Acquisition of Medical Items.
Abstract
Introduction. This audit was requested by the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Materiel and Distribution Management). This report is the fourth in a series of reports on dual management of commercially available items by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and other Government organizations. Medical items comprise 11 Federal supply classes but are generally managed as 3 categories: pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical sup lies, and equipment. For FY 1997, DLA centrally supported the acquisition of about 1 billion of medical items for DoD medical treatment facilities; the medical treatment facilities acquired many more millions of dollars of medical items locally by contract and Government credit card. The Department of Veterans Affairs contracted for about $2.4 billion of medical items in support of its medical facilities and other customers. Audit Objectives. The audit objectives were to determine the extent of products available through non-Defense Federal organizations for which DoD also operated central procurement programs and to evaluate whether the DoD programs were providing services without added benefit to DoD. The specific objective of this audit was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of DLA centrally acquiring medical items concurrent with the Department of Veterans Affairs. We also reviewed the adequacy of the management control program applicable to the stated objectives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 15, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA367815
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense