Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle Bid Cost Optimization |
Using MADE to model mission-driven maintenance demand, validate sustainment strategy, and build a defensible affordability case for a Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle proposal.
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Building a Defensible Cost and Sustainment Case for a CRV Bid
The OEM was preparing a bid for the production and sustainment of a Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle at an agreed level of operational capability and availability. To win, the proposal needed more than cost estimates. It needed a credible, technically defensible explanation of how the platform could be sustained affordably across its expected mission profile and operating environments.
The challenge was that maintenance demand was not fixed. It would change depending on how the vehicle was used, where it was operated, and how the sustainment strategy was configured. The OEM needed to understand how mission profile, operating environment, reliability assumptions, and maintenance policy would combine to influence life cycle cost and readiness outcomes.
Just as importantly, the OEM needed to validate that recommended maintenance actions were sound and communicate that analysis clearly to the customer. That required a model-based approach capable of linking design assumptions, failure behaviour, maintenance actions, affordability, and readiness in one consistent analytical framework.
Model-Based Maintenance and Cost Analysis Using MADE
The OEM generated a MADE model of the Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle and defined the expected mission profiles and operating environments. This established the analytical basis for assessing how operational usage would influence system performance, maintenance demand, and life cycle cost.
Using MADE, the OEM calculated the expected reliability of the vehicle systems and identified maintenance requirements for the proposed design configuration. This allowed the team to pinpoint likely poor performers and understand which components would drive sustainment effort and cost.
The OEM used MADE to compare alternative maintenance strategies and assess the impact of configuration choices, mission profile, and operating environment on maintenance costs. These trade studies made it possible to optimise both operational readiness and platform affordability.
MADE was used to validate the recommended maintenance approach, calculate expected platform maintenance costs, and maintain a knowledge base of failures and associated maintenance actions. That knowledge can be reused across the life of the platform and the full contract period.
“MADE enabled the OEM to connect mission profile, reliability, maintenance strategy, and life cycle cost in one defensible model for a high-stakes CRV proposal.”
Stronger Bid Confidence. Clearer Cost Visibility. A Validated Sustainment Strategy.
Mission-Based Cost Insight
The OEM gained a practical way to model how mission profile and operating environment would shape maintenance demand and life cycle cost.
Reduced Sustainment Risk
Potential poor performers were identified early, allowing the OEM to propose maintenance actions aligned to expected system reliability.
Reusable Sustainment Knowledge Base
Failures and associated maintenance actions were captured in a knowledge base that can continue to support the platform throughout the contract life.
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