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Issue 24

April 2022

2022 TKO 

Mark Your Calendars!

TKO Seminars are 

FREE!

Learn how to do business with 

the Government 

May 10—11

September 6 –7

November 1 –2 

Register at: https://tko.dla.mil/

All seminars are

currently being held 

VIRTUALLY

9:00 AM - 2:30 PM (EST)

www.dla.mil

www.facebook.com/dla.mil

www.twitter.com/dlamil

www.youtube.com/user/

dodlogisticsagency

Land and Maritime Virtual TKO Seminars are collective sessions that teach 

suppliers how to start doing business with DLA and navigate its procurement 

process. Suppliers learn how to find open solicitations, how to submit a quote 

through DIBBS, procedures for viewing/downloading drawings, and other 

relevant topics of discussion. This two-day course is expressly designed for 

dealers, distributors, and manufacturers. One hour webinars are also offered 

with different topics on a monthly basis. See the schedule below:

• Supplier Performance Risk System (SRPS) - April 12, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• Technical Data Packages (TDPs)/cFolders - May 17, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• First Destination Transportation—June 21, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• Pricing—July 12, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• Packaging—August 16, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• Resolving Issues with Orders—September 27, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• Post Award—October 11, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• Casting and Forging—November 15, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

• Doing Business with DLA—December 15, 2022, 2—3 PM EST

To sign up, go to www.tko.dla.mil, select DLA Land and Maritime at the drop 

down window, and reserve your spot 

online. Questions? You can contact Jon 

Ferguson at 614-692-7128 or 

Jonathan.Ferguson@dla.mil

SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE OFFERS 

TRAINING FOR CONTINUED 

LEARNING
DLA Industry Engagement Plan Refresh 

Below you will find a message from Mr. Matt Beebe, DLA’s Component Acquisition Executive, announcing our newly 

refreshed Industry Engagement Plan:

Leaders,

I am excited to announce our newly published Industry Engagement Plan (IEP)! As leaders in industry associations supporting DLA, I 

wanted to provide you a copy to disseminate to your members. 

The first IEP was published in 2018, which reflected DLA’s commitment to strengthening our partnership with industry. With our 

current environment and updated DLA Strategic Plan released under VADM Skubic, the refresh of the IEP couldn’t happen at a 

better time. The strong relationship we have with our supplier community is critical to the Agency’s ability to successfully carry out 

its mission. During the last two years of the global pandemic this has been repeatedly validated and continues to be true. The 

attached IEP reiterates and incorporates our commitment to our Nation and our Warfighter to further strengthen our partnership 

between DLA and its industry base.

On behalf of VADM Skubic, Mr. Bunn and all of DLA, thank you for your continued partnership and commitment as we work 

together to build and strengthen strong partnerships in order to support our Warfighters.

Warfighter Always!

R/, Matt

As you can see from Mr. Beebe’s message and what you will notice throughout the IEP, DLA’s commitment to further 

strengthen our partnership between DLA and our suppliers is at the top of the list. As you know, due to COVID-19, 

many of our DLA hosted industry events have been virtual. As we start to come out of the pandemic and can begin to 

safely get together, we look forward to hosting you in person at more of our events. On page 13 of our IEP, you will see 

a list of the many events we host throughout the year. An upcoming in person event is announced on page 3 of this 

newsletter! 

As we carry out our mission as the Nation’s Combat Logistics Support Agency, we hope that this IEP is useful to you as 

we continue to build and strengthen our partnerships on behalf of our Warfighters. The strong relationship DLA has 

with our supplier community is critical to our ability to successfully carry out our mission. This commitment is the main 

theme throughout our newly published IEP available at https://www.dla.mil/Info/strategicplan/

IndustryEngagementPlan/. The IEP will serve as the guide as we continue to build and strengthen our industry partnerships on behalf of our Warfighters.

We encourage you to frequently visit our IEP and Demand Forecast (https://www.dla.mil/Info/Strategic-Plan/IndustryEngagement-Plan/DemandForecast/) webpages to get up-to-date information on our upcoming capstone events and 

other major subordinate command (MSC) opportunities in 2022.

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DLA ENERGY WORLDWIDE ENERGY CONFERENCE POSTPONED

After careful consideration of the current global environment and with the health and 

well-being of all conference attendees in mind, DLA Energy Commander Brig Gen Canlas 

has decided it is best to postpone the 2022 DLA Energy Worldwide Energy Conference. 

Please check the DLA Energy Industry Engagement website (https://www.dla.mil/

Energy/Business/Industry-Engagement/) for future event updates and don’t hesitate to 

reach out to the DLA Energy Supplier Advocates at Energy.IndustryEngagement@dla.mil with questions.

DLA ENERGY: INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

Vendors can stay abreast of what’s happening at DLA Energy by requesting the major subordinate command’s 

industry newsletter, “Industry Connections. “

DLA Energy Supplier Advocates publish the newsletter on a quarterly 

basis, and it is available to all current and potential vendors.

“Industry Connections” features a Program Spotlight section, which 

highlights one of DLA Energy’s business units or major programs, 

often includes current and future acquisition information, and 

provides updates for live and virtual events. 

In previous editions, the newsletter has included demand forecasting 

information and the results of the DLA Vendor Satisfaction Survey. 

Contact the supplier advocates at enery.industry-engagement@dla.mil to be added to the newsletter distribution list 

or to receive a copy of previous editions.

Make your plans today to join us on April 6 - 7, 2022 in Columbus, OH for the DLA Land & 

Maritime Supplier Conference & Exhibition. This year's theme is "Delivering Supply Chain 

Support in a Contested Logistics Environment," which will outline the importance of the 

DLA Land and Maritime relationship with industry and the need to continually evolve to 

support the ever-growing demands of our warfighter.

If you have attended in the past, or if this is your first time with us, please join us for this 

informative event. You will have an opportunity to hear senior level speakers on topics 

relevant to the current defense sector and gain networking opportunities with government 

contracting personnel, other defense contractors, and leaders.

Senior military and government leaders will provide critical perspectives across elements of the end-to-end DoD supply chain. 

You'll gain valuable insights into doing business with DLA and how we can maximize relationships to deliver the best service to our 

customers. Whether you are a small or large business looking to begin a working relationship with DLA or an established business

that wants to strengthen existing relationships, we look forward to your participation in this conference. You can find further details regarding exhibit registration and general registration on the NDIA event page below. Registration is now open! 

Go to: www.ndia.org/dla22

DLA LAND & MARITIME SUPPLIER CONFERENCE 

APRIL 6 - 7, 2022

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The Federal Government will transition from the use of the DUNS Number to the new Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) as 

the primary means of entity identification for Federal awards government-wide. UEIs are required in accordance with 

2 CFR Part 25, and the transition from DUNS to UEI will result in the UEI being issued by the Federal Government in 

SAM.gov. This means entities will no longer rely on a third party to obtain an identifier (i.e., a DUNS issued by Dun and 

Bradstreet). This change is meant to streamline the entity identification and validation process, making it easier and 

less burdensome for entities to do business with the Federal Government.

Starting April 4, 2022, the Integrated Award Environment (IAE) systems (i.e., SAM.gov, FPDS, eSRS, FSRS, FAPIIS, and 

CPARS) will comply with the Federal Government’s requirement to end use of the DUNS Number for Federal award 

management.

Here is what you need to know to be ready for this transition:

• If your organization is currently registered in SAM.gov with either an active or inactive registration, you have 

already been assigned a UEI. Your UEI is viewable on your entity’s registration record in SAM.gov. 

• If you have an inactive registration or need to update your registration, you must ensure that your renewal or 

updates occur on time and as required.

• If your registration has expired, please follow this link with instructions: https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp?

id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039526&sys_kb_id=0575c1c81b8138905465eaccac4bcb16&spa=1

Where to get help: The Federal Service Desk, available at FSD.gov, is the help desk that has been established for all IAE 

systems. FSD.gov includes resources that address the UEI transition and these resources are available at: 

https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp?id=gsafsd_kb_articles&sys_id=6b8149b2db2e7c10060d5425f39619a8

TRANSITION FROM DUNS NUMBER TO UEI 

(UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER)

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In May 2021, three Post Award Request (PAR) reason codes 

were added to DIBBS: VR15, VR16, and VR17.

VR15— Request for Variance (from NIIN Technical Data) 

allows vendors to submit a DD Form 1694 and DD Form 

1998 for Engineering Support Activities to consider requests 

for variance.

VR16— First Article (Govt or Ctr) allows vendors to inquire 

about the status of first article submissions. 

VR17— Production Lot Test Inquiry allows vendors to inquire about the status of production lot test submissions.

The use of these reason codes provide vendors the opportunity to be very specific when contacting DLA for 

assistance.

A job aid entitled "Post Award Requests (PARs) in DIBBS — Updated JAN 2022,” is located in the Supplier Information 

Resource Center located at: http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Business/EBSSupplierResources.aspx

DIBBS POST AWARD REQUESTS (PARs) REASON CODES 

VR15, VR16, AND VR17 

Suppliers! Please check the NOTICES at the bottom 

of the DIBBS website regularly!!

You can find information on scheduled maintenance 

windows, new policies and procedures, information about 

DLA, new forms, past issues of “The LINK” newsletter and 

much more!

Do you have parts on hand? Government surplus? Manufacturer overruns? 

DLA Land Supply Chain has posted a list of items that are urgently 

needed at:

https://www.dla.mil/Land-and-Maritime/Business/Selling/

We are looking for readily available and usable material. We are asking 

our industry partners to review this list and let us know if you have parts! 

This list will be updated monthly so please check back regularly. 

Please submit inquiries to FL.AvailMat@dla.mil. 

LAND SUPPLY CHAIN - “HOT” ITEMS LIST

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