I'm not drinking my breakfast ... yet ... but I've read this twice and all I can think of is a need to say, "BINGO!"

Booz Allen Hamilton, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $20,000,000 modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price pricing provisions contract (N00189-08-D-0022) to increase funded amount. The total contract value inclusive of all modifications is estimated at $184,103,663. The contract will provide leadership teams, providing expertise in change management, barrier identification and removal, and key enterprise performance metrics. The contractor will focus efforts on applying the key tenets of a structured, process-focused, metrics-driven enterprise approach to determine required output, identify and remove barriers, develop and analyze measures of performance, and manage the cultural changes necessary to reach enterprise objectives. It is the primary role of the contractor to work with naval personnel, active, reserve, civilian, and other government contractors, to accomplish the goals of the enterprise. Work will performed on-site at government sites (72 percent) and off-site contractors sites (28 percent). Work will be completed by Sept. 30, 2012. Funding will be operations and maintenance, Navy provided by the individual Fleet Readiness Enterprises and will be placed on individual task orders. Contract funds in the amount of $20,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The requirement was issued on a sole-source basis utilizing other than full and open competition procedures. NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N00189-08-D-0022).

 

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To quote Teddy Roosevelt, "Weasel words from nathering naybobs." That flushing sound you hear is more US tax dollars going to waste. More wasted mone while the OPTEMPO od the fleet is max'ing out, things can't be fixed and we can't build useful platforms - just over-priced golly jeeze-whiz ships that in the end are completely useless!

Okay I am stepping down from my soapbox now and hopefully my blood pressure will return to normal.

Yes, okay, $20 million. No problem.

 

But as long as the barriers are removed, the metrics are driven, and the process focused, it will be worth it.

 

Right?