CANES contracting strategies for full deployment / Jessie Riposo [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rand Corporation.

Riposo, Jessie.

Series:

Technical report (Rand Corporation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Command and control systems--United States.

Command and control systems.

United States. Navy--Communication systems.

United States.

United States. Navy--Procurement.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 75 pages : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2012.

Summary:

The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system is the U.S. Navy's next generation of networks and computing infrastructure, primarily for use on ships. It is intended to give the Navy a common set of key command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) networks across the fleet. This report discusses contracting strategies for the main hardware component and integration capabilities that will be used with the CANES system. Contractors will design the CANES, identifying specific hardware and developing the integration software necessary to consolidate existing command, control, communications, computers and intelligence functions. The authors examined a number of other government procurement programs and propose five potential contracting alternatives{u2014}a single prime contractor, three multiple contract models, and an all-government option. They recommend a multiple-contract model that assigns the technical, production, and installation functions to the organizations that can provide the best value, requires active and continuous government involvement, obtains frequent competitive prices for information technology hardware, and uses proven Navy processes to install the system on warships