Logistics Support

Controls at Navy's Andros Island Test Range Need Improvement Gao ID: NSIAD-91-75 January 28, 1991

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined logistics support services at the Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) at Andros Island, Bahamas, and West Palm Beach, Florida, focusing on the: (1) need for certain general purpose equipment; (2) accuracy of property records; (3) adequacy of inventory controls over supplies; (4) adequacy of Navy oversight of contractor logistical support; and (5) merits of cost-reimbursement and fixed-price contracts.

GAO found that AUTEC: (1) had excess air and marine craft and land vehicles; (2) kept inaccurate property records for equipment and material and significantly understated plant equipment and overstated material inventory in its annual report; and (3) had inadequate inventory controls to prevent waste and abuse. GAO also found that the Navy: (1) did not properly oversee AUTEC logistics support activities because its assigned property administrator was not fully qualified and appointed; and (2) should consider a fixed-price contract for the logistics support portion of the work to replace the existing cost-plus-award-fee contract, since it generally knew the scope of the required logistics support work.

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