Coast Guard acquisitions: polar icebreaker program needs to address risks before committing resources : report to congressional requesters / 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--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States. Coast Guard.

Icebreakers (Ships)--Purchasing--United States.

Icebreakers (Ships).

Ice breaking operations--United States.

Ice breaking operations.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 68 pages) : color illustrations, color photographs

Other Title:

Polar Icebreaker Program needs to address risks before committing resources

GAO-18-600 Coast Guard acquisitions

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2018.

Summary:

To maintain heavy polar icebreaking capability, the Coast Guard and the Navy are collaborating to acquire up to three new heavy polar icebreakers through an integrated program office. The Navy plans to award a contract in 2019. GAO has found that before committing resources, successful acquisition programs begin with sound business cases, which include plans for a stable design, mature technologies, a reliable cost estimate, and a realistic schedule. This report examines, among other objectives, the extent to which the program is facing risks to achieving its goals, particularly in the areas of design maturity, technology readiness, cost, and schedule. GAO is making six recommendations to the Coast Guard, DHS, and the Navy. Among other things, GAO recommends that the program conduct a technology readiness assessment, re-evaluate its cost estimate and develop a schedule according to best practices, and update program baselines following a preliminary design review.

Contents:

Background

The Coast Guard did not assess design maturity or technology risks prior to setting the Polar Icebreaker Program's baselines

The Coast Guard based the Polar Icebreaker Program's baselines on a cost estimate that is not fully reliable and an optimistic schedule

Polar Icebreaker Program's anticipated contract may be funded by both the Coast Guard and the Navy, but they have not fully documented responsibility for addressing cost growth

Conclusions

Recommendations for executive action

Agency comments

Appendices.

Notes:

"September 2018."

"GAO-18-600."

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 September 16, 2018).

OCLC:

1052586571