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- 1 1 Procurement authority is vested in the Military Secretaries by statute. 'Departmental procurement instructions are applicable worldwide to all commands of the respective departments. Bureau of Ships: Procurement of naval vessels of all types, including bulls, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Procurement of services and materials related Marine Corps: Procurement of all equipment, supplies, and services required Office of Naval Research: Procurement of basic research of a general nature, Bureau of Naval Personnel: Procurement of services and materials incident Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: Manages the Navy's field purchasing organi- Additionally, it procures general-purpose and common-use items not assigned The Navy also has the single manager responsibility for worldwide military 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, 14 are assigned to the Navy, as follows: Commodity Single Department Procurement Assignments Ecclesiastical equipment, furnishings, and supplies- Fibers, fiber rope, cordage, and twine. Fuels, solid__. Hand tools____ Lifesaving equipment, marine__. Materials handling equipment. Paints and sealers. Pest control agents__. Prefabricated and portable buildings_. Sextants, aircraft___ Ships, small craft, and related marine equipment. Time measuring instruments---- Weapons, fire-control equipment, ammunition and explosives---. 1 1 Each Department is assigned procurement responsibility for those items which the Department either designed or for which it 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. Plant Cognizance Procurement Assignments Manufacturer AIRCRAFT PLANTS Location Assigned department Bell Aircraft Corp., Bell Helicopter Corp... Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc., plant B, naval industrial reserve aircraft plant (DOD 387). Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., naval industrial reserve aircraft plant (DOD 26). Edo Corp. General Dynamics Corp., Convair Division, plant No. 1.. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Goodyear Aircraft Corp., plancor 512. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.. Hiller Helicopter, Inc.. Hurst, Tex... Kaman Aircraft Corp., naval industrial reserve aircraft plant Bloomfield, Conn.. Lockheed Aircraft Corp., plant A. Navy. Do. North American Aviation, Inc., naval industrial reserve aircraft TEMCO Aircraft Corp., plant A. Vertol Aircraft Corp. (formerly Piasecki Helicopter Corp.).. General Tire & Rubber Co., Aerojet General Corp. Do... Reaction Motors, Inc., naval industrial reserve aircraft plant (DOD 478). Columbus, Ohio.. Do. ENGINE PLANTS 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, and traffic management services. GSA procures commonly used, commercial type items, such as office equipment, for all Government agencies, including the military services. (Repeated from page 1.) 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 II' (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.' 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 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 image and photographic (metal and paper type), part IV.1 Vacuum cleaners and repair parts, accessories and attachments, part II.1 Aircraft tires (casings and tubes). Recordings and transcription service, part I.1 Refers to GSA catalogues which contain pertinent data relative to these items. PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPART- SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics). SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE1 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 In the Air Force, procurement authority has been delegated by the Assistant The actual purchasing is performed for AMC within the Zone of the In- |