Evolving the Army's Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (GOCO) Facilities Business Model

Abstract

The Army s current business model for its Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) munitions production facilities, threatens the viability of these National Strategic Assets to respond to a national security crisis. Inadequate funding and poor infrastructure maintenance degrades their ability to support a rapid increase in munitions production. Using Iowa Army Ammunition Plant as the example, I intend to show how modifying the current business model that encourages an adversarial relationship between the operating contractor and the government and its oversight mission in favor of a relationship that leverages a government/contractor partnership can bring these important facilities back to Army Installation standards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553057

Entities

People

  • Benjamin M. Nutt

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Security
  • Standards
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Strategic Security Studies