Improving Equipment Procurement Response Times at the Defense Commissary Agency.
Abstract
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) seeks to reduce procurement response times for commissary operating equipment. In one DeCA region, more than 40 percent of FY94 requisitions were not filled within six months; supply sources were unable to fulfill commitments to provide contracting support, which resulted in the expiration of funds; and selected equipment was inappropriate for its intended use. To reduce its equipment procurement response times, we recommend DeCA use customer value contracting (CVC), a Defense General Supply Center program that enables customers to select commercial equipment by make and model; and micropurchasing, a provision of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, to purchase equipment and supplies costing less than $2,100 using a government purchase card. We also recommend DeCA increase its use of East Service Center's requirements-type contracts (RTCs). To implement these methods, we recommend that DeCA conduct a test of the CVC method, develop systems to govern the use of micropurchasing, develop forecasts for equipment requirements in support of CVC and RTCs, ensure access to the Defense Automated Addressing System and Standard Automated Material Management System, and develop criteria for assessing benefits and costs associated with the proposed procurement methods.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA320307
Entities
People
- Gary T. Batt
- Robert I. Hazan
Organizations
- LMI