Buying Program of the Standard Automated Materiel Management System. Automated Small Purchase System: Defense Supply Center Philadelphia
Abstract
The Standard Automated Materiel Management System Automated Small Purchase System is a fully automated micro-purchases system used by the General and Industrial Directorate at the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia. As implemented at the General and Industrial Directorate, the Standard Automated Materiel Management System Automated Small Purchase System was used in conjunction with the Standard Automated Materiel Management System Procurement by Electronic Data Interchange to provide electronic commerce linkage to a single blanket purchase agreement vendor. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia made $3.79 billion in total purchases during FY 1999 to support DoD and non-DoD customers. The General and Industrial Directorate, which manages one of four commodity lines at the supply center, made about $779.1 million in purchases. Our overall audit objective was to evaluate the buying program of the Standard Automated Materiel Management System Automated Small Purchase System. Specifically, we determined whether the buying program had adequate controls for ensuring that contracts awarded for small purchases were at fair and reasonable prices. We also reviewed the management control program as it related to the overall audit objective.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 13, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA387815
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense