Industry Partnership Plan

DLA Capstone Events​​

  • June 11-12, 2025: DLA Supply Chain Alliance Symposium & Exhibition 2025
    DLA Aviation - Greater Richmond Convention Center, Richmond, VA

  • September 3, 2025: DLA Industry Collider Day
    Hilton Alexandria Mark Center - Alexandria, VA

  • November 2025: Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry (JAPBI)
    DLA Troop Support – Philadelphia, PA

  • November 2025: DLA Demand Forecast to Industry
    DLA Headquarters – Fort Belvoir, VA

  • April 2026: DLA Worldwide Energy Conference
    Washington, DC

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Army Lt. Gen Mark Simerly's portrait in front of the US and Army three-star flagsAs the Nation’s Logistics Combat Support Agency, DLA is focused on transforming its logistics operations to meet the demands of modern warfare. We must think, act, and operate differently as we factor in the changing character of war and the need to generate current and future readiness. As DLA Director, it is my privilege to introduce the DLA
Industry Partnership Plan – a strategy for a transformative era that reinforces our commitment to strengthening our partnership with industry in support of our Warfighters.

At DLA, we believe in the power of collaboration. We recognize how critically important our partnership with industry is in driving innovation, fostering creativity, and delivering solutions, especially as we navigate logistics challenges in today's contested environments. Our goal is to expand industrial base partnerships to grow access to capability and capacity,
while ensuring the defense industrial base can operate at the speed of war and adapt to
rapidly changing requirements.

For over 60 years, DLA's reliance on industry has been foundational to our role in joint logistics. Today is no different. We invite our industry partners to join us in this critical effort to maximize readiness for our Warfighters. Together, we will deliver exceptional logistics support that enables our Warfighters to succeed and win on the modern battlefield, both
today and in the future.

Let’s get going!
                                                                                           MARK T. SIMERLY
                                                                                           LTG, USA
                                                                                           DLA Director

DLA’s strong relationship with our supplier community is criticalMatthew R. Beebe
to the agency’s ability to successfully carry out its mission as the
Nation’s Logistics Combat Support Agency. As stated in the DLA
Strategic Plan 2025 –2030 “DLA Transforms: A Call to Action”,
the plan identifies four transformative imperatives to provide DLA
with its focus: People, precision, Posture, and Partnerships. These
imperatives are grounded in our mission, vision, enduring DLA
values, and operating principles.

As DLA’s senior official responsible for industry engagement, I
believe it is essential for DLA to articulate and communicate how
we will approach engagement with suppliers (of both products and
services) via a specific strategy. The four imperatives laid out in the
following pages set forth the agency’s plans, priorities and expectations
related to industry engagement from the DLA Enterprise perspective.

To further strengthen the partnership between DLA and our industry base, we must
begin from a point of common understanding. With that in mind, I ask that all stakeholders
– our suppliers as well as the DLA workforce and government partners – familiarize
themselves with the plan. Throughout this plan, you will see several goals – improving
communication, balancing priorities and risks, increasing efficiency – all of which are
critical to our effort in helping American businesses compete in strategic industries,
providing opportunity throughout the procurement process, promoting competition, and
strengthening the resilience of America’s supply chains.

Whether you currently have a relationship with DLA or would like to begin one, I
encourage you to contact our Industry Engagement Program Office who will help facilitate
the execution of this plan across all four imperatives. Please join me as we work together
to build and strengthen the strong partnerships that are necessary to support our Nation’s
Warfighter.

                                                                                                          MATTHEW R. BEEBE
                                                                                                          Director, DLA Acquisition

Doing Business with DLA

The Defense Logistics Agency is the nation’s combat logistics support agency. Our mission is to provide best-value integrated logistics solutions to our military and interagency customers in peace, during national disasters/emergencies and in war, around the clock, in the homeland, and around the world. DLA supplies its customers with critical resources needed to accomplish their missions. Companies interested in doing business with DLA should:

  • Understand DLA: Visit the DLA website. There you will find detailed information on how to get in touch with DLA resources: customer support; business operations; small business; federal contracting resources; federal, state and local programs; and warfighter support.
     
  • Register in SAM: The System for Award Management (SAM) is an official website of the U.S. government. There is no cost to use SAM. SAM contains a nationwide electronic database of firms that do business with the federal government. You can use this site to register to do business with the U.S. government, update or renew your entity registration, obtain a required Unique Entity ID and search for entity registration and exclusion records. Any firm interested in doing business with DoD must be registered in SAM.
     
  • Request or Update Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code: A CAGE Code identifies companies doing or wishing to do business with the federal government.  The code provides for a standardized method of identifying a given facility at a specific location.  To learn more or to obtain a CAGE Code, visit the CAGE website.
     
  • Explore DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS): A web-based application that provides capability to search for, view, and submit secure quotes on Requests for Quotations (RFQs) for DLA items of supply. DIBBS allows users to search and view Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Invitations for Bid (IFBs), awards and other procurement information related to DLA. Access DIBBS.
     
  • DLA Forms: Agency forms will satisfy a valid need and be properly designed using plain language and standardized data for easy collection, processing, analysis, and retrieval of information. Obtain a DLA Form.
     
  • Use Resources: When doing research, use websites that provide information helpful for targeting the agencies that buy what you sell other:
  • APEX Accelerators are a nationwide network of community-based procurement professionals that are a free resource to help businesses compete for and perform contracts with DoD, other federal agencies, state and local governments and with government prime contractors. Find APEX Accelerators' events, formerly known as PTACs, through the APEX Accelerators website.

Industry Engagement Contacts

  • DLA Industry Engagement Program Office keeps lines of communication open between DLA senior leaders and industry partners.  Collaborates across agency for all enterprise engagements with industry. Leverages relationships with industry via integrating strategic objectives and operational outcomes to support DLA at providing Warfighter readiness and lethality.  Contact:  IndustryEngagement@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Small Business Office promotes small-business utilization to strengthen the competency, commitment, and capability of the industrial base that fulfills DLA’s mission.  Visit the Small Business website or contact: DLAHQSmallBusiness@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Corporate Events is the catalyst for strategic engagements at conferences and trade shows.  The Corporate Events program provides a platform at these forums to promote the DLA brand, optimize corporate communications, business development, and customer/Industry support. Locate upcoming events.
     
  • DLA Information Technology - Vendor Relations serves as the central contact for managing engagement with vendors seeking to demonstrate capabilities and the value they may be bringing to DLA in the area of information technology that supports R&D and innovation. Contact: strategictechnologyvendorrelations@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Transformation oversees the Academia and Research Engagements Program charged with identifying organizations (Academic, Think Tank, R&D) that are leaders in developing cutting-edge logistics practices, supply chain processes and business technologies.  Manages senior leader engagements with these organizations to develop relationships and facilitate the integration of innovative solutions in support of DLA operations and processes. Contact: DLA_Academia-Research_Engagements@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Aviation provides repair parts for aviation weapons systems, flight safety equipment, maps, environmental products and industrial plant equipment. Contact: dlaavnsmallbus@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Contracting Services Office is the Center of Excellence that provides DLA enterprise wide life-cycle contracting for both IT operational services, to include enterprise contracts and agreements for software licensing and hardware, and for other enterprise-wide common services not assigned to other COEs. Contact: DCSO@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Disposition Services is the preferred provider for the contracted disposal of DoD’s hazardous waste. Contact:  hazardouscontractseast@dla.mil; and disposes of excess property by reutilization, transfer, public sales and demilitarization. Contact: DLADispSvcs-J42@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Distribution provides storage and distribution solutions/management, transportation planning/management and logistics planning and contingency operations; operates a global network of distribution centers. Contact: DistributionJ7@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Strategic Data Services is the preferred provider for document automation services to the DoD.  Strategic Data Services is also designated as the single manager for printing and high-speed, high-volume duplicating in the DoD. Contact: j67dcsc@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Energy provides petroleum and lubrication products, alternative fuel/renewable energy, aerospace energy, fuel quality/technical support, fuel card programs and installation energy services. Contact: energy.industry-engagement@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Land and Maritime provides repair parts for ground-based and maritime weapons systems, small arms parts, fluid handling and electronic components. Contact: DSCC.BCC@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Strategic Materials manages the strategic and critical raw material stockpile that supports national defense needs. Contact: DLAStrategicMaterials@dla.mil
     
  • DLA Troop Support provides food, textiles, construction material and medical supplies and equipment, to include pharmaceuticals. Contact: DLATSPartnerInquiry@dla.mil