United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-05-02 monographic deposited born digital 56 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-564 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564 P0b002ee1803728d0 f:d01564 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564 GAO-01-564 Aircraft Contract administration Cost control Federal procurement Ships Coast Guard: Deepwater Capability Replacement Project Other Written Product A00849 The Coast Guard is in the final stages of planning the largest procurement project in its history-the modernization or replacement of more than 90 cutters and 200 aircraft used for missions beyond 50 miles from shore. This project, called the Deepwater Capability Replacement Project, is expected to cost more than $10 billion and take 20 years or longer to complete. Congress and the Coast Guard are at a major crossroads with the Deepwater Project. Planning for the project is essentially complete, and Congress will soon be asked to commit to a multibillion-dollar project that will define the way the Coast Guard performs many of its missions for decades to come. The deepwater acquisition strategy is unique and untried for a project of this magnitude. It carries many risks which could potentially cause significant schedule delays and cost increases. The Deepwater Project faces risks in the following four areas: (1) planning the project around annual funding levels far above what the administration has told the Coast Guard it can expect to receive, (2) keeping costs under control in the contract's later years, (3) ensuring that procedures and personnel are in place for managing and overseeing the contractor once the contract is awarded, and (4) minimizing potential problems with developing unproven technology. All of these risks can be mitigated to varying degrees, but not without management attention. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564.pdf GAO-01-564 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-564 Other Written Product GAO-01-564; Coast Guard: Progress Being Made on Deepwater Project, but Risks Remain; Aircraft Contract administration Cost control Federal procurement Ships Coast Guard: Deepwater Capability Replacement Project Public Law 105-277 Public Law 106-181