Acquisition Management: Source Selection Procedures for the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program
Abstract
Civilians and uniformed officers who are involved in the Air Force acquisition decision-making process should read this report because it identifies issues related to the source selection procedures used by the Air Force in the acquisition of the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program. In November 2004, the Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) commissioned a study to review acquisition-related actions taken by the former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and Management (Principal Deputy). As a result of that study, the Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) identified eight actions for further investigation and requested that the Department of Defense Inspector General review them. This audit focuses on one of these actions relating to the award of the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems on January 22, 1999. Air Force personnel did not adequately document the decision process used to award the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems. Specifically, the Source Selection Advisory Council and the Source Selection Authority did not document their rationale for the initial selection evaluation results and subsequent changes to those results, and the Air Force did not provide the oversight needed to ensure the decisions were documented. As a result, the C-5 Avionics Modernization Program solicitation and contract award were unnecessarily vulnerable to manipulation. Identifying the source selection process as a high risk area and establishing a review process that tests the effectiveness of the controls over the process will provide the oversight needed to reduce the likelihood of manipulation. We also reviewed the managers' internal control program as it related to the source selection oversight process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA471956
Entities
People
- Amy L. Mathews
- Douglas P. Neville
- Erin S. Hart
- Karen M. Borrero
- Lamar Anderson
- Lashonda M. Thompson
- Michael T. Burger
- Michael T. Hepler
- Paul J. Granetto