Report on the Followup Audit of Vendor Technical Qualification Process for Aircraft Engine Spare Parts Procured by the Naval Aviation Supply Office

摘要

This is our final report on the 'Follow up Audit of Vendor Technical Qualification Process for Aircraft Engine Spare Parts Procured by the Naval Aviation Supply Office'. The audit was made as a follow up to our previous audit of the 'Vendor Technical Qualification Process for Aircraft Engine Spare Parts Procured by the Naval Aviation Supply Office', Report No. 88-044, dated November 3, 1987. The objectives of the audit were to determine if all agreed upon recommendations had been implemented and the amount of monetary benefits that the Navy had accrued because of timely approval of vendor source approval requests in-process as of October 1986. A source approval request (request) is a document consisting of all the parts drawings and other evidence to ensure the Navy that the vendor is capable of manufacturing a specific aircraft engine spare part. During the prior audit, we determined that the Naval Aviation Supply Office (ASO) and the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) had not established procedures for promptly qualifying vendors of flight critical engine spare parts for aircraft. We estimated that timely approval of requests in-process as of October 1986, would result in competitive acquisition of aircraft engine spare parts with pending requirements, and associated cost avoidances totaling $10.1 million.