Strategies for Obtaining Ship Services Alternatives for NOAA (1988) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix D: Case Histories of Chartering
Appendix D: Case Histories of Chartering
Pages 71-80
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In FY 1987 the center chartered 4 vessels costing an average of $4,092 per day, averaging 95 feet in length, and a charter duration of 103 days. The only other fisheries research vessel chartered recently by NOAA fishery laboratories was a vessel chartered by the Southeast Fisheries Center to survey populations of Gulf Coast red drum.
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~ c7_ _ The Committee has proposed to identify vessel and system requirements for support of hydrography, fisheries and oceanographic and atmospheric research programs and to assess how these requirements might be met through charter alternatives. , As a part of this study, the Committee is examining the past chartering experiences of other organizations in order to understand the potential problems that might be encountered and the range of alternatives available.
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. Category III - End product contracted for either a day rate basis or end product fixed price (government responsible only for quality assurance)
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Time From Contract Award to Estimated Contract Completion (Months) Time From Contract Award to Actual Completion (Months)
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Assessment by Technical group requesting services/contract of these items Item Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Good Excellent Not Applicable Overall Performance Responsiveness to Technical Personnel Equipment Reliability Instrumentation Reliability Scientific Personnel Accommodations Scientific Personnel Working AccommodationsQuality of Results Any amplification you wish to add: Any comments you wish to add: Any recommendations you wish to add: FIGURE D- 1 Continued.
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OTHER AGENCY EXPERIENCE It appears clear from all agency experience that for basic oceanographic research (and in most instances applied research) a contract arrangement in which a specified end product is sought (Category III)
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During the first 5 years of this turnkey contract program, contractual costs exceeded bids by less than 1 percent. Gradually, industry and the Corps developed common ground, and as time passed, meetings between the two became less and less controversial, with the current figure being approximately 85 percent of dredging and one-third of bathyme try carried out under contract.
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LESSONS FROM CHARTERING EXPERIENCE In general, central procurement and contracting procedures are more time consuming and less likely to perform in an adequate manner unless the technical group is both contractually competent and "in charge" of the technical specifications. Many contracts that the government technical personnel consider marginal or unsatisfactory can be attributed to central procurement and contracting.
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To date, no federal government or industry contract has been successfully procured for time charters or turnkey contracts using a unionized U.S.-flag vessel company. In conclusion, there are examples of charter vessel use for every type of vessel function in the federal government or in the private sector.
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