Copper Small Purchase Initiatives,
Abstract
The HQ TAC/LG wanted Air Force Logistics Management Center to identify ways to improve the time and cost for processing a local purchase request for Base Supply. LMC found a number of areas to improve and recommended Base Supply provide contracting with annual demand levels for selected items. HWAS also suggest more expeditious contracting methods be used to shorten leadtime. Contracting officers should be provided annual demands for items from mandatory sources of supply to allow advance allocation, clearances, and automatic ordering. Also recommend was obtaining prices on economic order quantities and increased use of blanket purchase agreements. There was a further recommendation to delegate contracting authority to certain users for one-time items and delegate the purchase of emergency walk-through purchase requests to the Base Supply Customer Liasion Office. Finally, HWAS recommended that testing of the use of credit cards or checking accounts, when appropriate, to purchase small dollar items.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA159076
Entities
People
- Joseph C. Chapman
- Scott W. Powell