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GAO-13-316R 1 (2013-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacgyk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L GAO Accountablty *Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 March 7, 2013 Congressional Requesters Subject: Use of Remanufactured Parts in the Federal Vehicle Fleet Is Based On a Variety of Factors In fiscal year 2011, federal civilian agencies reported about $975 million in maintenance and repair costs for approximately 588,000 vehicles that the agencies owned.' These vehicles can be maintained and repaired using new or remanufactured parts. While there is no standard definition of a remanufactured vehicle part, the Federal Acquisition Regulation defines remanufactured parts as factory rebuilt to original specifications.2 Remanufactured vehicle parts tend to be less expensive than comparable new parts. The principal remanufactured products in the motor vehicle sector are engines, transmissions, starter motors, alternators, steering racks, and clutches, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission.3 Given the potential for cost savings from using remanufactured parts in the federal fleet, you asked us to examine this issue. Thus, this report describes (1) the vehicle repair process for selected agencies, including the use of remanufactured parts, and (2) the factors that agency officials consider when deciding whether to use new or remanufactured parts for repairs. To perform our work, we reviewed the General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), and the Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Homeland Security (DHS), the Interior (DOI), and Justice (DOJ). These six federal entities accounted for 95 percent of the civilian federal fleet vehicles in 2011. Because the four departments decentralize fleet management to their component agencies, we selected three agencies within each department with large fleets. In total, we selected 14 agencies for our review: * GSA; * USPS; * USDA o U.S. Forest Service, o Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and o Natural Resources Conservation Service; * DHS o Customs and Border Protection, o Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and 'Agencies annual maintenance and repair costs are published in the Federal Fleet Report. The General Services Administration provided GAO with its fiscal year 2011 maintenance and repair costs for the GSA Fleet. 2 Federal Acquisition Regulation §52.211-5. 3 U.S. International Trade Commission, Remanufactured Goods: An Overview of the U.S. and Global Industries, Markets, and Trade, Investigation No. 332-525, USITC Publication 4356 (October 2012). GAO-13-316R Remanufactured Vehicle Parts

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