RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK

UNCLAS OTTAWA 001514 SENSITIVE SIPDIS PM/DTCC SABATINI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CA ETTC IS KOMC SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050127510 REF: STATE 113557 ¶1. Econoff was unable to verify the validity of a battery shipment order placed by Canada Department of National Defense (DND) identified in reftel. ¶2. Alaine Girard, Manager of the government of Canada,s Public Works office responsible for DND battery procurement, said he was not able to identify an order based on the information in reftel. He stated that a purchase order starting with the letter W, is necessary for him to identify a file or contract number that might enable him to track the items in question. Girard stated that the batteries may have been part of a larger equipment order that had been subcontracted. He was able to locate older transactions with Ultralife, but these previous orders contained no battery information. He also stated that given the low dollar value of the contract it could have been ordered by the USG equivalent of a purchase card, in which case he would not have the order data. ¶3. While Girard was not able to verify this particular order, he said orders for products like this seemed reasonable to him. If Ultralife can provide the original purchase order with an ID number beginning with a W,, Girard said he would be happy to assist in verifying this order. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada WILKINS