Current DoD Activities

Several strategic sourcing activities have been initiated. Those include:

Wireless Services

After an extensive spend analysis of the Department's buying habits for wireless hand-held services, the best rates to date for the Department were negotiated with two wireless suppliers, Verizon and Sprint. Two additional suppliers are currently in negotiations. Led by the Army, the highlights of this program include the following:

• Combining over 350 multiple agreements with suppliers to one agreement per major supplier
• Terms, conditions and pricing are on par with commercial organizations of similar size and scope
• A common set of key performance metrics have been identified to ensure consistent performance across suppliers

To take advantage of the best rates available for wireless services, visit http://www.itec4.army.mil.

DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI)

Through a joint project begun in June 1988 by DoD CIO community, the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative was born. All software buyers in the Department now have access to advantageous agreements with over 30 software and service providers including Symantec, Novell, Microsoft, SAP, Sun Microsystems and many others. These Enterprise Software Agreements (ESA) are open to all DoD members, U.S. Coast Guard, the Intelligence Community, NATO, and authorized Defense contractors. Benefits of the DoD ESI include:

• A streamlined acquisition process
• Standard terms and conditions
• Fixed price services tied to proven methodology (for the 5 systems integration BPAs)
• Reduced risk

Under Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations part 208 Final Rule, published October 2002, the DoD ESI was given Regulatory Status and the regulation established policy and procedures for the acquisition of commercial software and software maintenance when acquired.

The federal SmartBUY program is implemented in the DoD through the DoD ESI. To learn more about the ESI initiative, visit their Web site at http://www.esi.mil.

Clerical Support Services

Led by the Navy, in cooperation with representatives from other military services and agencies, this program will offer:

• Clerical Support Services include such administrative and clerical functions as word processing, secretarial and administrative duties, data entry, operation of telephone and switchboards, document preparation, basic accounting, and other miscellaneous office activities.
• While enabling fair market prices for the Department, this program also achieves the Departments' socio-economic goals by establishing a 100% set aside for 8(a), HUBZone and Service Disabled Veteran Owned small business.

Find out about DoD Clerical Services Contracts for your organization within the Philadelphia, PA, Washington, DC, or Norfolk, VA regions.