Original Date: 07/10/2000
Revision Date: 01/18/2007

In 1996, the Naval Sea Logistics Center, Detachment Portsmouth implemented the Navy/Prime Contractor Partnership Program. Each partnership is a formal agreement between the Navy and a prime contractor to share contractor performance data. The additional data enhances the procurement process by providing information on vendors that was previously unavailable.

With the declining number of sources for contractor performance data (due to Base Realignment and Closure and the decreased level of procurement), it was recognized that new sources of data needed to be developed. In 1996, the Naval Sea Logistics Center (NSLC), Detachment Portsmouth implemented the Navy/Prime Contractor Partnership Program.

Each partnership is a formal agreement between the Navy and a prime contractor to share contractor performance data. NSLC, Detachment Portsmouth approaches potential partners and briefs them about Navy information which could help them in their subcontractor selection process. If interested, NSLC, Detachment Portsmouth then reviews the prime contractor’s records to determine if they will be useful to the program. All records are accepted in their existing format. A Memorandum of Agreement is then signed with the prime contractor, whereby each agrees to share information with the Navy. The current participants of the Navy/Prime Contractor Partnership Program include Electric Boat, Bath Iron Works, Newport News Shipbuilding, Boeing (St. Louis), and the Coordinating Agency for Supplier Evaluation. The participants have provided NSLC, Detachment Portsmouth with performance data on 2,154 contractors. Of these, 878 had no prior listing in the Product Data Reporting and Evaluation Program (PDREP) database.

Through the Navy/Prime Contractor Partnership Program, participants furnish and obtain valuable contractor performance data. The additional data enhances the procurement process by providing information on vendors that was previously unavailable. As a result, costs are being lowered and the quality of the material ordered is improving. In many cases, surveys of the contractor can be eliminated based on the information in the PDREP database. The cost savings is approximately $2,500 per survey.

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