Contract Management: Purchase of Army Black Berets

Abstract

In response, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) modified the domestic suppliers existing contract in early November to increase monthly production from about 10,000 to over 100,000 berets per month. The modification added 1.2 million berets to the domestic suppliers contract. DLA then awarded contracts to purchase berets from two known foreign sources, which would deliver 1.6 million berets. Because a substantial shortfall still existed, DLA contracting officials intensified their efforts to identify other sources that could produce the berets and, in early December, competitively awarded four contracts to purchase one million berets from four additional foreign suppliers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 2001
Accession Number
AD1156641

Entities

People

  • David E. Cooper

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Commerce
  • Competition
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Domestic
  • Executives
  • Logistics
  • Military Equipment
  • National Guard
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Supply Chain Management

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