Accession Number:

ADA561123

Title:

Navy Organic Airborne and Surface Influence Sweep Program Needs Defense Contract Management Agency Support

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALEXANDRIA VA OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2012-04-27

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

This report is the first of two audit reports addressing the Navys acquisition of the Organic Airborne and Surface Influence Sweep OASIS. We determined whether the Defense Contract Management Agency DCMA support of the OASIS development contract was effective. DCMA and the Navys internal controls were ineffective. We identified internal control weaknesses in the Navys management of the OASIS contract. DCMA officials and the Program Manager, Mine Warfare Program Manager, did not effectively transition the program integrator and program support team requirements for the OASIS contract in February 2008. This occurred because DCMA did not have policies and procedures for the transition of program support requirements when the contractor changed geographic locations and there was a breakdown in communication within DCMA. As a result, the Program Manager did not benefit from assessments of cost, schedule, and technical performance that DCMA could provide to help meet program goals during the engineering and manufacturing phase. The Program Manager did not request DCMA program management support after the memorandum of agreement MOA expired. This occurred because the Program Manager considered the expired agreement valid and was not aware of the requirement to annually update the MOA. Additionally, the Program Manager did not identify program data analyses DCMA could have provided before tasking a support contractor. This occurred because the Program Manager believed the OASIS Program primarily needed technical oversight during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase. As a result, the Program Manager expended funds over a 38-month period for services from a support contractor and did not obtain earned value management analysis, monthly progress reports, or monthly program assessments from either DCMA or the support contractor.

Descriptors:

• *NAVAL PROCUREMENT
• AUDITING
• CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
• MINESWEEPING EQUIPMENT
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE