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UID Supplier Alliance (USA) Update
The committee’s success to date can hardly be overstated. This grass roots organization of competing vendors has been able to substantively and productively engage the senior staffs of a numerous elected officials. In every case the response has been supportive and in many cases enthusiastically so. The chief of staff of one Congressman went so far as to state the effort is every bit as professional as seen from high priced Washington DC lobbying firms only much better received since the effort is grass roots in nature. The highlights:
Ongoing Strategies include
•House and Senate letters sent to DoD and OMB regarding the implementation of the UID policy in 2011 and 2010
•Congressional request to GAO in 2011 to audit the benefits of implementing the UID policy
•House Defense Authorization Bill includes report language on UID implementation in 2010
•House Congressional staff met with DoD officials regarding UID policy implementation in 2010
•UID DoD Logistics Item Unique Identification Task Force release report June 8, 2010
•IUID can be cost effectively integrated into DoD logistics processes and provide substantial benefits investment of $7 billion will ultimately yield $3–5 billion in annual benefits, for an estimated $44–66 billion over the next 20 years
•Questions on UID were raised at House Armed Services Committee hearing in 2010
Improve UID Implementation
- Seek to ensure the DFARs UID clause requirement is included in all solicitations, RFPs and contracts written by the Services. The desire is to push for contract writing software used across DoD be modified to automatically include DFAR 252.211-7003.
- Continue building support for future legislative reporting language and craft correspondence to promote this agenda
- Look to influence the Services directly where possible and other areas of government such as DHS, FDA, et cetera where it make sense
- Continue seeking quality examples of UID policy implementation where benefits and return on investment has been demonstrated in a compelling manner
Communication Outreach Strategies
- Develop executive summaries, media kits, white papers and articles to organizations and publications as needed to promote the UID initiative with a specific focus on addressing current concerns
Targeted Outreach and Communication Efforts
- Seek to improve Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) support
- Prepare briefing awareness packages to educate future political appointees as they enter the Senate confirmation process
- Seek to influence the populations of other DoD stakeholder communities such as with DoD contracting officers by reaching out to professional groups such as the National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
- Solicit maintenance/logistics leadership to create a need for adoption and show support for DoD maintenance community Serialized Item Management (SIM) efforts
- Link UID implementation to stakeholder best practices i.e., Lean Six Sigma
For more information and to get involved, contact AIM North America or call +1 724.742.4473.
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