ARMY AL&T
“We pulled out all the stops to collapse the schedule and get these vehicles into theater,” said BG Michael Brogan, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command and Joint Program Executive Offi cer (PEO) MRAP Program. “We are doing everything required to ensure that they are safe, that the risk assessments are complete, and that they’re fully integrated and fl own into Afghanistan.”
Rapid Acquisition Procurement of the M-ATV grew from an urgent requirement to pro- vide troops a survivable, yet smaller and more maneuverable, vehicle that can travel off-road and navigate Afghanistan’s diffi cult, mountainous terrain. Drawing from lessons learned from the procurement of baseline MRAPs for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF ), the JPO devised and executed a rapid acquisition strategy.
The core effort began in June 2008 in response to a draft Army Operational Needs Statement for a lighter MRAP that could maneuver in the Operation
Enduring Freedom (OEF ) terrain. By August, a Request for Information was released to test the industrial base and see if the requirements were possible to develop. The government received 30 proposals. Two months later, the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statement (JUONS) was signed and the source selection effort expanded to begin an intensive and rigorous requirements evaluation, with a Request for Proposal (RFP) released in December. The RFP provided an anticipated initial buy of 2,080 vehicles, with a maximum ceiling of 10,000.
Under this accelerated, best-value acquisition, offerors were required to meet three main screening criteria: vehicle weight was not to exceed 25,000 pounds; vehicles were to
accommodate a crew of fi ve; and vehicles had to pass ballistics tests. In January 2009, industry responded with eight offerors submitting proposals. Those selected in the fi rst round in February received contracts to build and deliver two test vehicles that went through ride, mobility, and ballistic testing at Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), MD. Those vehicles that met basic requirements were accepted for armor, ballistic, and mobility testing.
On April 30, 2009, the government awarded fi ve indefi nite-quantity indefi nite- delivery contracts for additional test vehicles. The competition included Oshkosh Defense, BAE Global Tactical Systems, BAE U.S. Combat Systems, Navistar Defense, and Force Dynamics (a joint venture between
Drawing from lessons learned from the procurement of baseline MRAPs for OIF, the JPO devised and executed a rapid acquisition strategy.
The acquisition effort for the M-ATV is unprecedented, even more so than the original MRAP effort. Production began in July 2009 and the fi rst trucks were fi elded to the USMC in Afghanistan on Dec. 6, 2009, just 160 days from contract award. (Photo courtesy of MRAP JPO.)
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