The Nation’s Combat Support Logistics Agency

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DLA Industrial 

Base Planning 

Team/

Warstopper 

Program

Monique Hankins, Branch Chief 

Bill Sismour, Industrial Specialist Clothing & Textiles

November 18, 2021
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Strategic Sourcing Branch

Monique Hankins 

Strategic Sourcing 

Branch Chief 

Industrial Base 

Planning (IBP) Acquisition Support 

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Industrial Specialists

Bill Sismour- Team Lead

John Spildener

Kelly Floyd 

John Patti 

Kimberly Brown- Buyer/KO

Tynise Cain- Buyer/KO

Stephanie Young- Buyer/ KO

Betsy Sanders- Purchasing 

Agent
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IBP Team Assignments

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Industrial Specialist 

Assignments

Bill Sismour

Industrial Specialist 

(Team Lead)

John Spildener

Industrial Specialist 

Kelly Floyd 

Industrial Specialist 

John Patti

Industrial Specialist 

Dress Clothing Division

• Dress Uniforms Team

• Outerwear/Shirts/Head

-wear Team

• Heraldics

Field Clothing Division

• Utility Clothing Team

• Accessories Team

• Extreme Cold Weather

Clothing Systems Team

Individual Equipment Division

• Safety Team

• Tentage & Shelters Team

• Individual Equipment Team

Org. Clothing Division

• Gloves/Wet Weather 

Team 

• Chemical/Coveralls 

Team

• Footwear Team


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Industrial Base Planning Team

• Studies and Assessments

– Industrial Base Capability Studies

– Pre-award and post-award assessments

• Industry Engagements 

– Market Research

– Time Studies

– Lean Six Sigma

– Requests for Information* (RFI)

*RFIs can be found at beta.SAM.gov

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Other Industry Engagements

C&T

Partners

Federal 

Prison 

Industries 

(FPI) National 

Industries 

for the 

Blind (NIB)

Source 

America

American 

Apparel & 

Footwear 

Warrior Assoc.

Protection 

& 

Readiness

Nat’l

Council of 

Textile 

Organizati

ons 

(NCTO)

DoD 

Glove 

Committee

DoD 

Footwear 

Committee

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Exceptions to the 

Berry Amendment

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Domestic Non-Available Determination (DNAD) Exceptions to the Berry Amendment 

Cloth, Fusible Front fusible material used in dress uniform coats

High-tenacity polyester fiber 1300d+ Material used in various items including parachute suspension lines, aircraft seats, and shelters; 

Latex Polyester Fabric and 

Resin Polyester Fabric

Material used in Webbing Straps to secure loads for transport and storage

Fire Hose (garden hose) One specific NSN (National Stock Number) 

Fire Hoses Four specific NSNs

Impermeable Aprons Supporting Ebola response

Padding and Haircloth Chest Piece Used on Army Men's and Women's Dress Coats

Nitrile Rubber Gloves Protective gloves used by Navy to protect against certain fuels

Snap Fastener Used on Marine Corps Men's Dress Coats

Acrylic Staple Fiber Used in Acrylic Fiber Sandbags

Medical Surgical Prime Vendor items Class DNAD covering FSCs 6510, 6515, 6520, 6530, 6532, 6540, 6545, 6640, 7210, 8335 

(Bandages, gauze, sponges, cotton pellets, medical clothing, surgical instruments, etc.)

Rayon Yarn Used in dress clothing, individual equipment, insignia, flags, streamers, guidons

Fire-resistant material Used in items requiring flash protection, tents, pilot clothing 

Difficult to Source Materials

Simplex Cotton Used in Dress Gloves

Polyester/Wool fabric Used in Dress Clothing

Otto Fuel Protective Fabric For apparel to protect personnel working around torpedo and rocket fuel
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Notable IBP Achievements

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• Molded Alternative Lightweight Overboot (MALO)

• Air Force and Navy flyer’s Anti-exposure Coveralls 

waterproof zipper

• OTTO Fuel Protective Overgarments material

• High Tenacity Polyester fiber domestic capability
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Warstopper Program

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GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT -

needed when readiness demand is higher 

than the commercial industry is willing to 

invest.

Benefit To The Industry
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Warstopper Program

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• How The Program Works With Industry 

(Government Investment):

− Provide incentives to gain ACCESS to commercial inventory

− Stage VENDOR MANAGED raw material or long lead time components

− Provide lean six-sigma analysis to MAXIMIZE vendor CAPACITY

− Furnish industrial equipment

− Award minimum sustaining rate contracts or industrial base maintenance contracts to 

maintain vital domestic industrial capability
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Warstopper Program

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• Mission Essential or Critical*

• Low peacetime demand but high wartime demand*

• Limited shelf life*

• Long production lead time*

• Cost effective alternative to War Reserve Inventory**

* Congressional guidance HR 102-311

** DoDD 5000.60 Industrial Capability Assessments
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Warstopper Program

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Class IX - Batteries

Operational Rations

Medical 

Readiness

Nerve Agent 

Antidote

Auto Injector

Class IV 

Bastions

Class II

Nomex Fiber

Class IX: Specialty Steel

Past Investment Items:
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Continuous Vigilance

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Around the Clock, Around the World......

DLA

CUSTOMERS SUPPLIERS
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Strategic Sourcing Branch 

Points of Contact

Name Title E-mail

Donna Pointkouski Division Chief Donna.Pointkouski@dla.mil

Monique Hankins Supervisor Monique.Hankins@dla.mil

Bill Sismour Industrial Specialist Team 

Lead William.Sismour@dla.mil

John Spildener Industrial Specialist John.Spildener@dla.mil

Kelly Floyd Industrial Specialist Kelly.Floyd@dla.mil

John Patti Industrial Specialist John.Patti@dla.mil

Kimberly Brown Contracting Officer Kimberly.Brown@dla.mil

Tynise Cain Contracting Officer Tynise.Cain@dla.mil

Stephanie Young Contracting Officer Stephanie.Young2@dla.mil

Betsy Sanders Purchasing Agent Elizabeth.Sanders@dla.mil