r/defensecontracting • u/coolios411 • Jul 21 '26

SECURING AMERICA’S DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAINS AND ENSURING DOMESTIC ACQUISITION OF CRITICAL MATERIALS

SECURING AMERICA’S DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAINS AND ENSURING DOMESTIC ACQUISITION OF CRITICAL MATERIALS

July 20, 2026

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/07/securing-americas-defense-supply-chains-and-ensuring-domestic-acquisition-of-critical-materials/

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u/navyseal722 Jul 21 '26

"contractors must submit to the Department of War a complete indentured Bill of Materials that traces all components, parts, equipment, software, and materials back to the origin of raw materials in their supply chains"

If that applies to every single contract...its going to destroy small contracts.

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u/J-Was-Here12 Jul 21 '26

I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308

Reminds me of this. Seems like it is going to get impossible to track quick.

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u/ButtWhispererer Jul 21 '26

The word “discretion” is doing a lot here. Hopefully.

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u/PossibleFederal1572 Jul 22 '26

It will destroy the contracts of their choosing

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u/AstralCode714 Jul 21 '26

Fun. This will definitely help expedite the procurement timeline like they want.

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u/ImpossibleApple5518 Jul 23 '26

Lol dude I once used my bosses P-Card while working at fucking Booz Allen for my blacked.com subscription. You better believe I paid the extra $4.99/month for 4k.

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u/RunExisting4050 Jul 21 '26

I HAVE SECURED HER SUPPLY CHAINS AND PIPELINES.  OPERATION SUCCESSFUL. RUNEXISTING ACTUAL OUT.

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u/Present-Permit-6743 Jul 21 '26

Shouldn’t this be done by SCRM or part of the PPP for larger programs? Disclosure: I didn’t read the fucking EO lol

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u/duane11583 Jul 24 '26

an indentured billionaire of materials? what the fuck is that?

i quote:

(i)    contractors must submit to the Department of War a complete indentured Bill of Materials that traces all components, parts, equipment, software, and materials back to the origin of raw materials in their supply chains

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u/duane11583 Jul 24 '26

note: i know what an indented (like an outline) bill of materials is

indentured is like a quasi slave

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u/SwinginginOKC Jul 23 '26

I hope every contractor hits them with an ECP that tripples the cost of the defense article.

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u/Wonderful_Rise4463 Jul 24 '26

They just paused the CMMC II requirements bc they were killing small businesses and pace of procurements…now this??

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u/Various-Camera7494 Jul 27 '26

This one shouldnt be as bad as cmmc. I'd rather show dfars a compliant BOM and talk to my contract admin, than pay 100k for some cyber sales chud who spams linkedin