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Complex Contracting

Author : Trevor L. Brown

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 17,1 MB

Release : 2013-08-08

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1107292662

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Complex Contracting draws on core social science concepts to provide wide-ranging practical advice on how best to manage complex acquisitions. Using a strong analytical framework, the authors assess contract management practices, suggesting strategies for improvement and ways to avoid the pitfalls of managing contracts for large and sophisticated projects. An in-depth analysis of the US Coast Guard's Deepwater program is included to illustrate ways to respond to real-world contracting challenges. This high-profile and controversial case consisted of a projected 25-year, $24 billion contract through which the US Coast Guard would buy a system of new boats, aircraft, communications, and control architecture to replace its aging fleet. The authors explore the reasons why this program, launched with such promise, turned out so poorly, and apply the lessons learned to similarly complex contracting scenarios. This engaging and accessible book has broad applicability and will appeal to policymakers, practitioners, scholars and students.



Coast Guard Deepwater Acquisition Programs

Author : Ronald O'Rourke

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 45 pages

File Size : 18,20 MB

Release : 2010-10

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1437934447

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Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Background: Deepwater Missions; Origin, and Structure of Deepwater Acquisition Effort; Deepwater Assets Planned for Acquisition; Fleet Mix Analysis; Examples of Deliveries of Deepwater Assets; Deepwater Acquisition Funding: Criticism of Deepwater Mgmt. in 2007; Coast Guard Reform Actions in 2007; Justice Dept. Invest.; (3) Oversight Issues for Congress: Management of Deepwater Programs in General: Cost Growth; Reporting of Costs and Planned Procurement Quantities; National Security Cutter; Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter; 110/123-Foot Patrol Boat Modernization; Revolving Door and Potential for Conflicts of Interest; (4) Potential Options for Congress; (5) Legislative Activity in 111th Congress.



Status of Selected Aspects of the Coast Guard's Deepwater Program

Author : John P. Hutton

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 16 pages

File Size : 20,66 MB

Release : 2008-07

Category : Defense contracts

ISBN : 1437902685

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The Coast Guard (CG) is in the midst of the largest acquisition program in its history -- one that has experienced serious mgmt. and performance problems. The Deepwater program is intended to replace or modernize the CG¿s fleet of vessels, aircraft, and info. mgmt. capabilities. To carry out this acquisition, the CG contracted with a system integrator, Integrated CG Systems (ICGS). This report determines: how decisions are made regarding whether to purchase assets under the contract with ICGS or directly with another vendor; the costs and performance trade-offs, if any, assoc. with the CG¿s acquisition strategy for the Fast Response Cutter; and cost, schedule, and performance issues assoc. with changes to the Nat. Security Cutter. Illus.



The U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Force Modernization Plan: Can It Be Accelerated? Will It Meet Changing Security Needs?

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Page : 159 pages

File Size : 38,59 MB

Release : 2004

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In November 2002, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) commissioned the RAND Corporation to assess its Deepwater program, an effort the USCG is undertaking to slowly, but steadily, replace or modernize nearly 100 aging cutters and more than 200 aircraft over the next 20 years. Known more formally as the Integrated Deepwater System program, this endeavor aims to equip the USCG with state-of-the-art cutters, aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned air vehicles. All of its activities will be orchestrated through an integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system and an Integrated Logistics System (ILS). The program, the largest and most complex acquisition effort in USCG history, was originally designed to maintain the status quo at the USCG as it pursues its traditional missions as part of its roles of maritime security, maritime safety, protection of natural resources, maritime mobility, and national defense. RAND's research is intended to help USCG decisionmakers evaluate whether the Deepwater program which was conceived and put in motion before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and before the USCG's subsequent transfer into the newly created Department of Homeland Security remains valid for the new and evolving responsibilities and missions that the USCG has been asked to shoulder. The events of September 11 gave new urgency to accelerating asset acquisition (Biesecker, 2004). RAND was asked to evaluate whether the current Deepwater acquisition plan will provide the USCG with an adequate number and array of cutters, aircraft, and other assets to meet changing operational demands.





Coast Guard Deepwater Acquisition Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

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Page : 43 pages

File Size : 10,94 MB

Release : 2008

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The term Deepwater refers to a collection of more than a dozen Coast Guard acquisition programs for replacing and modernizing the service's aging fleet of deepwater-capable ships and aircraft. Until April 2007, the Coast Guard had pursued these programs as a single, integrated acquisition program that was known as the Integrated Deepwater System (IDS) program or the Deepwater program for short. The now-separated Deepwater acquisition programs include plans for, among other things, 91 new cutters, 124 new small boats, and 247 new or modernized airplanes, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Coast Guard has requested a total of $990.4 million in acquisition funding for FY2009 for Deepwater programs. The year 2007 was a watershed year for Deepwater acquisition. The management and execution of what was then the single, integrated Deepwater program was strongly criticized in reports and testimony from the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (DHS IG), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), and other observers. House and Senate committees held several oversight hearings on the program, at which several Members of Congress strongly criticized the management and execution of the program, particularly regarding problems in programs to acquire new and modernized cutters and patrol boats. Bills were introduced to restructure or reform the Deepwater program in various ways. Coast Guard and industry officials acknowledged certain problems in the program s management and execution and defended the program s management and execution in other respects. The Coast Guard announced a number of reform actions that significantly altered the service s approach to Deepwater acquisition (and to acquisition in general), resulting, for example, in the shift from a single, integrated Deepwater acquisition program to a collection of individual Deepwater acquisition programs.







Coast Guard

Author : U.s. Government Accountability Office

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Page : 86 pages

File Size : 40,83 MB

Release : 2017-08-17

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ISBN : 9781974643073

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"The Deepwater Program includes efforts to build or modernize ships and aircraft, including supporting capabilities. In 2007, the Coast Guard took over the systems integrator role from Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) and established a $24.2 billion program baseline which included schedule and performance parameters. Last year, GAO reported that Deepwater had exceeded cost and schedule parameters, and recommended a comprehensive study to assess the mix of assets needed in a cost-constrained environment given the approved baseline was no longer feasible. GAO assessed the (1) extent to which the program is exceeding the 2007 baseline and credibility of selected cost estimates and schedules; (2) execution, design, and testing of assets; and (3) Coast Guard's efforts to conduct a fleet mix analysis. GAO reviewed key Coast Guard documents and applied criteria from GAO's cost guide."