Navy Contracting: Military Sealift Command's Contract for Operating Oceanographic Ships.

摘要

Military Sealift Command operates and maintains a number of government-owned special purpose ships to support various missions, including cable laying and repair, range instrumentation, oceanographic research, underway replenishment, ocean surveillance, and hospital services. Some of the ships are operated by civil service mariners that MSC employs, and others are operated under commercial contracts with civilian crews. MSC operated oceanographic ships with civil service mariners until 1986 when, as a result of a competition and cost comparison conducted under the provisions of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, it turned the operation of these ships over to a commercial contractor. The initial contract was for 3 years, expiring in 1989. The subject of our review was a follow-on contract for the operation of 10 oceanographic ships, which was awarded in April 1989. Keywords: Service contract, Oceanographic ships, Military oceanography, Cable laying, Range instrumentation, Ocean surveillance, Hospital services, Civil mariners, OMB circular A-76, Commercial contractor, Navy, Contract administration. (JG)