Stephen C Smith

Supplying the Warfighter: Is Surplus an Answer? Stephen C Smith

This report addresses whether DOD policies and practices related to the procurement of surplus are effective and efficient. In order to limit the scope of the research, an analysis of the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA's) Defense Supply Center Richmond's (DSCR's) acquisition workload was selected for analyses. DLA is responsible for 86 percent of all DOD consumable items and 55 percent of all federally stocked items. DLA annually provides DOD and other Federal agencies with 4.1 million items valued at $12 billion in support of 1400 weapons systems. As one of the four Inventory Control Points (ICPs) within DLA, DSCR is the lead center for air, aviation, and space support assets. DSCR manages an open purchase requisition (PR) workload valued at approximately $800 million and procures approximately $1.6 billion annually.