LSJ Price Benchmarking SB Analytics Refresh Amendment 1 Redacted

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DLA Benchmarking Playbook – A comprehensive process guide and set of data-source templates that documented key data sources and standardized models so DLA could repeat and expand the analysis in the future.

The second was the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Small Business (SB) root-cause and vendor-churn assessment performed under the Air Force Strategic Transformation Support (AFSTS) effort (FA701422-F-0374, incorporated by modification P00003). DLA conducted the study to understand structural drivers of declining SB participation in its supply chains. The work answered three specific questions: (1) which other DoW or federal organizations were making decisions affecting the size of the vendor base and the relative impact of those decisions; (2) the impact of bundling and consolidation on SB funding and prime awards; and (3) broader market factors affecting DB participation beyond DLA/DoW control. Understanding SB attrition is key to improving supply chain resiliency. The principal deliverable was:
x DIB SB Study – An analysis that quantified vendor attrition, identified potential root causes of supplier decrease across DLA supply chains, and produced senior leader communications materials focused on SB participation.
Why a Refresh Is Required
As part of its Strategic Plan for 2025-2030, DLA has a requirement to create individual supply chain strategies which address each of its unique supply chains, as well as an overarching Agency strategy. DLA requires an updated view of its material pricing performance against actual FY26 prices and an updated assessment of SB participation and structural root causes of supplier decline. These refreshed analyses are needed to inform integrated, risk-informed class of supply strategies and the DLA Finance Cost Summit with the Services in October 2026. Both products contain data from over 24 months ago. Pricing data, supplier participation patterns, and external data sources have changed. DLA requires an updated view of material pricing performance against actual FY26 prices and an updated assessment of SB participation and structural root causes so that class of supply strategies are developed based on current information. The refresh also allows the existing Benchmarking Playbook to be updated with current data sources and re-validation workflows.
Current Requirement
The current requirement supports the on-going requirement to create individual supply chain strategies that address each of its unique supply chains, as well as an overarching Agency strategy, as part of the