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Updated: December 7, 2023

RPPOB REQUEST GUIDELINES 

The RPPOB Request is basically your way of requesting a stocked part from the Government to 

allow you to develop a request to become an approved source. The purpose of this document is to 

provide guidance to you as you prepare your RPPOB Request. 

At DSCR we primarily purchase Aviation items. Approving a new source for these items can be 

very time consuming and difficult. Typically, a new source must be approved by the military 

services that use the item. As an example, parts to be used on the F-16 must be approved by the 

Air Force. The Navy and the Army now require a minimum of 180 days to evaluate any new 

sources. Additionally, we are now offering the option requesting concurrence from the 

appropriate military services that they have the ability to evaluate a Source Approval Request 

(SAR) developed purely from the item off the shelf. Obtaining this permission before selling the 

parts can take an additional 90 days. The benefit to you for doing this is the military Services will 

deny your request in the event of any ongoing issues that could affect your successful completion 

of a project. This could save you the cost of purchasing a sample, conducting the reverse 

engineering project, and preparing a SAR for an item that could be disapproved. Examples of 

these ongoing issues are unstable design, obsolete design or end item, and identification of testing 

costs that cannot be borne by the Services. 

To submit your request to the service we now require an official electronic RPPOB Request. This 

is required for all bailment or technical data requests. The RPPOB program at DLA Aviation 

requires that the company have a JCP Certification IAW 

https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Enhanced-Validation/, be a domestic business concern 

IAW DoDM 4140.01, Volume 9 defined as "A business concern having its principal place of 

business in the United States or U.S. territories and possessions", and have an Active CAGE 

Code https://cage.dla.mil/. 

Once you have that you can request the RPPOB Vendor role IAW the instructions: 

https://www.dla.mil/Aviation/Offers/Engineering/RPPOB/AMPS-Pre-ApprovalInstructions/

That will allow you to place requests to purchase, borrow, or display parts and obtain available 

technical data. You would request the part by clicking the "Reverse Engineering Request" on the 

site https://www.dla.mil/Aviation/Offers/Engineering/RPPOB/. You can choose ESA assumed 

risk, which means we may send a funded request to the cognizant engineering organization asking 

for information and concurrence on Reverse Engineering the item, once the response is received,

we would share the pertinent information with you. Please include an anticipated cost or other 

logistical savings as some Services will not evaluate without that information. The other choice is

Vendor Assumed Risk which means we will just process it to develop an agreement to order the 

part. To obtain the data please follow the instructions in the FAQ page: 

https://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=service_provider_info&sp=145851&dep=DoD&card=1
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Once the request is submitted, it will be processed and an agreement will be sent, if it meets the 

program requirements. This item(s) would be used to develop a Source Approval Request (SAR) 

IAW the instructions located https://www.dla.mil/Small-Business/Resources/ under "DLA 

Aviation Resources." All SARs must go through this process and the RPPOB program can not 

accept SAR packages. 

Each Service and DLA MSC also have the same RPPOB program; DLA L&M's program is 

summarized here: https://www.dla.mil/Land-and-Maritime/Offers/Technical-Support/ValueManagement/#replenishment-parts-purchase-or-borrow 

Each Service also has their own separate SAR guidance that should be followed based on which 

Service(s) uses the part: 

NAVAIR SAR: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP-Weapon-SystemsSupport/Business-Opps/ 

Air Force SAR: https://www.tinker.af.mil/Home/429SCMS-SASPO/ and https://www.epublishing.af.mil/ProductIndex/#/?view=search&keyword=source%20approval&isObsolete=false&modID=449&tabID=131

Army: https://www.avmc.army.mil/Directorates/SRD/SAR/ 

(https://www.avmc.army.mil/Portals/51/AMCOM%20Spares%20SAR%20Guidance_04%20Nove

mber%202019.docx) and https://tacom.army.mil/cmo/source-approval-request