Coast Guard acquisitions: opportunities exist to reduce risk for the Offshore Patrol Cutter program : report to congressional committees / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Coast Guard--Procurement.

United States.

United States. Coast Guard.

Revenue cutters--United States--Planning.

Revenue cutters.

Shipbuilding--United States--Design and construction.

Shipbuilding.

Shipbuilding--Risk assessment.

Shipbuilding industry--United States--Costs.

Shipbuilding industry.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 67 pages) : color illustrations, color photographs

Other Title:

Opportunities exist to reduce risk for the Offshore Patrol Cutter program

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2020.

Summary:

The Coast Guard--a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)--is planning to spend over $12 billion to acquire a fleet of 25 OPCs. This is the component's highest investment priority and will help ensure a variety of missions, such as drug and migrant interdiction, are carried out in offshore waters once its aging Medium Endurance Cutters are decommissioned. After Hurricane Michael--a category 5 storm-- significantly disrupted the OPC shipbuilder's ability to continue work in October 2018, DHS granted up to $659 million in extraordinary contractual relief to the shipbuilder. This report examines, among other objectives, how the Coast Guard revised the OPC program after Hurricane Michael and the extent to which the program addressed major risks--particularly in the areas of design maturity, schedule, and cost-- before proceeding through key acquisition decisions both pre- and post-hurricane. GAO is making eight recommendations to the Coast Guard and DHS, including ensuring that the program stabilizes its design before proceeding with construction of the next OPC, updates its schedule to address deficiencies and incorporate risks, and updates its cost estimate to improve its credibility

Contents:

Background

Coast Guard Made Changes to the OPC Program to Address Hurricane Michael's Effects but Has Limited Opportunities for Oversight in the Near Term

OPC Program Lacks Stable Design, Realistic Schedule, Fully Informed Cost Estimate, and Effective Risk Management

Coast Guard Plans to Extend the Service Life of Selected MECs to Help Mitigate Risk of Widening Capability Gaps from OPC Delays

Conclusions

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Comments

Appendices.

Notes:

"October 2020."

"GAO-21-9."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed February 26, 2021).

OCLC:

1239810885