Description
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is conducting market research to identify qualified and responsible sources to establish a prototype Other Transaction (OT) agreement for a commercial retailer-supplier communications platform. The primary objects of this platform are to connect commissary stores with direct-store delivery (DSD) vendors and to automate service alerts, such as out-of-stock notifications, escalations, and vendor compliance tracking.
• The platform should enable DeCA to communicate individually with all DSD suppliers and allow those suppliers to respond back to DeCA via the platform.
• The platform should provide automated out-of-stock supplier-criteria notifications, digital check-in and checkout process, vendor schedule management, and supplier-to-retailer service disruption message platform.
• DeCA aims to achieve key supply chain objectives, including reducing out-of-stock levels, improving on-time-in-full delivery, and enhancing vendor compliance.
• The vendor will provide the commercial network, software, and vendor-engagement services.