Major System Acquisition: Is a Separate Spares Contract Better.
Abstract
This study seeks to focus attention on the support investment aspect of the weapon system acquisition process and to examine current views on the use of a separate spares contract for the initial provisioning and acquisition of spare/repair parts. The author contrasts historical and current approaches to contracting for initial spare/repair parts in support of aircraft acquisition programs. Historically, spare/repair parts have been provisioned by use of support element contract line items contained in the system production contract. Recently, separate spares contracts have been used to acquire spare/repair parts for major weapon systems such as the F-15, A-10, AWACS and the F-16. The purpose of this study is to describe differences between end item and spares line item relationships on conventional system contracts and separate spares contracts. The study reviews problems anticipated and encountered in contract separation, and reports current comments and evaluations regarding the effectiveness of separate spares contracts in achieving desired benefits.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA042775
Entities
People
- Louis Keith Dumas
Organizations
- Defense Systems Management College