Procurement Procedures Used for Next Generation Small Loader Contracts
Abstract
The Next Generation Small Loader (NGSL) is an air transportable, 25,000 pound capacity, self-propelled mobile air cargo transporter/loader designed to support military transport and civil reserve fleet aircraft. In 2000 the Air Force decided to replace two existing vehicles (a cargo loader and a wide-body elevator) with one significantly more reliable vehicle, the NGSL, so that only one vehicle needed to be deployed to meet warfighter requirements. The Air Force acquired the NGSL to augment its fleet of 60K Tunner cargo loaders. The 60K Tunner is a more robust cargo loader specifically developed for the Air Force and acquired under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. In 2000, the then Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and Management, Darleen Druyun, decided to use an aggressive strategy to procure NGSL loaders as commercial items. During the contract source selection process, the Air Force tested two competing loaders made by FMC Corporation (FMC) and Teledyne Brown Engineering (Teledyne). It selected FMC. Teledyne protested the award but Druyun denied the protest. Between FYs 2000 and 2005 the Air Force procured 345 NGSL vehicles from FMC under a commercial item contract at a cost of $151.5 million.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA596006
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense