The Nation’s Combat Support Logistics Agency

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RPPOB

(Replenishment Parts 

Purchase Or Borrow) 

Program

Mr. Stephen Kelly

TBD, 2021
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DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 

Nation’s Combat Logistics Agency

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Replenishment Parts Purchase Or Borrow Program (RPPOB)
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RPPOB Program

• Bailment Program

• Mandated by law, implemented by DoD 4140.01 Volume 9

• Allows a domestic business to purchase or borrow

replenishment parts

• Primary goals

- Enhance competition through development of an alternate source

- Reduce taxpayer costs and improve lead time

• Stipulations

- Reverse engineering to be conducted at supplier’s expense

- Some items not eligible to be borrowed

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RPPOB Program Steps

• You request item(s) via electronic request

• To help you with your business decision we inform you of:

- Demand information

- Your cost to purchase the item(s)

- Any available data

• You determine if you wish to proceed

- Military Service concurrence is required prior to Sales 

or Loans

• We forward you a contract for the purchase of the item(s)

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RPPOB Program Steps (cont.)

• You return the signed contract and payment for the 

item(s)

• We ship the item(s) to you and you conduct the reverse 

engineering at your own expense

• You prepare a Source Approval Request (SAR) per 

http://everyspec.com/USN/NAVAIR/download.php?spec=

JACG_SAM_HB_16MAR2011.042733.pdf and submit it 

to us

• We forward your SAR to the appropriate Military Service 

for review/approval

• Example SAR: 

http://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/LandAndMaritime

/V/VE/SARTemplate.pdf

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Virtual Parts Catalog & Display

• Essentially the same contents

- Tour opportunity

• Consists of multiple items to be reversed engineered

- Typically sole source items with a minimum of $40,000 

annual demand

- Small subset of DLA Aviation items

• Encouraging competition on these items will reduce 

acquisition costs

• Changes in process to include additional items

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Virtual Parts Catalog & Display 

(cont.)

• Interface with potential suppliers

- Opportunity to discuss resident items

- How to view the DLA Internet Bid Board System 

(DIBBS) and other computer systems that will assist in 

identifying annual demand and other potentially 

helpful indicators

• For additional information visit our Virtual Parts Catalog 

via the RPPOB page at: 

- http://www.dla.mil/Aviation/Offers/Services/Aviatio

nEngineering/Engineering/RPPOB.aspx

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Screenshots of RPPOB Web Site

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RPPOB Web site 

upon entry

Scroll down to the 

main links of interest
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Screenshot of Part Catalog 

Spreadsheet

Part Catalog Location Info

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Note hidden columns
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Screenshots of Part Catalog Web Site

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Parts Catalog web 

site

Individual part fly out
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Points of Contact

• RPPOB - Special Projects Officer

Phone: 804.279.4050

Fax: 804.279.6409

Email: dscr.boc@dla.mil

• For questions concerning our Replenishment Parts 

Purchase Or Borrow Program please contact us via email 

at dscr.boc@dla.mil

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Questions

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