BRINGING AGILITY TO AMMO READY TO DEFEND


Awarding multiple IDIQ contracts to qualified small business producers reduces the risk of delinquent deliveries to the warfighter because quantities can be split among vendors, resulting in earlier deliveries. Here, Coalition force members prepare an M120 mortar system for sustainment training in Farah province, Afghanistan, Nov. 20. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Pete Thibodeau)


ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS Following successful execution of


this


small business strategy, PM CAS used the same acquisition approach for other ammunition components restricted to the National Technology and Industrial Base. Some of the other items procured using this strategy included 60 mm and 81 mm Mortar High Explosive Load Assemble and Pack (LAP); 60 mm and 81 mm Mortar Full Range Practice Car- tridge LAP; and 60 mm, 81 mm, and 120 mm Mortar Propelling Charges and 60 mm and 81 mm Mortar Cartridges. Multiple-award


Ignition artillery


items were 105 mm and 155 mm Pro- jectile Metal Parts; 105mm Cartridge Cases; and Artillery Supplementary Charges and Primers.


Tis Better Buying Power approach could yield similar benefits for other DOD


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organizations facing all or some of the challenges that PM CAS has confronted.


Te new multiple-award IDIQ contract structure for the buying of ammunition allows PM CAS to compete individual requirements, minimize unit cost through competition, and increase quantity by encouraging vendors to reduce their proposed prices when submitting bids for each individual delivery order that is competitively solicited.


Additionally, an inherent risk of the pre- vious strategy was awarding one contract per end item, increasing the chance of a single-point failure. With multiple awardees, the risk of single-point fail- ures


is eliminated. Awarding multiple


IDIQ contracts to qualified small busi- ness producers also reduces the risk of delinquent deliveries to the warfighter


because quantities can be split among vendors, resulting in earlier deliver- ies. Tis approach makes it possible to respond to urgent requirements by field- ing high-quality ammunition to DOD and NATO allies for missions worldwide, while offering fair opportunity to all con- tractors with basic contracts for the items.


MUTUAL BENEFITS After the IDIQ contracts are awarded, brief contemplation letters are issued. Ample time


is rather


tors to respond with a single-page proposal


than the


lengthy proposal. Tis simplified approach empowers


traditional a


junior-level member of the acquisition workforce to solicit, evaluate, and award the requirement with limited train- ing and on-the-job experience. It also


allowed for contrac-


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