Spare Parts and Logistics Support Procured on a Virtual Prime Vendor Contract
Abstract
This report is one in a series involving the pricing of commercial and noncommercial spare parts. This report addresses spare parts procured from United Technologies Corporation, Hamilton Standard Division, under the Defense logistics Agency (DLA) virtual prime vendor program. The virtual prime vendor program is a prototype strategy for providing the "commercial practice" of third pa logistics support. During CY 1998, DLA issued 6,528 contract actions totaling 19.0 million to Hamilton Standard on the virtual prime vendor contract SPO400-96-D-9426. The Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, awarded and managed the indefinite quantity contract. DLA uses the contract to provide worldwide support for Air Force and Navy service centers to support parts common to the C130, P-3, and E2/C2 aircraft propeller systems. We reviewed a total of 4,036 actions valued at $18.0 million. A total of 85 different parts were procured on the 4,036 actions, therefore, many actions were for the same national stock numbers. More than $12 million of the parts procured on the contract supported the maintenance line at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins, Georgia, for the C130 aircraft propeller system. Some of the significant parts purchased from the contract included propeller barrels and blades, cams, gears, and seals. On June 10, 1999, United Technologies Corporation acquired Sundstrand Corporation and merged it with its Hamilton Standard division creating a new company, Hamilton Sundstrand.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 14, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378802
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense