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 2005-03-07 monographic deposited born digital 62 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-264 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264 P0b002ee180376af1 f:d05264 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264 GAO-05-264 Competition Contract administration Federal procurement Foreign governments Hazardous substances Performance measures Procurement practices Property disposal Research and development contracts Schedule slippages Service contracts Ships Strategic planning Timeliness National Defense Reserve Fleet Other Written Product A18776

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has more than 100 obsolete and deteriorating ships awaiting disposal that pose potentially costly environmental threats to the waterways near where they are stored. Congress, in 2000, mandated that MARAD dispose of them by September 30, 2006. While MARAD has various disposal options available, each option is complicated by legal, financial, and regulatory factors. In this report, GAO assesses (1) whether MARAD will meet the September 2006 disposal deadline for these ships and, if not, why not; (2) the extent that MARAD has used alternative disposal methods other than scrapping, and barriers to using other methods; (3) the appropriateness of MARAD's methods for procuring ship disposal services; and (4) the impact of foreign competition and other factors on reducing disposal costs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264.pdf GAO-05-264 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-264 Other Written Product GAO-05-264; Maritime Administration: Improved Program Management Needed to Address Timely Disposal of Obsolete Ships; Competition Contract administration Federal procurement Foreign governments Hazardous substances Performance measures Procurement practices Property disposal Research and development contracts Schedule slippages Service contracts Ships Strategic planning Timeliness National Defense Reserve Fleet Title 15 Section 2601et seq. Title 15 Section 40 15 U.S.C. 2601et seq. 15 U.S.C. 40 Public Law 103-451 Public Law 105-85 Public Law 106-398 Public Law 107-314 Public Law 108-136