PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPART- SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics). THE PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION Under the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply To render assistance in this connection, the Armed Services Procurement Within each military department, an Assistant Secretary is in charge of mili- The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Logistics) has delegated to the Deputy The procurement responsibilities of the individual technical services are as follows: 'Procurement authority is vested in the Military Secretaries by statute. 'Departmental procurement instructions are applicable worldwide to all commands of the respective departments. Chemical Corps: Procurement of services, material, and equipment pertaining to chemical, biological, and radiological warfare, and related research. Corps of Engineers: Procurement of the engineering, construction, repair, and real estate services and material for the Army and the Air Force, and related research. Ordnance Corps: Procurement of ordnance material, including guns, missiles, ammunition, motor vehicles, and related research. Signal Corps: Procurement of signal communications, electronics, pictorial, Transportation Corps: Procurement of transportation services and material Quartermaster Corps: Procurement of all types of quartermaster equipment, Army Medical Service: Contracts for dependents' medical and hospitalization In addition, the six continental Armies in the United States and the Military The direction of the Army's research and development effort is vested in the Director of Research and Development and the military Chief of Research and Development. Under their direction and control, the technical services are responsible for the research, development, and test of materiel assigned to them. COORDINATED PROCEDURE PROGRAMS A. SINGLE DEPARTMENT PROCUREMENT One military department, utilizing its regularly established purchasing system, purchases the requirements for certain commonly used commodities for all military departments. Of the 32 assigned commodities, which include such items as paint, lumber, coal, photographic equipment, and food preparation equipment, 17 are assigned to the Army, as follows: Firefighting, water purification, and sewage treatment equipment_-_. Do. Telephone and telegraph equipment and components, military_. Do. Army (part). Tires and tubes___ Army. Weapons, fire-control equipment, ammunition and explosives_----- Army (part). 1 Each Department is assigned procurement responsibility for those items which the Department either designed or sponsored development. B. PLANT COGNIZANCE PROCUREMENT One military department effects all procurement from certain assigned aviation plants, thereby permitting proper allocation of production capacity, avoiding duplication of military inspection and providing a single point of contact for the contractor. No assignments. Plant Cognizance Procurement Assignments RELATED PROGRAMS C. SINGLE MANAGER PROCUREMENT Centralized procurement activities assigned for management to the Secretary of a single military department, procure the combined net requirements for selected, commonly used commercial type commodities and services for all military departments. Commodities/services included are: subsistence, petroleum and petroleum products, clothing and textile material, medical material, ocean transportation, air transportation, and traffic management services. GSA procures commonly used, commercial type items, such as office equipment, for all Government agencies, including the military services. List of Federal supply schedule contracts which are mandatory nationally upon the Department of Defense Gasoline and lubricating oil-service station deliveries. Tires and tubes (other than aircraft), part II1 (commercial tires and tubes only). Brake lining, clutch facings, oil filter elements, and tire chains, etc., part IV.1 (Selected items only are mandatory upon DOD). Spark plugs, part II.1 Electric lamps, part VI.1 Household and quarters lamps, part VII.1 Purchase, maintenance, repair, and rental of microphotographic equipment, and supplies, part IV.1 Household and quarters furniture, parts I1 through IV.1 Office furniture, wood and steel, including steel insulating filing cabinets, part V.1 Floor coverings, part I.1 Books, part I,' sections A and B. (Section A only is mandatory upon DOD.) (Law books section only is mandatory upon Periodicals and law books, part II.1 Drafting room and office supplies, part I.1 Envelopes, printed and plain, part V.1 Typewriters (manual and electric); purchase, exchange allowances, and repair parts; maintenance and reconditioning of electric typewriters, part I.1 Office equipment, part III,' sections A and B. Offset duplicating blankets and plates, direct imagine and photographic (metah and paper type), part IV.1 Vacuum cleaners and repair parts, accessories and attachments, part II.1 Recordings and transactions service, part I.1 1 Refers to GSA catalogues which contain pertinent data relative to these items. 55096-60 PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPART- SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics). THE PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION Under the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply To render assistance in this connection, the Armed Services Procurement Within each military department, an Assistant Secretary is in charge of mili- In the Navy, under the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Material), the Chief Bureau of Naval Weapons: Procurement of all Navy and Marine Corps air- |