COMDTINST 4408.7
MAR 6 1995
3.
DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. Procedures for Reporting Excessively Priced Parts,
COMDTINST 4408.5, dated 10 July 1992, is cancelled.
4.
MAJOR CHANGES. Major changes to this program include:
a.
A new title for the instruction.
b.
A change in the Navy slogan from "Buy Our Spares Smartly (BOSS)" to "Price
Fighters".
c.
The Navy Price Challenge Offices's new address, telefax, and telephone number.
d.
A reduction to the evaluation time for Coast Guard SUPCENs from 90 to 60 days,
and inclusion of a Status update to challenger if the challenge will require more than
60 days to evaluate.
e.
The deletion of additional payment by the Coast Guard to challenger of OGA item
for which an award has already been paid by the Navy Price Challenge Office.
f.
An additional requirement for Coast Guard SUPCENs to provide completed Price
Challenges to the Logistics Management Division (G-ELM).
g.
An empowerment to G-ELM with responsibility for initiating Idea Express
documents for all price challenges resulting in cost savings to the Coast Guard.
5.
BACKGROUND.
a.
During the early 1980s the American public was incensed to learn that the
Government routinely payed exorbitant prices for relatively common spare parts.
Since then, Federal agencies have made significant progress in identifying and
correcting instances of overcharging. However, combatting overpriced parts is a
continuous process, and constant vigilance at all levels is necessary to keep costs
under control.
b.
The Coast Guard uses thousands of parts carried by the FSS. Each part in the FSS is
procured and controlled by an Inventory Manager (IM). The IMs for Coast Guard-
unique parts are located at one of the three Coast Guard SUPCENs. However, the
vast majority (approximately 90 percent) of the FSS parts used by the Coast Guard
are managed by OGAs such as the General Services Administration (GSA), the
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and other branches of the Armed Services.
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