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 1996-04-17 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:T-NSIAD-96-148 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148 P0b002ee180380677 f:ns96148t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148 T-NSIAD-96-148 Military downsizing Equipment maintenance Privatization Base closures Military bases Military cost control Base realignments Defense contracts Maintenance services contracts Testimony NSIAD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the privatization of defense depot maintenance activities. GAO noted that: (1) the Department of Defense's (DOD) evolving depot maintenance policy includes a public-private mix and shifts work to the private sector where feasible; (2) depot privatization could worsen excess maintenance capacity and inefficiencies if not carefully managed; (3) DOD policy reports provide an overall framework for managing depot maintenance activities and substantial implementation flexibility, but the policy is not consistent with congressional guidance on public-private competition for non-core workloads; (4) privatizing depot maintenance is not likely to achieve the 20-percent savings DOD projects, since most savings have come from competition rather than privatization; (5) most depot maintenance private-public competitions have been won by the public sector and averaged fewer than two competitors; (6) DOD plans to privatize in place and delay downsizing and closure of two air logistics centers will probably cost more than closing them and relocating their workloads to underutilized defense or private facilities; and (7) statues governing competition and base closures may have to be repealed or amended before DOD can proceed with its privatization efforts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148/html/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148.pdf GAO/T-NSIAD-96-148 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-148 Testimony GAO/T-NSIAD-96-148; Defense Depot Maintenance: Privatization and the Debate Over the Public-Private Mix; Military downsizing Equipment maintenance Privatization Base closures Military bases Military cost control Base realignments Defense contracts Maintenance services contracts Title 10 Section 2464 Title 10 Section 2466 Title 10 Section 2469--two Title 10 Section 2469 10 U.S.C. 2464 10 U.S.C. 2466 10 U.S.C. 2469--two 10 U.S.C. 2469