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b. Indirect Costs. Indirect cost to be included will be

electronics and communications equipment, missile

systems, ships, munitions armament, weapons

determined by applying the indirect expense rates to the

armament, rail equipment, general equipment, and

estimated direct labor man-hours. The cost to repair will

commodity groups of equipment); depot maintenance

include the following indirect expenses,

(1) Indirect maintenance expense rate. This will

and direct/general support maintenance; and each major

geographical area where wage levels vary significantly.

include manufacturing or production expenses (i.e.,

(f)

Depot maintenance labor rate.

When

indirect costs incurred within or identifiable to the

considered necessary for determining the proper depot

maintenance shop or organization performing the repair

maintenance labor rate, assistance may be requested as

work, although not identifiable to particular jobs).

(2) General and administrative expense rate.

authorized by AR-700-4.

(2) Materials. The cost to repair will include all

This will include the costs incurred in the general

materials directly applied to and identifiable with the

management or supervision of the installation as a whole

particular equipment undergoing repair.

which are allocated among maintenance and other

(a) Consumable items received from the supply

activities.

c. Miscellaneous Costs. The cost of repair will

system may be costed as billed by the supply agency. If

no billing is available, consumables will be costed at the

include all contractual services acquired incidental to and

standard inventory price as published in appropriate

identifiable with the performance of all or a portion of the

supply manual. Items procured from local sources will

specific maintenance job. Any other charges required to

be priced at the latest invoice cost. Cost of items

accomplish the repair and directly identifiable to the

fabricated will be based on actual cost for like items,

equipment will be included (although not specifically

where possible. When actual cost is not available,

mentioned herein), except those directly named in d

engineering estimates, including indirect expenses will

below.

d. Exclusions. The following costs will not be

be used.

(b) Replacement components and assemblies

included in the estimate of cost to repair.

(1) Replacement of basic issue items list.

used in the repair process will be costed at the standard

inventory price. Credit will be taken for the return of the

(2) Items of operating expense, such as the

repairable component in an amount equal to the current

replacement of tires, batteries, petroleum products, and

standard inventory price, less the estimated cost to

tools, except where replacement is the result of

repair the component.

accidental damage.

(3) Freight and packaging. Freight will not be

(3) The labor cost of applying modification work

included as an element of cost when the equipment to be

orders.

repaired is located in CONUS. When the equipment to

(4) The cost to overhaul or replace accessory

be repaired is located overseas and no local capability to

items used to adapt equipment for special uses; this

repair exists, the cost of freight includes all cost involved

would include such items as winterization kits, flashing

in preparing the item for shipment at point of use, and all

lights, two-way radios, tool kits, and similar items.

transportation and handling cost from point of use to

Individual estimates to overhaul such items will be made

designated CONUS point of repair. When equipment

as appropriate and required.

cannot be repaired onsite, and cost must be incurred to

prepare the equipment for shipment regardless of

destination, such cost (including materials) will be

included in the estimate of cost to repair.

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c. The item is not listed in table 2 as a "No Depot

9. Eligibility of Materiel for Evacuation to Depot

Maintenance Equipment." Items which are "No Depot

Maintenance. AHU equipment covered by this bulletin

Maintenance Equipment" will be listed by NSN and

is eligible for evacuation to depot maintenance, if the

nomenclature, and arranged in numerical sequence in

below criteria are met:

table 2.

Depot maintenance authorized in the

10. Disposition Instructions. Disposition instructions

Maintenance Allocation Chart or by the ARRCOM

will be provided by ARRCOM for all items when repairs

National Inventory Control Point (NICP).

are required beyond those repairs authorized for

performance at the general support maintenance level

b. The technical inspection performed at the general

regardless of the repair expenditure limit, and with

support maintenance level indicates that required repairs

exception to those items fisted in table 2. The reporting

are not authorized for performance at the general

of materiel to the National Inventory Control Point (NICP)

support maintenance level, and the estimated cost of

for disposition instructions will be in accordance with

repair does not exceed the one-time repair expenditure

appropriate DA letters.

limit (table 1).