United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-07-15 monographic deposited born digital 27 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-161 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161 P0b002ee18037dc78 f:ns96161 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161 NSIAD-96-161 Privatization Defense procurement Cost effectiveness analysis Equipment maintenance Defense cost control Competition limitation Military downsizing Defense contracts Combat readiness Maintenance services contracts Navy Commercial Activities Program F-14 Aircraft Kiowa Helicopter Letter Report NSIAD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Commission on Roles and Missions' (CORM) privatization assumptions to determine whether privatization would adversely affect military readiness and sustainability.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the privatization of all depot maintenance activities would result in unacceptable readiness and sustainability risks; (2) it is difficult to determine whether the Department of Defense's (DOD) privatization efforts will create more opportunities for outsourcing to the private sector; (3) most depot workloads contracted to the private sector are awarded noncompetitively; (4) the lack of competitive private sector markets could negate expected privatization savings; (5) CORM privatization assumptions do not reflect the cost of excess space in public depots; (6) privatizing depots without reducing their excess capacity could reduce depot efficiency and increase costs; (7) CORM data does not support estimated depot privatization savings; (8) public depots provide greater flexibility than private depots; (9) the DOD risk assessment methodology does not include guidance for assessing depot maintenance levels; (10) the services are reassessing the effects of privatizing their core workloads; and (11) public-private competitions have resulted in some measurable savings and afforded DOD a cost-effective method of determining workload allocations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-161 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-161 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-161; Defense Depot Maintenance: Commission on Roles and Mission's Privatization Assumptions are Questionable; Privatization Defense procurement Cost effectiveness analysis Equipment maintenance Defense cost control Competition limitation Military downsizing Defense contracts Combat readiness Maintenance services contracts Navy Commercial Activities Program F-14 Aircraft Kiowa Helicopter Title 10 Section 2466 Title 10 Section 2469 10 U.S.C. 2466 10 U.S.C. 2469 Public Law 98-473 Public Law 101-510