Defense Logistics: The Army Needs to Implement an Effective Management and Oversight Plan for the Equipment Maintenance Contract in Kuwait

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) relies on contractors to perform many of the functions needed to support troops in deployed locations. For example, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait the Army uses contractors to provide logistics support for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Contractors at Camp Arifjan refurbish and repair a variety of military vehicles such as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, armored personnel carriers and the High-Mobility, Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). However, while contractors provide valuable support to deployed forces, we have frequently reported that long-standing DOD contract management and oversight problems increase the opportunity for waste and make it more difficult for DOD to ensure that contractors are meeting contract requirements efficiently, effectively, and at a reasonable price. In its fiscal year 2007 report, the House Appropriations Committee directed GAO to examine the link between the growth in DOD's operation and maintenance costs and DOD's increased reliance on service contracts. In May 2007 we issued a report that examined the trends in operation and maintenance costs at installations within the United States. A second report examining the cost impact of using contracts to support deployed forces is expected to be issued in 2008. In the interim we are issuing this report to you on the Army's Global Maintenance and Supply Services (GMASS) contract's multimillion-dollar Kuwait task order Task Order 1 because of the findings we uncovered during this engagement and the implications for waste of taxpayer dollars and the potential negative impact on the warfighter as well as on our redeployment from Iraq once a decision is made to do so.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 2008
Accession Number
ADA475952

Entities

People

  • Carole Coffey
  • Connie W. Sawyer Jr.
  • Janine Cantin
  • Katherine Lenane
  • Renee Brown
  • Ronald La Due Lake
  • Sarah Baker
  • William M. Solis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.