WEBVTT 00:23.899 --> 00:26.066 We're at Hill Air Force Base in Utah , 00:26.239 --> 00:29.190 which is one of 3 supply hubs for the 00:29.190 --> 00:31.979 Air Force . We are a DLA aviation 00:31.979 --> 00:34.201 forward procurement site and we're with 00:34.201 --> 00:36.146 the Defense Logistics Agency , the 00:36.146 --> 00:38.035 nation's logistics combat support 00:38.035 --> 00:40.257 agency . So our mission here locally is 00:40.257 --> 00:41.868 to provide the full suite of 00:41.868 --> 00:44.139 contracting services to the 748 supply 00:44.139 --> 00:46.779 chain . Our primary customer is the 417 00:46.779 --> 00:49.001 supply chain , which is responsible for 00:49.001 --> 00:51.057 maintaining landing gear . My direct 00:51.057 --> 00:53.057 customer and stakeholder is the Air 00:53.057 --> 00:55.112 Force Commodity Council . Enterprise 00:55.112 --> 00:57.168 Hill Commodity Council organizes and 00:57.168 --> 01:00.259 establishes all the long-term strategic 01:00.259 --> 01:02.700 contracts for the supply chain . DLA 01:02.700 --> 01:05.300 Aviation is our contracting partner in 01:05.300 --> 01:07.930 a lot of these large complex PBL 01:07.930 --> 01:10.097 acquisitions that we've put together . 01:15.430 --> 01:17.629 This is the landing gear maintenance 01:17.629 --> 01:20.230 facility , and here is where they do 01:20.230 --> 01:22.900 all the test and check , remanufacture , 01:23.199 --> 01:26.860 overhaul , all these pretty complex 01:26.860 --> 01:29.160 high precision processes that the Air 01:29.160 --> 01:31.870 Force manages . Landing gear has always 01:31.870 --> 01:34.269 been a difficult commodity to support . 01:34.510 --> 01:36.677 Most of the troubles that we have with 01:36.677 --> 01:39.389 landing gear comes from forged items . 01:39.589 --> 01:42.839 5 years ago we put this program on to 01:42.839 --> 01:45.006 support all of the competitive landing 01:45.006 --> 01:47.172 gear . That the 4 17th is the managing 01:47.172 --> 01:49.506 organization for . It was an OK program , 01:49.506 --> 01:51.506 but there were a lot of things that 01:51.506 --> 01:53.617 needed to be changed . So we had this 01:53.617 --> 01:55.506 idea to kind of take all of these 01:55.506 --> 01:57.672 requirements and give them to a single 01:57.672 --> 01:59.839 contractor , change the way that we do 01:59.839 --> 02:02.006 business in a lot of ways , which took 02:02.006 --> 02:04.117 some forward leaning thought from the 02:04.117 --> 02:07.739 4:17 , as well as DLA aviation . It's 02:07.739 --> 02:09.850 the landing gear collaborative supply 02:09.850 --> 02:12.072 chain integration contract . We call it 02:12.072 --> 02:15.160 LGCSCI or just CSCI for short . Almost 02:15.160 --> 02:17.327 every single one of our legacy systems 02:17.327 --> 02:19.549 is supported by this program . By going 02:19.549 --> 02:21.660 down to a single source , this allows 02:21.660 --> 02:23.771 the contractor to strategically stage 02:23.771 --> 02:25.660 material to work with some of the 02:25.660 --> 02:27.716 forecasts that they get from the Air 02:27.716 --> 02:30.049 Force item managers and supply planners . 02:30.049 --> 02:32.104 And that has allowed the supplier to 02:32.104 --> 02:34.216 meet very aggressive on-time delivery 02:34.216 --> 02:36.382 metrics . It's allowed the supplier to 02:36.382 --> 02:38.604 stage material and create relationships 02:38.604 --> 02:40.771 with some of these forging houses that 02:40.771 --> 02:42.938 we didn't have in the past . We have a 02:42.938 --> 02:44.938 unique structure with this contract 02:44.938 --> 02:46.827 where we have a dedicated team of 02:46.827 --> 02:48.882 administrators . It's not always the 02:48.882 --> 02:51.104 way that DLA does . Business , a lot of 02:51.104 --> 02:53.271 times work is farmed out to just a big 02:53.271 --> 02:55.639 group of administrators across a large 02:55.639 --> 02:57.639 organization , but we have a unique 02:57.639 --> 02:59.750 structure of just our own little cell 02:59.750 --> 03:01.750 of administrators that handle these 03:01.750 --> 03:04.160 orders . The LGCSCA contract was a 03:04.160 --> 03:06.271 competitively awarded contract . Uh , 03:06.271 --> 03:08.493 we went through formal source selection 03:08.493 --> 03:10.550 procedures to award a . Contract 03:10.550 --> 03:13.669 vehicle that pays a supplier to do a 03:13.669 --> 03:16.179 lot more than provide parts . Our 03:16.179 --> 03:18.346 industry partner on this program is on 03:18.346 --> 03:20.679 the hook to provide engineering support . 03:20.679 --> 03:22.735 They do a lot of work to improve the 03:22.735 --> 03:25.059 very old landing gear drawings . They 03:25.059 --> 03:27.350 oversee the manufacturing of parts both 03:27.350 --> 03:29.239 for the Air Force and the Defense 03:29.239 --> 03:31.509 Logistics Agency , and they're 03:31.509 --> 03:33.550 incentivized to provide on-time 03:33.550 --> 03:35.669 delivery and improve the industrial 03:35.669 --> 03:38.990 base for landing gear . One thing 03:38.990 --> 03:41.149 that's unique about this contract is 03:41.149 --> 03:44.029 there's about 4500 items on the 03:44.029 --> 03:45.973 contract , about only 500 of those 03:45.973 --> 03:48.196 belong to the Air Force , and the other 03:48.196 --> 03:51.360 4000 plus belong to DLA . The contract 03:51.360 --> 03:54.429 was awarded back in the fall of 2018 . 03:54.550 --> 03:56.520 It was about a 2.5 year source 03:56.520 --> 03:58.687 selection process working up to that . 03:58.720 --> 04:00.553 I think to date they've received 04:00.553 --> 04:02.776 somewhere in the ballpark of 15 million 04:02.776 --> 04:05.759 parts , and we've also seen a lot of 04:05.759 --> 04:07.815 review and clean up of our tech data 04:07.815 --> 04:11.029 packages , added new sources of supply 04:11.440 --> 04:13.679 to the supply chain . So we've seen a 04:13.679 --> 04:15.957 lot of good benefits from this program . 04:16.079 --> 04:18.246 Contractor supporting the landing gear 04:18.246 --> 04:20.412 program is ES3 Prime Logistics Group . 04:20.519 --> 04:22.297 Landing gear is one of the most 04:22.297 --> 04:24.463 critical systems on the aircraft . You 04:24.463 --> 04:26.575 can't land , you can't take off , you 04:26.575 --> 04:28.463 can't stop , you can't steer . We 04:28.463 --> 04:31.079 ensure that the parts are built 04:31.079 --> 04:33.412 correctly to the technical data package . 04:33.600 --> 04:35.600 They're . Process correctly so that 04:35.600 --> 04:37.656 when the war fighter gets the part , 04:37.656 --> 04:39.767 he's got a quality part that he knows 04:39.767 --> 04:41.989 will work , perform , and he won't have 04:41.989 --> 04:44.100 to do any special maintenance on it . 04:44.100 --> 04:46.211 We collaborate with them every day to 04:46.211 --> 04:46.140 ensure that we're meeting the 04:46.140 --> 04:47.973 requirements , ensure that we're 04:47.973 --> 04:49.973 getting quality parts to them , and 04:49.973 --> 04:52.029 ensure that we understand what their 04:52.029 --> 04:51.980 requirements are and what they need . 04:57.220 --> 04:59.820 The award that was won was the PBL of 04:59.820 --> 05:02.450 the year for 2023 , awarded by the 05:02.450 --> 05:04.339 Secretary of Defense , and it was 05:04.339 --> 05:06.450 really a unique honor to kind of just 05:06.450 --> 05:08.561 recognize the entire team and all the 05:08.561 --> 05:10.783 hard work that's gone on to have such a 05:10.783 --> 05:13.006 successful contract vehicle that really 05:13.006 --> 05:15.228 gets the warfighter the parts they need 05:15.228 --> 05:14.000 when they need them . 05:20.239 --> 05:22.119 Our two teams have a really good 05:22.119 --> 05:24.119 working relationship . They're very 05:24.119 --> 05:26.339 open-minded , they're very efficient . 05:26.640 --> 05:29.109 They're super customer support related , 05:29.350 --> 05:31.683 and they really understand our business . 05:32.000 --> 05:34.167 We will do anything they need us to do 05:34.329 --> 05:36.551 and provide the business advice to make 05:36.551 --> 05:38.718 sure it's done legally and correctly . 05:38.718 --> 05:40.718 We've created something that's been 05:40.718 --> 05:42.662 very fruitful for both the Defense 05:42.662 --> 05:44.718 Logistics Agency and the Air Force . 05:44.718 --> 05:46.940 The bottom line is absolutely providing 05:46.940 --> 05:48.940 that support to the war fighter and 05:48.940 --> 05:50.940 getting them the parts and services 05:50.940 --> 05:50.440 they need when they need it .