PHASED MAINTENANCE - A CONTRACTORS POINT OF VIEW

The Phased Maintenance Program (PMP) was conceived from the Navy's desire to increase its ships' “on line” time which is severely interrupted during the six‐to‐nine‐month regular overhaul (ROH) or nine‐to‐twelve‐month complex overhaul (COH) cycles. While improved on line time for ships is desirable and attainable, the maintenance requirements remain and must be accommodated. In order to meet the operational and maintenance objectives, the Phased Maintenance Program was developed to provide for two‐to‐three‐month maintenance availabilities every fifteen to eighteen months. Thus major repairs could be effected, the Navy's modernization program could proceed with minimum delay and non‐scheduled maintenance requirements would be accommodated. While the Phased Maintenance Program affords the government several advantages such as reduced maintenance costs and the opportunity to define maintenance requirements based on actual ship material condition, it also affords private contractors certain advantages. These advantages are beneficial not only to the contractor but also to his customer. This paper will discuss how a private contractor, currently involved in the Navy's Phased Maintenance Program, perceives its role both as a private contractor and a team player within the program. This discussion will address some of the unique challenges encountered and met within the Phased Maintenance Program parameters. © 1990 by the American Society of Naval Engineers