CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?


Shawn Wyzlic, a technician at RLSC, trouble- shoots the communications system on a Talon robot. By isolating problems to the smallest repairable or replaceable component, RLSC has reduced sustainment costs as well as repair time. (Photo by Jay Lambertson, RLSC)


RLSC contractors are as organic to the mixed- manpower staff as the government civilian employees, ensuring a cooperative relationship


between contractors and government representatives that has lasted more than a decade with an exceptionally high degree of success.


Using IDIQ contracts, RLSC can quickly award delivery orders for any required part or list of parts within one to two weeks. Previously used contracting mecha- nisms—namely, assisted acquisition contracts—required a minimum of three months for the preparation of a substan- tial requirements package, staffing and execution.


From a cost perspective, every part on the master parts list is priced for five years, which is extremely beneficial in the areas of budgeting and planning for projects and programs that span multiple fiscal years. As an example of cost savings, RLSC transitioned the contracting mech- anism on a robot recapitalization program within its portfolio to an IDIQ contract from an assisted acquisitions contract. After contract negotiations, the aver- age cost of a production kit to upgrade a single robotic system was reduced by an estimated $20,000, or 13 percent of the total hardware cost, according to internal estimates. Te reduced cost for the recapitalization program provides


for acquisition and allows for delivery of additional assets, allowing RLSC to reach full operational capability sooner and for funding to be diverted to other crucial areas such as acquiring spare parts, train- ing and fielding.


Additional gains through the use of IDIQs have been made in manpower. Other contracting mechanisms require 1.5 man-years of an RLSC procurement analyst and four man-years of person- nel from the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) – Warren, Michigan, to staff an extensive contracting pack- age through to contract award. Under an IDIQ contract, the manpower is reduced to one procurement analyst, one contract specialist and a half of a procure- ment contracting officer’s time, cutting ACC – Warren contracting manpower figures to 2.5 man-years. Much of that reduction comes because a price analyst is not required to award requirements on an RLSC IDIQ contract, since the master parts list is fully priced from the IDIQ award for five years.


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