pill column. I am Nyear eld and Enloe lift Olno dancing Bih Jne and writing pen a nov Wilda a. Maven Cillan Safe. or Lenur i would i in Bill ram other count run. I
