UFC 3-701-06
30 March 2006
3-3
SUSTAINMENT COST FACTORS
3-3.1
Definition
Sustainment provides for maintenance and repair activities necessary to keep a
typical inventory of facilities in good working order over a 50-year service life. It
includes:
regularly scheduled adjustments and inspections, including maintenance
inspections (fire sprinkler heads, HVAC systems) and regulatory
inspections (elevators, bridges)
preventive maintenance tasks
emergency response and service calls for minor repairs
major repair or replacement of facility components (usually accomplished
by contract) that are expected to occur periodically throughout the facility
service life
Sustainment includes regular roof replacement, refinishing wall surfaces,
repairing and replacing electrical, heating, and cooling systems, replacing tile and
carpeting, and similar types of work.6 It does not include repairing or replacing
non-attached equipment or furniture, or bldg components that typically last more
than 50 years (such as foundations and structural members). Sustainment does
not include restoration, modernization, environmental compliance, specialized
historical preservation,7 general facility condition inspections and assessments,
planning and design (other than shop drawings), or costs related to acts of God,
which are funded elsewhere. Other tasks associated with facilities operations
(such as custodial services, grass cutting, landscaping, waste disposal, and the
provision of central utilities) are also not included.8
3-3.2
Use of Sustainment Cost Factors
Sustainment cost factors represent the annual average sustainment cost for each
FAC, and serve as the basis for calculating annual facilities sustainment
requirements for DoD using the following formula:
Sustainment requirement = Facility Quantity x Sustainment Cost Factor x Area Cost Factor9 x
Inflation Factor
6
Facilities Sustainment also generally allows for overhead costs, which include architectural and engineering services.
7
Specialized historical preservation costs are those for customized components or materials that are no longer readily
available.
8
Facilities Sustainment Program Element (PE) definition.
9
A geographic location adjustment for costs of labor, material, and equipment.
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