CTMA Project #: 142310

Problem: The Program Executive Office for Aircraft Carriers (PEO Carriers) manages acquisition and maintenance for the world’s most complex ships. This complexity, combined with workforce constraints and supply chain challenges, has created significant delays and degraded sustainment performance. Critically, PEO Carriers requires better incentive systems for its contractors.

Solution/Approach: The overall objective of this initiative is to establish and demonstrate a novel contracting tool that can quickly and effectively segment past performance on certain support actions and provide actionable information to segment the Ship Work Line Item Numbers (SWLIN) into different risk adjusted Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs).

Benefit: This initiative will successfully develop an enhanced risk assessment and incentives tool that will benefit commercial businesses and the public by improving risk segmentation of major projects, which can lead to important cost savings and on-time delivery of products for consumers.

Impact on Warfighter:

  • Optimize contract structure and geography
  • Enhance communication to decision makers
  • Reduce maintenance and sustainment costs

DOD Participation:

  • Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers (PEO Carriers)
  • Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 02
  • NAVSEA08
  • Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIP)

Industry Participation:

  • A.T. Kearney Public Sector and Defense Services, LLC
  • NCMS

Final Report