Sec. 1688. Review of proposed ground-based midcourse defense system contract
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The Director of the Missile Defense Agency may not change the contracting strategy for the systems integration, operations, and test of the ground-based midcourse defense system until the date on which— the report under subsection (b)(3) is submitted to the congressional defense committees; and a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date of such submission. The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall conduct a review of the contract for the systems integration, operations, and test of the ground-based midcourse defense system.
Such review shall include the following: Contract performance of current industry-led prime contract approach, including with respect to— system readiness performance and reliability growth; development, integration, and fielding of new homeland defense capabilities; and cost performance against baseline contract. With respect to alternate contracting approaches— an enumeration and detailing of any specific benefits for each such alternate approach; an identification of specific costs to switching to each such alternate approach; and detailing of the specific risks of each such alternate approach to homeland defense, including regarding schedule, costs, and the sustainment, maintenance, development, and fielding, of integrated capabilities.
With respect to contracting approaches that transition to Federal Government-led systems engineering integration and test— an enumeration of the processes, procedures, and command media that have been established by the Missile Defense Agency and proven to be effective for the execution of programs that are of the scale of the ground-based midcourse defense system; and the manner in which a new contract will control for growth in the personnel and support contracts of the Federal Government to support cost growth and minimize the risk of schedule delay.
A baseline for historical and current staffing of the ground-based midcourse defense system program, specifically with respect to personnel of the Federal Government, personnel of federally funded research and development centers, personnel of departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and support contractors. Projections of the staffing categories specified in subparagraph
(D)under a new contracting strategy and how such staffing categories will be limited to prevent significant cost growth and to minimize the risk of schedule delays. The views and recommendations of the Director for any changes the current ground-based midcourse defense system contract or a new contract, including the proposed contracting strategy of the Missile Defense Agency. Any other such matters the Director determines appropriate. The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall transmit to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Missile Defense Executive Board the review under paragraph (1). Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Under Secretary and the Missile Defense Executive Board receive the review under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary and Board shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing— the review, without change; and any views and recommendations of the Under Secretary and the Board on such review.