3.2 Contractor Test and Evaluation Progress

Test and Evaluation

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 delivery location -permissible delays, plus defect rectifications by the contractor.