Risk Assessment of the Navy and Air Force's Multiagency Database Machine Acquisition

Abstract

GAO reviewed the risk assessment of the Navy and Air Force multiagency database machine acquisition. GAO found that the: (1) Navy did not formally notify the General Services Administration (GSA) of program changes, risking acquisition delays until GSA approved the changes; (2) Navy plans to monitor agencies' ordering activities by relying on contractor-prepared monthly production and delivery reports, which may not be timely enough to ensure that the contracts' maximum order quantities are not exceeded; (3) Air Force's transfer of a key program official during the acquisition cycle would have disrupted the continuity of the acquisition; and (4) the source selection evaluation board initially did not possess the right mix of skills to effectively evaluate proposals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 18, 1992
Accession Number
AD1152658

Entities

People

  • Jack L. Jr Brock

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Business Administration
  • Continuity
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Machines
  • Management Personnel
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Specifications
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Library and Information Science