Privatization of Aircraft Maintenance: Maximizing Contract Effectiveness

Abstract

Contract aircraft maintenance constitutes an ever increasing multi- million dollar program in the Air Force. This paper provides functional guidance on the process of converting aircraft maintenance organizations from military to civilian responsibility. Initial preparation for such conversions, including leadership, type of contract and work statement, and timing of contract start, are discussed in detail. There is extensive discussion on preparing the request for proposal, including vital plans requirements, evaluation criteria, costing strategy, and elements dealing with preparing the statement of work. Discussion continues with preproposal actions and source selection, including critical elements of a source selection plan. The quality assurance program is treated in detail, including personnel selection and training and the quality assurance surveillance plan. The paper concludes with recommendations for an Air Force level logistics contract management program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA241089

Entities

People

  • Mary B. Hamlin

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Flight Training
  • Government Employees
  • Management Engineering
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Training Aircraft
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design