Offer

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Offer Acceptance
SAM-C, 8/1/2009
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Channels of Request
State
DSCA
Letter Of Request LOR
Combatant Command
U.S. Embassy
Implementing Agency
PROCEED
Bandaria
Prepare LOA
Congress
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Primary Navy Security Assistance Organizations
Navy International Programs Office (NAVY IPO)
Country Program Director (CPD) Navy Inventory
Control Point (NAVICP-OF(ILCO)) (Integrated
CPM) Navy Education Training Security
Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA)
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Primary Air Force Security Assistance
Organizations
Deputy Under Secretary of the Air
Force/International Affairs (SAF/IA) (Country
Director) Air Force Security Assistance Center
(AFSAC) (Case Manager-ILCO) Air Force
SecurityAssistance Training Squadron (AFSAT)
(Country Director)
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Primary Army Security Assistance Organizations
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Defense Exports Cooperation (DASA-DEC) U.S.
Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC)
(Country Program Mgr. CPM) ( 2 locations-
Virginia New Cumberland Pennsylvania-ILCO) Secu
rity Assistance Training Field Activity (SATFA)
(CPM)

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FMS Case Development
Implementing Agency LOA Data (LOAD)
DSCA Case Writing Division (CWD)
A standard DoD system used for LOA development
and LOA implementation
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CASE DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Implementing Agency actions
DSCA-Case Writing Division

• Develop LOA Data- D Status
• Primary interface with the stakeholders
• on all LOA development issues.
• Develop line item LOA structure
• Develop line item description notes
• Obtain cost information
• Price line Items
• Prepare payment schedule analysis
• Develop delivery schedules
• Process waivers
• Prepare congressional notice (36B) input
• Prepare case unique/non-standard notes
• Releasability coordination
• Foreign disclosure coordination
• Identify Manpower and Standard Level of Service
  requirements
• Conduct MTCR review
• Identify EUM requirements
• Review and approve final CWD LOA package
• Sign LOA send to customer for acceptance

• CWD-Assemble the LOA
• Write W status
• LOA quality assurance review
• Prepare case standard notes
• S.A. regulation and policy review
• Construct Payment Schedule
• Review R status
• Forward LOA package to IA for final review
• Conduct DSCA (CPD/CFD/policy) review
• Conduct legal review
• Proposed P Status
• Coordinate on State (RSAT) review
• Offered -O status
• Countersign the LOA
• Forward LOA package to IA

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s t a t u S
D, P, O SCIP Status
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Standard Level of Service
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BackgroundDSCA Policy Memo 06-14 15 Mar 2006
Standard Level of Service
Administrative Surcharge Changes
1 2 3 4 5
1 Aug 06 1 Aug 06 1 Oct 07 1 Aug 06 1 Aug 06
Revised Administrative Surcharge rate to
3.8 Small Case Management Line (SCML) to recover
minimum 15,000 admin. Eliminates 3.1 Logistics
Support Charge Eliminate the 5 administrative
fee for non-standard items Eliminate Program
Management Lines (PML)
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DefinitionStandard Level of Service

• FMS services that should be funded by the
  administrative surcharge
• Services necessary to write implement, manage,
  execute and close a FMS case

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Standard Level of Service

• The Issue
• Services that are above the Standard Level of
  Service must be identified and charged to the
  FMS case

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Standard Level of Service
Question How do you determine the Standard Level
of Service? Answer Read the manpower funding
matrix in SAMM Table C5.T6
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SAMM Table C5.T6. - Manpower Matrix
Funding Source(Total Value for services,
includes per diem, salary, travel)
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2
Eliminates use of Program Management Lines
Identifies thresholds for when specific work must
be case-funded
3
Identifies OM-funded activities that CANNOT be
funded by either FMS Admin or FMS Case
Requires incremental costing for certain
activities that exceed the Standard Level of
Service
4
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Manpower Travel Data Sheet(MTDS) SAMM C9.F1

• LOA service lines require justification to DSCA
  as part of the counter signature process
• MTDS correlates services to the manpower matrix
  in SAMM C5.T6

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Remember
The Standard Level of Service is not
the same number of reviews, reports, managers,
etc for every FMS case
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Final Review
State Department
STATE DEPARTMENT
STATE DEPARTMENT
Bandaria
STATE DEPARTMENT
Coordination
LOA
Offered LOA
LOA Data

DSCA-CWD review countersignature
Implementing Agency
D status
O Status

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Acceptance and Implementation
Implementing Authority
Obligation Authority
Case Manager
Bandaria
Offered LOA
Initial Deposit
Defense Finance Accounting Service
Signed LOA
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Offer Acceptance
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• OPTIONAL
• SLIDES

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FMS Notification to Congress

• Foreign Military Sales reporting threshold
• 50M total case value
• 14M Major Defense Equipment (MDE)
• 200M design and construction services
• 100M / 25M / 300M for NATO countries, Japan,
  Australia, New Zealand, and ROK
• Congressional review period
• NATO/Japan/Australia/New Zealand/ROK - 15 days
• Other countries - 30 days (with 20 days informal
  advance notification)
• Congress can adopt joint resolution objecting to
  the sale.

36(b)(1), AECA
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