Acquisition: Policies and Procedures for Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests at Washington Headquarters Services

Abstract

Background. This report is the second in a series of reports on the use and control of military interdepartmental purchase requests. This report discusses the management of military interdepartmental purchase requests at the Washington Headquarters Services. Military interdepartmental purchase requests are the primary document used by DoD Components to order goods or services from other DoD Components, as well as other Government activities outside the DoD. On behalf of OSD customers, Washington Headquarters Services, as the fundholder, initiates military interdepartmental purchase requests that are sent to accepting activities for contracting the required goods or services. Washington Headquarters Services maintains the financial records of unliquidated obligations for OSD customers. As of March 2001, the Washington Headquarters Services had 908 military interdepartmental purchase requests, valued at $290.6 million, with unliquidated obligations of $64.3 million.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 19, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402661

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense