West Coast Ocean Construction Platform Economic Analysis

摘要

In an effort to promote a higher degree of Fleet readiness, consistency of operations, efficiency resulting in decreased fuel oil consumption and to provide specialized capability allowing timely completion of Fleet required ocean construction projects it is proposed to acquire an ocean construction platform dedicated to the needs of the Fleet in the Pacific Ocean, primarily on the West Coast and Hawaii. This economic analysis compares the life cycle costs of the proposed alternative with two other alternative methods of accomplishing the NAVFAC Fleet support mission tasks. The three alternatives considered are: Dedicated platform (Navy owned); Charter (status quo option); Contract (turn key operation). The operational costs are dependent upon the average number of project execution days per year over the 20-year economic life of the analysis. For all three methods the life cycle costs have been estimated using a baseline execution schedule of 135 days per year and for minimum and maximum schedules of 90 and 180 days per year respectively.