A Life Cycle Cost Analysis for the Procurement of General Purpose Vehicles.

Abstract

The Air Force procures commercial general purpose vehicles based on lowest acquisition costs, under the assumption that Operations and Maintenance (O&M) costs are the same for similar vehicle types. The assumption is made because of lack of conclusive proof that O&M costs are significantly different. This paper addresses whether the Air Force should continue the present procurement strategy, or procure vehicles based on total Life Cycle Cost (LCC) acquisition techniques. Statistical analysis indicates that LCCs of two makes of one type of commercial vehicle (pickup trucks) are not equal, based on a sample of 70 vehicles selected from six bases. The results suggest that LCC procurement strategies should be further investigated, especially for multiyear and other large scale buy programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122883

Entities

People

  • Jeffery B. Webb
  • Scott K. Claypool

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Models
  • Department Of Defense
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Literature Surveys
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.