3.2  Contractor Test and Evaluation Progress

Review

Major System/ Platform Variant

Original Planned

Current Planned

Achieved/ Forecast

Variance (Months)

Acceptance

ACPB 01

May 05

 

Jun 05

1

ACPB 02

Oct 05

 

Nov 05

1

ACPB 03

Nov 05

 

Dec 05

1

ACPB 04

Mar 06

 

Apr 06

1

ACPB 05

Mar 06

 

Apr 06

1

ACPB 06

Jun 06

 

Jun 06

0

ACPB 07

Jul 06

 

Jul 06

0

ACPB 08

Oct 06

 

Oct 06

0

ACPB 09

Nov 06

 

Nov 06

0

ACPB 10

Mar 07

 

Apr 07

1

ACPB 11

Mar 07

 

May 07

2

ACPB 12

Jun 07

 

Jul 07

1

ACPB 13

Sep 07

 

Sep 07

0

ACPB 14

Nov 07

 

Nov 07

0

Variance Explanations

Boats 1-5 delayed due to contractor labour shortages - permissible delays. Boat 10-12 delayed due to configuration changes and change to deliver location - permissible delays, plus defect rectifications by the contractor.