Stand-To!- The Joint Services Prime Vendor Program (JSPVP) - October 31, 2007

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TODAY'S FOCUS


The Joint Services Prime Vendor Program (JSPVP)

What is it? The Joint Services Prime Vendor Program (JSPVP) is a series of
contracts between various private-sector vendors and the U.S. military. The
vendors agree to sell their food and food-related items at a set
margin/mark-up above cost. The military participants of the program then
strive to purchase the majority of their food requirements from the prime
vendor.

The U.S. Army's Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command (FMWRC)
manages the JSPVP for the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and other
government non-appropriated fund (NAF) food service and recreation
activities. The program was established over 15 years ago to increase the
quality of food services and to reduce the costs associated with food and
food-related items, in addition to reducing the overhead associated with
food procurement. 

What has the Army done? The JSPVP initiative takes advantage of the combined
purchasing power of NAF and military MWR foodservice activities by
partnering directly with manufacturers. Currently, there are 33 contracts
with 51 broad-line food service distributors - companies that can provide a
wide array of fresh and frozen meats, groceries, produce, dairy products and
non-edible products. These distributors service over 750 military posts,
bases, camps, and stations within the continental U.S. (CONUS) and 13
countries, with a combined purchasing volume of $120 million. 

The program lowers food costs and increases food quality by eliminating the
need to competitively bid food requirements; reducing or eliminating
warehousing; allowing one-stop purchasing; providing U.S. products overseas
at stateside prices; and reducing time spent searching for food items,
unloading food procurement trucks, and processing invoices.

Why is this important to the Army? The Army, and the nation's Armed Forces
as a whole, is challenged to meet the ever-changing demands of a
fiscally-constrained environment. As the Department of Defense (DOD) moves
towards more streamlined, cost-efficient business practices, the JSPVP
initiative saves the military over $15 million a year though contracted
pricing, off-invoice discounts, and manufacturer rebates.

For more information on JSPVP, click here. <http://www.jspvp.com/> 


INFORMATION YOU CAN USE


*	2007 Strategic Communication Guide
<https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/409993>  - Read the 2007 Army Strategic
Communication Guide for key messages and updates. 
*	Strategic Communication Coordination Group (SCCG) Workspace
<https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/303879>  
*	Army Public Affairs Portal
<https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/216363> 


NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY


*	Covenant vows to better quality of life for Soldiers (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20071031557229.html>  | EXM
<http://www.examiner.com/a-1019873~Covenant_vows_to_better_quality_of_life_f
or_soldiers.html> ) 
*	Protest leads Army to reconsider big contract (WP
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR200710300
2201.html> ) 
*	From tactical to practical, military meets California's needs
(ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/10/30/5845-from-tactical-to-practical-milita
ry-meets-californias-needs/> ) 
*	Army offers reward for two missing M-16 rifles (SAS
<http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49918> )


WAR ON TERROR NEWS


*	Attacks in Iraq continue to decline (WP
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR200710300
1276.html> ) 
*	High-tech trackers: Extra eyes for U.S. forces in Iraq (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20071031557095.html>  | CSM
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1031/p05s01-wome.html> ) 
*	1-15 Infantry air assault detains six suspected insurgents (MNF
<http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14939&Ite
mid=1> ) 
*	Rising out from the ashes (SAS
<http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49909> )


OF INTEREST


*	Children of fallen troops honored at remembrance ceremonies (AFIS
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47992> ) 
*	Ex-surgeon general tapped to lead VA (AT
<http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/military_peake_va_071030/> ) 
*	Vet Duckworth recounts darkest hour (SAS
<http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49912> ) 
*	Spacewalk connects truss to International Space Station (ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/10/30/5844-spacewalk-connects-truss-to-inter
national-space-station/> )


WORLD VIEW


*	U.S. Army kills three family members in Iraq raid (KT
<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/>  | Story
<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/20
07/October/focusoniraq_October196.xml&section=focusoniraq> ) 
*	Iran says not behind U.S. Soldiers' deaths in Iraq (RT
<http://www.reuters.com/>  | Story
<http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSDAH05680420071030> ) 
*	On track for U.S. collapse (CC <http://www.countercurrents.org/>  |
Story <http://www.countercurrents.org/rozeff301007.htm> ) 
*	Three U.S. troops killed (GDN <http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/>  |
Story
<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=198414&Sn=WORL&IssueID=302
25> )


WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS


*	Combat camera: Operation Rock Hammer III south of Baqubah, Iraq (TN
<http://thetension.blogspot.com/> ) 
*	SGT Joshua C Brennan - Farewell and walk with God (GAF
<http://gazingattheflag.blogspot.com/> ) 
*	Do you remember? (KDH <http://kneedeepinthehooah.blogspot.com/> ) 
*	173D brave Taliban, rugged terrain in Afghanistan (SAG
<http://soldiersangelsgermany.blogspot.com/> )

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