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New CAPE O&S Cost Estimating Guide

The OSD Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) has issued an updated September 2020 version of their DoD Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Estimating Guide. This new DoD Operating and…

New CAPE O&S Cost Estimating Guide

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Bill Kobren
The OSD Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) has issued an updated September 2020 version of their DoD Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Estimating Guide.

This new DoD Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Estimating Guide is not to be confused with the DoD Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Management Guidebook They are separate and distinct documents, issued by different DoD organizations, and intended to complement, not duplicate one another. To clarify:

  • This O&S Cost-Estimating Guide” was issued in September 2020 by the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
  • The “O&S Cost Management Guidebook” was issued in February 2016 by the then-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics & Materiel Readiness (L&MR) (now ASD (Sustainment))