Dual Management of Commercially Available Items - Information and Imaging Solutions.
Abstract
This audit was requested by the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Materiel and Distribution Management). This report is the third in a series of reports on dual management of commercially available items. On October 10,1997, the Defense Industrial Supply Center issued a solicitation to establish a prime vendor for its office solutions initiative. An amendment to the solicitation was issued on December 16, 1997, to revise the solicitation and rename the initiative to the information and imaging solutions prime vendor program. A prime vendor is a business concern that functions as a purchaser's primary source of supply for specified types of products and is responsible for the delivery of those products, produced by various manufacturers, to the customer. The types of items included in the solicitation were commercial, brand name office products such as automatic data processing equipment, business machines, general office supplies, photographic imaging supplies, and telecommunications equipment. The solicitation covered requirements for 64 military organizations in the southeastern United States and the Defense Industrial Supply Center. The estimated annual budget for information and imaging solution products for the 65 organizations is $392 million.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 03, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA367982
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense