1. Doing Business with DLA

2. DLA’s Mission: Supporting the Warfighter
DLA is DoD’s largest logistics combat support agency. Our mission is to provide best value integrated logistics solutions to America’s Armed forces and other designated customers in peace and in war, around the clock, around the world.
The Defense Logistics Agency is the Department of Defense’s largest logistics combat support agency. DLA provides worldwide logistics support – in both peacetime and wartime to the military services, as well as several civilian agencies and foreign countries. DLA’s responsibilities have grown to the point that today, if our forces fight with it, wear it, eat it, burn it as fuel or otherwise use it, DLA probably provides it, and arranges for its reutilization after the consumer no longer needs it.

3. Scope of DLA Customer Support
Worldwide presence:
28 countries and 48 states
DLA provides over $38 Billion in sales and revenue.
Ranks DLA in top 15th percentile of the Fortune 500
Supports nearly 2,430 weapon systems
Managing 5.3 Million separate line items via nine supply chains
Processes on average 100,000 requisitions & 10, contract actions per day
Foreign Military Sales
Supporting 110 Allied Nations
The scope of DLA’s customer support is worldwide with presence in 28 countries and 48 states.
DLA has provided over $38 Billion in sales and revenues in a fiscal year. This along with the dollar value of services provided which would rank DLA in the top 15th percentile of the Fortune 500.
DLA supports nearly 2,430 weapon systems.
DLA manages 5.3 Million separate line items for Fuels, Food, Clothing and Medical Supplies and Construction Material via nine supply chains.
Processes on average 100,000 requisitions and more than 10,000 contract actions a day.
In Foreign Military Sales has supported the security of 110 of America’s allied nations.

4. DLA Overview… Global Supply Chains
Aviation
Land
Maritime
C&T
Medical
Subsistence
C&E
Energy
Richmond
Ft. Belvoir
Columbus
Philadelphia
EBS
FAS
Original
Equipment
Manufacturer
(OEM) Items
Engines
& Airframes
Supply Chain
Commodities
Wheeled Vehicles
Tracked Vehicles
Batteries
Nuts & Washers
Converters
Valves/Hardware
Fluid Handling
Electronics
Motors
Packing/Gaskets
Recruit Clothing
Organizational
Clothing
Pharmaceutical
Medical/Surgical
Institutional
Feeding
Operations
Rations
Produce
Construction
DLA is the DoD Supply Chain Manager for 9 different supply chains.
DLA Aviation focuses on aviation supply chain management.
DLA Land and Maritime handles both the maritime and land supply chains.
DLA Troop Support manages 4 supply chains – Clothing & Textile, Medical, Subsistence, Construction and Equipment.
DLA Energy manages fuel, energy support and services and bulk petroleum.

5. Major Subordinate Commands (Major Buying Activities)
DLA LAND & MARITIME Columbus, OH
DLA AVIATION Richmond, VA
DLA TROOP SUPPORT Philadelphia, PA
ENERGY
FORT BELVOIR, VA
AVIATION
RICHMOND, VA
Defense Supply Centers
LAND & MARITIME
COLUMBUS, OH
TROOP SUPPORT
PHILADELPHIA, PA
DLA ENERGY Fort Belvoir, VA
These are the four major supply centers that fall under DLA:
DLA LAND MARITIME - Columbus, OH - manages more than 1.6 million different items providing the majority of repair parts for maritime and land weapon systems in support of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines worldwide.
DLA AVIATION - Richmond, VA - supports more than 1,800 major weapon systems and material manager for more than 1.1 million repair parts and operating supply items which include: fixed and rotor wing aircraft, including spares for engines on fighters, bombers, transports and helicopters; all airframe and landing gear parts; flight safety equipment and propeller systems.
DLA TROOP SUPPORT - Philadelphia, PA – supplies and manages over $13.4 Billion worth of food, clothing, textiles, medicines, medical equipment, construction supplies and equipment, and repair parts for major weapon systems.
DLA ENERGY - Fort Belvoir, VA - provides the Department of Defense and other government agencies with comprehensive energy solutions. DLA Energy facilitates the cycle of storage and deployment of fuels and other energy sources.

6. Major Subordinate Commands
(DLA Supply Centers)
DLA Land and Maritime
401 N YEARLING ROAD
COLUMBUS, OH
TEL: (614) or
Web Site:
DLA Aviation
8000 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY
RICHMOND, VA
TEL: (804) or
DLA Troop Support
700 ROBBINS AVENUE
PHILADELPHIA, PA
TEL: (215) or
Web Site:
DLA Energy
8725 JOHN KINGMAN DRIVE
FT. BELVOIR, VA
TEL: (703) or
DLA Supply Center contact information for DLA Aviation, Energy, Land and Maritime & Troop Support.

7. Additional DLA Buying Activities
DLA Contracting Services Office (DLA CSO)
To provide DLA enterprise IT products, services and infrastructure support
DLA CSO solicitations can be found on either Federal Business Opportunities ( or on GSA eBuy (opened to GSA Federal Supply Schedule contractors only) via the following prefixes:
SP4701 DLA CSO Philadelphia, PA SP4705 DLA CSO DLA HQ Ft. Belvoir, VA
SP4702 DLA CSO Columbus, OH SP4706 DLA CSO Energy Ft. Belvoir, VA
SP4703 DLA CSO Richmond, VA SP4707 DLA CSO Battle Creek, MI
For more information:
DLA’s link for IT services and management consulting is the DLA Contracting Services Office (DLA CSO) at each DLA Field Site. The DLA CSOs are responsible for procuring most of the IT products, services and infrastructure support for the Agency.
Note that DLA, along with many Federal Agencies, often purchase computer hardware, software and services via Federal Supply Schedules coordinated by the General Services Administration. You can search for DLA CSO solicitations on either the Federal Business Opportunities website ( or on GSA eBUY (opened to GSA Federal Supply Schedule contractors ONLY) via the prefixes listed:
For more information you can

8. Additional DLA Buying Activities
DLA Distribution, New Cumberland, PA
Worldwide network of 25 distribution depots
DLA Disposition Services, Battle Creek, MI:
DODs provider of choice for worldwide reuse, recycling and disposal solutions
DLA Distribution Procurement Office purchases supplies and services in support of the mission of the Defense Distribution Depots worldwide. They acquire packaging materials, conveyor systems, Information Technology (IT) support services and equipment, construction services, and distribution support services for warehousing to support the Department of Defense (DOD) distribution network.
DLA Disposition Services (formerly known as the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service) is part of DLA. Their mission is to anticipate needs and deliver great performance to their customers through the reuse, transfer, donation, sale or disposal of excess property.

9. Additional DLA Buying Activities
DLA Strategic Materials, Ft. Belvoir, VA
Manages the strategic and critical raw material stockpile that supports national defense needs
DLA Document Services, Mechanicsburg, PA
Provides professional printing, copying, duplicating, scanning, imaging, document conversion, CD-ROM, and web services to the Defense Department and the Federal Executive Branch.
Business opportunities are posted on either GSA eBuy or FedBizOps.
DLA Strategic Materials is the leading U.S. agency for the analysis, planning, procurement and management of materials critical to national security.
They serve their clients through a unique combination of technical expertise, global/geopolitical material supply analysis, and management & tracking of a broad range of existing & future critical materials.
DLA Document Services' mission is to transform the Department of Defense (DoD) from high volume printing to on-demand documents and on-line, electronic content and records management.

10. Before You Can Sell To DLA
Get a D-U-N-S (Dun & Bradstreet) Number:
- Register for your free DUNS number:
Register in SAM to get a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code:
Register in DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS):
List your small business in the Dynamic Small Business Database. Like SAM, this is a search engine for buyers, a marketing tool, and a link to procurement opportunities:

11. DLA Acquisition Regulations
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Governs the “acquisition process”
Regulates government personnel activities
Codified at Title 48, Chapter 1 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) – DoD FAR supplement
Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD)
Nearly all government agencies are required to comply with acquisition regulations. For DLA, the principal set of rules are in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
The FAR governs the acquisition process by which the government purchases good and services. The process consists of 3 phases:
Need recognition and acquisition planning
Contract formation
Contract administration
The FAR regulates the activities of government personnel in carrying out that process. The FAR is codified at Title 48, Chapter 1 of the United States Codes of Federal Regulations.
Regulations issued by the separate agencies of the federal government are supplements to the FAR. For Department of Defense, the FAR supplement is the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
DFARS is administered by the Department of Defense. The DFARS implements and supplements the FAR.
The last regulation is the Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD). DLAD is administered by the Defense Logistics Agency and is the source for contracting regulations and agency wide contracting policies, deviations and delegations.

12. How DLA Supply Centers Buys
85% of our solicitations are AUTOMATED via
DLA Internet Bid Board System
These procurements are system generated, web based, evaluated and awarded by the computer.
Automated procurements have a T or U in the 9th position of the solicitation number.(Ex.SPE7M114T0123)
15% of NSNs actively purchased are 1G items.
In spite of the large dollar amounts spent by DLA, most procurements are automated through the DLA Internet Bid Board System or DIBBS.
DIBBS is a web-based application that allows vendors to search for, view, and submit secure quotes on Requests For Quotations for DLA supply items.  DIBBS also allows users to search and view Request For Proposals, Invitations For Bid, Awards, and other procurement information related to DLA.

13. Common Solicitation Types
at DLA Supply Centers
Request for Quotations - Under $250,000
Most common type - Average award is <$4,000
Generally quoted directly on our DIBBS web site
% are awarded without human intervention
Request For Proposals (RFPs) - Over $250,000
Located on fedbizopps:
Solicitation must be filled in by hand and returned to
DSCC by a specific time and date
Proposals may be negotiated

14. National Stock Numbers
NSNs are the Government’s part numbers
Halfway down, click on Manufacturing Capability Survey hyperlink.

15. Capability Survey

16. How DLA Supply Centers Buy
Approved CAGE Code & Part Number
Manufacturer(s) already approved
Approved source(s) for dealers and distributors
Fully Competitive
Bidsets and Drawings Available
Source controlled via approved sources
Qualified Products/Manufacturers Lists (QPLs/QMLs)

17. What is on DIBBS? https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/
DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS):
View solicitations and submit quotes
View RFPs
View Long Term Contracts Opportunities
View provisions, clauses and packaging specs
View award history
Access drawings and technical data (cFolders)
Access Forecast (estimate) Information (Supplier Requirements Visibility Application or SRVA)
Access the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS)
Your performance score used in award decisions – Know it!
FAQs
Notices
References - Master Solicitation
ABVS/Past Performance Information Retrieval System
Registration - set up profile

18. DIBBS Home Page https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/
FAQs
REGISTRATION
REFERENCES
NOTICES

19. RFQ Database Search NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS
SOLICITATION NUMBER
PURCHASE REQUEST
NOMENCLATURE
APPROVED PART NUMBER
APPROVED CAGE CODE

20. DIBBS Search
Note: You can get data or
quote from this screen.

21. DIBBS Solicitation Solicitation Delivery Date Buyer Help Quantity
Master Solicitation

22. DIBBS Solicitation FOB Point will be “Destination” or “Origin”
DO: Critical to National
Defense
DX: Highest National
Defense Urgency
Helps to ensure that
products, materials
and services needed for
defense are expeditiously
available

23. DIBBS Solicitation
Small Business Size for this NAICS Code

24. Free Supplier Training Hosted by DLA Land and Maritime
Doing Business With DLA:
Getting Started
Assistance in your area (PTACs)
Small Business Programs
Quoting on DLA EBS DIBBS
Alternate Offers – how to get approved
Understanding quality requirements
Packaging – what the government wants
How to get Drawings
Payment Processing
And much more!
Training
Knowledge
Opportunities
Free Seminars
2018 TKO Seminar Schedule
Mar 20-21
May 15-16
Jun 21 PTAC Staff Only
Sep 11-12
Nov 6-7
Seating is limited – make reservations at:

25. Conclusion

26. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY