Depot Maintenance: The Navy's Decision to Stop F/A-18 Repairs at Ogden Air Logistics Center
NSIAD-96-31
Published: Dec 15, 1995. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Navy's decision to move F/A-18 depot maintenance work from the Ogden Air Logistics Center to the North Island Naval Aviation Depot, focusing on the cost and performance indicators used to justify the move of F/A-18 repair activities from Ogden to North Island.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should develop and implement guidance on using merit-based selection procedures when moving depot workload as prescribed by title 10 U.S.C. 2469. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD agreed that guidelines describing merit-based selection procedures would be developed. After conducting a series of meetings that included government and industry representatives, the Office of the Secretary of Defense issued policy direction regarding the conduct of public-private competitions on May 2, 1997, and is expected to issue additional guidance after evaluating lessons learned from the first public-private competition conducted since this process was reinstated in 1996. Additional guidance was issued by the Defense Contract Audit Agency.
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Aircraft maintenanceCompetitionCost analysisFighter aircraftLabor costsMilitary cost controlNaval procurementRepair costsU.S. NavyAircraft