Tiêu chuẩn quốc tế

• Số hiệu / Standard Number: AASHTO EFM:2012
• Năm ban hành / Publication date: 2012
• Tình trạng / Status: A - Còn hiệu lực
• Tên tiếng Anh / Title in English: Decision Making for Outsourcing and Privatization of Vehicle and Equipment Fleet Maintenance
• Số trang / Page: 84

Phạm vi áp dụng / Scope of standard

Study Scope and Objectives

The most common reasons cited for outsourcing and/or
privatization by state DOTs are cost-cutting, improved service
quality, lack of resources, and lack of specific skills or
expertise. The resources freed up through outsourcing and/or
privatization may be diverted to other critical activities within
the DOT. In a competitive environment, the profit motive and the
opportunity to secure future contracts are sufficient motivation
for the private-sector vendors to maximize performance, improve
efficiency, and deliver quality service in a cost-effective manner.
Vehicle and equipment maintenance are among the services that are
typically not considered core or mission-critical, and are ideal
candidates for further evaluation.

Because of growing demands and resource limitations on vehicle
and equipment fleet maintenance, state DOTs often consider the
outsourcing and/or privatization of these services. However, these
decisions largely depend on fleet size, vehicle mix, and equipment
type, and are influenced by cost-effectiveness, timeliness, and
external market conditions. Also, state DOTs can implement
outsourcing and privatization in a variety of forms with different
levels of agency involvement, such as outsourcing statewide or
regional activities and selected outsourcing of specific
activities, and with different levels of responsibility for quality
control and assurance. Currently, there is no widely accepted
process for evaluating the alternatives for outsourcing vehicle and
equipment fleet maintenance.

NCHRP Project 13-03A was intended to develop a logical and
systematic decision-making framework and process to address the
various plausible scenarios in which fleet maintenance outsourcing
and privatization decisions should be considered. The resulting
decision framework and process addresses the following:

• Various levels, scopes, and scenarios of outsourcing and
privatization,

• Performance and quality assurance issues,

• Level of agency involvement and/or delegation,

• Various fleet compositions and existing resources,

• Local and regional operating imperatives,

• Procurement policy and rules extant, and

• Local and regional service markets.