prime vendor


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prime vendor

A contracting process that provides commercial products to regionally grouped military and federal customers from commercial distributors using electronic commerce. Customers typically receive materiel delivery through the vendor's commercial distribution system. Also called PV. See also distribution system.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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The first step, in an effort to contain cost growth and provide maximum flexibility for future procurements, was to ask the prime vendor to provide a stepladder fixed-price structure through Fiscal Year 2021 in order to identify potential quantity price breaks and guarantee locked-in pricing for the next 3 years.
The theme was "Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage" and the teams were required to use ingredients from the approved prime vendor catalog.
We relied heavily on the use of commercial supply chains for consumables, often using direct vendor deliveries or, in some cases, prime vendors. Although this did not eliminate all materiel management functions at or near their point of consumption, in my opinion it made materiel management within units more manageable.
The prime vendor partnership provides Scripps Health with supply chain services for the entire continuum of care, including self-manufactured products, advanced logistics, and technology platforms.
If a product is used on the master menu and can be purchased for a significantly cheaper price than that in the prime vendor contract, Agri-Services will purchase it.
AT&T Government Solutions said on Tuesday that it has been selected as a prime vendor under the Tactical Communications Equipment and Services (TacCom) contract.
On November 16, 2010, ANHAM FZCO, LLC became fully responsible for the Prime Vendor contract with the U.
Kuwait's Kipco Asset Management(KAMCO) and Dubai-based Anham FZCO LLC will set up a joint logistics company to execute Anham's prime vendor contract to supply the U.S.
KUWAIT: KIPCO Asset Management (KAMCO) and Anham FZCO LLC plan a joint logistics firm to execute Anham's prime vendor contract to supply the US military, the Kuwaiti firm's chief executive said on Thursday.
Kuwait-based logistics provider Agility (The Public Warehousing Company KSC) has won a ruling from a US Magistrate in Atlanta, who determined that prosecutors failed to follow the correct process when they indicted the company for alleged fraud over Prime Vendor food contracts in respect of US troops in Iraq and Kuwait.
Agility had been scheduled to transition the work to another company, Anham, which won the follow-on to Agility's Prime Vendor II contract on April 14.The award to Anham was protested by other bidders, delaying the transition.