Public-Private Competitions: Processes Used for C-5 Aircraft Award Appear Reasonable
Abstract
As a result of a 1995 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act decision, the San Antonio and Sacramento Air Logistics Centers, including their maintenance depots, are to close by the year 2001. To mitigate the impact of the closings on the local communities and employees, the administration announced its intention to maintain employment levels by privatizing the depots workloads in place. The Air Force followed by announcing a strategy to privatize in place five prototype depot maintenance workloads at the two closing centers. Since then, there has been a continuing debate between Congress and DOD over where and by whom the workloads at the closing depots would be performed. Central to this debate are concerns about the excess facility capacity that exists at the Air Force's three remaining depots and the legislative requirement that workloads exceeding $3 million dollars in value be subject to a public private competition before being moved to the private sector. Appendix II provides a more detailed description of the closure history for the two logistics centers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA337167
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office