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placed limits on use of funds until the certification is provided:

The committee recommends au- thorization of $133.4 million for

CV SLEP. The committee also has included bill language prohib- iting the obligation or expendi- ture of more than $86.4 million of these funds until ninety days af- ter the Secretary of the Navy cer- tifies that, all relevant factors considered, a full SLEP at Phila- delphia Naval Shipyard is more cost effective than alternative means for achieving the same ser- vice life extension of the U.S.S.

Kitty Hawk at other naval ship- yards. Certification should be provided in a letter to the Com- mittees on Armed Services of the

Senate and the House of Repre- sentatives.

Ship Maintenance Performed

In Japan

In general provisions attached to the FY 1986 defense authorization bill, the House has instructed Navy to: . .. carry out in U.S. shipyards not less than one-half of the depot- level maintenance work (mea- sured in cost) for fiscal years 1986 through 1988 scheduled to be ac- complished in Japanese shipyards as of May 8, 1985 for ships home- ported on the West Coast.

This provision was introduced by

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R, Calif.) in full Committee markup of the de- fense authorization bill. It does not apply to MSC ships. The Senate bill does not contain a similar provision and it will be an issue taken up by the conferees.

Strategic Homeporting

Navy has decided to station the battleship Wisconsin (BB 64) in

Corpus Christi, Texas. This was the outcome of competition over the past year to select a Navy homeport in the Gulf. Navy has also decided to assign ships to eight other Gulf ports. A 15th battle group will be stationed in the Gulf.

This concept of strategic home- porting has significant political ad- vantage. It produces wider political support for Navy programs. Howev- er, it is a very expensive idea which raises many logistics issues.

The cost issue was recently ad- dressed by the Senate Armed Ser- vices Committee. In approving the initial $36 million project to develop homeports in Staten Island and

Everett, the Committee sought fur- ther justification of the proposed expenditure:

The Navy is currently expanding to meet the goal of a force of 600 ships. With this increase comes the requirement for increased port facilities. In this year's re-

Exhibit 4

Distribution Of Work By Type Procurement Method (number of awards)

Fiscal Year 1984 1985 1986

East Coast

Regular Overhauls

IFB 5 8 6

RFP-1P - 4 -

RFP-2P 5 3 2

FSS/MSS/NSS 8 3 1

Sole - 2 1

Reserve Ship Overhauls

IFB 2 1 2

RFP-1P 1 - 1

Selected Restricted Availabilities (SRA)

IFB 11 10 14

RFP-1P 10 20 29

RFP-2P 1 1 1

FSS/MSS/NSS 8 - -

Sole - 1 1

Phased Maintenance Availabilities (PMA)

RFP-2P - - 1

FSS/MSS/NSS - 6 16

West Coast

Regular Overhauls

IFB 4 4 2

RFP-1P 1 3 -

RFP-2P 1 3 3

FSS/MSS/NSS 3 1 -

Reserve Ship Overhauls

IFB - 4 3

Selected Restricted Availabilities (SRA)

IFB 10 9 7

RFP-1P 1 11 14

FSS/MSS/NSS 17 18 3

Phased Maintenance Availabilities (PMA)

RFP-1P - 1 -

FSS/MSS/NSS - 5 11

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