Procurement: Review of Selected Defense Logistics Agency Procurement Practices
Abstract
In response to a request from your Committee, we reviewed allegations by various small businesses and small business organizations concerning the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA's) purchasing policies and practices. These allegations claimed that DLA had acted improperly (1) by purchasing items noncompetitively that had been competitively purchased by the military services and (2) by not having the technical data (drawings, specifications, and processes) available that would allow small businesses to compete for DLA contracts. The allegations were made following the 1982-83 transfer of over 214,000 consumable items from the military services to four DLA centers. Since the allegations mainly concerned the transfer of consumable items from the services to two of these four DLA centers--the Defense Construction Supply Center (DCSC) at Columbus, Ohio, and the Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --we concentrated our efforts at those centers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 1996
- Accession Number
- AD1182559
Entities
People
- Paul F. Math
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office