BASE OPERATIONS: DoD's Use of Single Contracts for Multiple Support Services.

This report responds to the requirement of the report by the National Security Committee, House of Representatives, on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal Year 1998 that we review the Department of Defenses DOD use of a single contract for multiple base operations support functions. The June 16, 1997, report noted that there was little information on how these contracts work, what services are best delivered under this arrangement, and what savings are realized. In response, this report addresses 1 the history and characteristics of selected single contracts for multiple base operations support services, 2 the kinds of services procured under these contracts, 3 lessons DOD has learned from the use of these contracts, 4 whether small businesses participate in these contracts, and 5 whether cost and efficiency gains have been documented. This report provides detailed information about the use of single contracts for multiple base operations support services at 10 military installations in the continental United States. We selected these installations from a list of 15 that were identified for us by DOD officials.