Army Medium Trucks Acquisition Plans Need Safeguards.
Abstract
The Army is modernizing its fleet of medium tactical vehicles through the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) program, which is one of the Army's largest acquisition programs at a projected cost of $15.7 billion. From fiscal year 1991 through fiscal year 2022-a 32-year period-the Army plans to purchase 85,488 FMTV trucks to replace its aging fleet of medium trucks. The FMTV trucks are a family of 2.5 and 5-ton trucks based on a common truck cab and chassis. In response to a request from Senator Tom Harkin, GAO evaluated the Army's future acquisition plans for the FMTV program. The program is nearing the end of its first production contract. The contract was awarded on October 11, 1991, to Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., Houston, Texas. It was a $1.2-billion, 5-year fixed-price contract to produce the first 10,843 FMTV trucks. Because of funding problems, the fifth year of the contract was extended over 3 years. The Army expects the contractor to complete production under the contract in December 1998. The Army plans to continue FMTV production with the current contractor. On October 14,1998, it awarded Stewart & Stevenson a follow-on production contract-a $1.4-billion, 4-year contract for 6,430 trucks and trailers with an option year for an additional 2,920 trucks and trailers. It plans to award the contractor a second follow-on contract for $100 million for an additional 276 trucks. Both contracts will be for new FMTV truck models. While the current contractor is producing under the follow-on contracts, the Army plans to develop a second source to produce FMTV trucks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA357850
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office