Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment

Abstract

The IBAS mission is to strengthen the posture and readiness of the U.S. Defense Manufacturing and Industrial Base to respond at will to national security needs. Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Support was established in accordance with 10 USC Sec 2508 Industrial Base Fund direction to strengthen the posture of the U.S. Defense Manufacturing and Industrial Base to respond at will in support of the Warfighter today and tomorrow. The IBAS Program provides the Department with a unique capability to achieve the strategic aims of the 2018 National Defense Strategy calling for a strong, resilient, responsive and healthy U.S. Industrial Base (IB) that underpins current and future U.S. force readiness. This program is uniquely positioned to improve the U.S. Industrial Base’s competitiveness and ability to respond to the Department’s needs by applying focused investments to 1) monitor and assess the current state of the IB, 2) address critical issues in the IB relating to Urgent Operational Needs, 3) address supply chain vulnerabilities, and 4) support efforts to expand the Industrial Base. Manufacturing dominance underpins technical dominance. IBAS is fundamental to achieving a modern IB that integrates traditional and emerging sectors to be able to respond at will to National Security Requirements. A healthy manufacturing and defense industrial base and resilient supply chains are essential to the economic strength and national security of the United States. The ability of the United States to maintain readiness, and to surge and sustain in response to an emergency, directly relates to the capacity, capabilities, and resiliency of our manufacturing and defense industrial base and supply chains. IBAS investments focus on addressing Industrial Base issues that support defense needs by identifying and closing gaps in defense manufacturing capabilities and creating and sustaining reliable sources. Key areas of IBAS investment will include:1) Continue advancement and sustainment of both traditional and emerging defense manufacturing sectors; 2) Continue preservation of critical and unique manufacturing and design skills; 3) Continue the support and expansion of reliable sources; and 4) Continue Identification and mitigation of supply chain vulnerabilities The IBAS program has a multi-pronged approach to identify projects: 1) assessments of the national technology and industrial base by the OUSD Acquisition & Sustainment (A&S), Office of Industrial Policy (INDPOL) as directed by 10 U.S. Code 2505, 2) working directly in partnership with defense programs, and 3) working directly with industry. INDPOL collaborates with the services and agencies in performing assessments under the Title 10 USC Section 2505 program to identify elements of the industrial base critical to a healthy and resilient defense industrial base in order to address: 1) Gaps in national-security-related domestic manufacturing capabilities; 2) Threatened, single, or sole source capabilities especially within the lower tiers; 3) Foreign Dependency from high risk sources or countries; and 4) Education and manufacturing workforce skills needs FY 2020 and beyond investment strategies will also be informed by findings from 1) Executive Order (EO) 13806 report, "Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States" and 2) follow-on industrial base and technology assessments. The EO assessment identified nearly 300 risks across 16 sectors; concludes the current state and trajectory of the U.S. industrial base and our capacity to support readiness is in question; and requires significant changes including increased investment for the industrial base. Cornerstone Other Transaction Agreement (OTA): Enhanced efficiency of IBAS program execution will be supported by a new non-Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) OTA procurement vehicle called Cornerstone, established in February 2018 in partnership between the Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense ODASD (Industrial Policy) and the Army Futures Command, Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Chemical Biological Center (CBC). Cornerstone was specifically designed for industrial base investments to meet the Departments needs to improve readiness and sustainment through proactive engagement and investment within and across supply chains. Cornerstone provides the ability to access 19 different industry sectors under one agreement where all parties have agreed to one common management agreement and one intellectual property agreement, and it allows the Government to open or direct solicit tasks as legally appropriate against OTA statues. Cornerstone’s period of performance is “in perpetuity” with no overall ceiling, with task award ceilings. IBAS authorities coupled with Cornerstone enable the department to efficiently execute IBAS investments – positioning the industrial base to modernize at pace with our military.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 819_0607210D8Z_7_0400_PB_2021

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