-----Original Message-----
From: MILITEC-1 mailto:militec@militec-1.com
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:29 AM
To: Leonard Trahan, Jr. Director Defense Hotline; Jeniolionis, Ernest (DSCR); Spiers, Dana W. (DSCR); Kevin Hayes
Cc: Russ Logan; Brad P. Giordani
Subject: Why has DLA sent us two orders this week?

Dear Mr. Jeniolionis,
I recently sent you a message that was not responded to regarding an order we received from Ft. Bragg. Ft. Bragg originally placed this order through DLA. Since their order was not processed by DLA, nor did they hear from DLA, they called us two days before deployment and requested overnight service.

This week we received an order from DLA, destined for Iraq, and another order (9 cases of four ounce bottles) for the Navy.

Can you please tell us why certain recent orders are being processed by DLA and other orders have been cancelled?

Our small company has suffered greatly as a result of orders being cancelled by DLA with Picatinny's approval.

Your prompt reply would be most appreciated.

Thank you,
Brad P. Giordani
www.militec-1.com
Toll Free 877-222-5512
FAX 301-893-8354

----- Original Message -----
From: Perkins, Gil (DSCR)
To: militec@militec-1.com
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:05 PM
Subject: FW: Why has DLA sent us two orders this week?

Mr. Giordani,

To introduce myself, I am the Product Center Leader for Product Center 4. As you are aware, PC 4 purchases the lubricants classes of items for the military services. Mr. Jeniolionis is a technical services section chief in PC 4 and works for me. Although very knowledgeable in the technical area, Mr. Jeniolionis may not have all the information you sometimes request, such as specific information about requisitions placed and filled. In order to provide you a single point of contact in the PC with a more comprehensive view, please direct future inquiries and correspondence to me.

I am preparing a response to your email below and will send that to you within the next couple of days.

Regards,
Gil Perkins

Gil Perkins
Procurement Operations Manager
Product Center 4
Packaged Petroleum, Chemicals, Gases
and Industrial Hardware
Defense Supply Center Richmond
8000 Jefferson Davis Highway
Richmond, VA 23297
(804) 279-1427 DSN 695
email: gil.perkins@dla.mil
FAX: (804) 279-4781

-----Original Message-----
From: MILITEC-1 mailto:militec@militec-1.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:56 PM
To: Perkins, Gil (DSCR)
Cc: Brad P. Giordani
Subject: Re: Why has DLA sent us two orders this week?

Dear Sir,

I just want to thank you again for your support.

Please let me know if there is anything we can do for DLA.

Very Respectfully,

Brad P. Giordani
www.militec-1.com

-----Original Message-----
From: MILITEC-1 mailto:militec@militec-1.com
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:52 PM
To: Jeniolionis, Ernest (DSCR); Perkins, Gil (DSCR); Kevin Hayes; Leonard Trahan, Jr. Director Defense Hotline; Padgett, Michael G COL [AMSTA-AR-CC]; Spiers, Dana W. (DSCR)
Cc: Brad P. Giordani
Subject: Re: Why has DLA sent us two orders this week?

Dear Mr. Perkins,

I am sending you this follow up message since I have not heard back from you. You indicated in your email message to me dated August 8th you would be responding to my previous message that was addressed to Ernest Jeniolionis "in the next couple of days". I know you must be extremely busy supporting our forces in Iraq and elsewhere.

We are still receiving rush orders directly from Military Units, Individual Military Personnel, their Fathers, Mothers, Wives and concerned friends that are ordering MILITEC-1 for them since they are still in danger in that hot, dusty and sandy environment.

Can you please tell us why DLA cancelled over $100,000.00 in war orders last March and why certain orders are now being processed? Furthermore, can you please tell us who was responsible for canceling these war orders and under what authority were they cancelled?

As I stated in my email message dated August 7th, our small company has "suffered greatly" as a result of DLA's premature actions against us. However, our financial loss is nothing compared to our forces that have been killed and injured due to a defective MilSpec CLP lubricant that should not be used in desert environments.

I would appreciate a prompt response and actions that can be taken to prevent these tragedies from ever happening again.

Thank you,
Brad P. Giordani
www.militec-1.com
Toll Free 877-222-5512
Direct 301-893-3910
FAX 301-893-8354
Home 301-638-0744

----- Original Message -----
From: Perkins, Gil (DSCR)
To: MILITEC-1; Jeniolionis, Ernest (DSCR) ; Perkins, Gil (DSCR); Kevin Hayes ; Leonard Trahan, Jr. Director Defense Hotline ; Padgett, Michael G COL [AMSTA-AR-CC]; Spiers, Dana W. (DSCR)
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: RE: Why has DLA sent us two orders this week?

Mr. Giordani: Just to let you know, I sent you a reply to your earlier email just a couple of minutes ago with an update to address this email.
Gil Perkins

----- Original Message -----
From: Perkins, Gil (DSCR)
To: MILITEC-1
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: Why has DLA sent us two orders this week?

Mr. Giordani,
I am adding this part of my response because just as I was reading over my response (below) and getting ready to send it to you, I received your latest email. I think the email below addresses most of those questions too. However, you talk in your latest email about rush orders that you are filling and about the $100,000 in orders from last March that were canceled. Can you provide some specific information about those orders (the rush and canceled ones)? I will be glad to take that information, research it, and get back with you. However, I'll also ask you to read my response below and understand the limitations of DLA's discretion--that we buy what is approved for use. While I can address any orders that DLA received and the action we took, issues concerning the approval of your product must continue to be directed to the engineering support activity. We simply have no technical authority in that area. That stated, again, send me the most specific information you have concerning the orders you mentioned and we can begin there answering your questions.

Gil Perkins

Mr. Giordani,

This is in reply to your original email, asking about the status of requisitions from Ft. Bragg and orders for Iraq.

With respect to the requisitions from Ft. Bragg--our records indicate that we never received the requisitions from Ft. Bragg. Our records show that Ft. Bragg placed a requisition but canceled the requisition before we received it. I do not have anything to show me why Ft. Bragg canceled the requisition. I will qualify my answer to the extent that there are over 200 requisitioning activities within Ft. Bragg, so there is the potential that one of those activities placed an order that acutally reached us---but our review didn't reveal any other records of requisitions from Ft. Bragg. So, in answer to your statement that DLA did not process the order, all I can tell you from the information we have is that we did not process the order because the only one our records indicate was canceled by the customer before we had the chance to do anything with it.

Your email also references your receipt of an order for Iraq for the Navy. I checked our records and we show that we have placed two orders, the one for the Navy for nine cases of the 4 oz. bottles, NSN 9150-01-415-9114, and a separate order for 100 boxes of the 1 oz. bottles, NSN 9150-01-415-9112.

You also ask why DLA has processed certain orders and not others. As you know, DLA is the buying activity. We can only purchase approved products and have no technical discretion in this area. The engineering support activity (ESA) controls which products are approved. Prior to the war, your products were not approved for general requisitioning. As a result of the war, the ESA agreed to allow purchases of your products on a controlled basis. Before making a purchase, we were to obtain the ESA approval--who was going to coordinate with the requisitioner to make sure they were buying the right product for the right application. Just recently, the ESA has relaxed those standards on an interim basis, and your products may be purchased. The ESA is going to track those orders to get a record of your product's performance. This applies to a number of lubricants, not just the MILITEC-1 product, given that soldiers have apparently been using a number of unapproved products in the field.

Gil Perkins

----- Original Message -----
From:MILITEC-1
To: Perkins, Gil (DSCR)
Cc: Spiers, Dana W. (DSCR); Padgett, Michael G COL [AMSTA-AR-CC]; Leonard Trahan, Jr. Director Defense Hotline; Kevin Hayes; Jeniolionis, Ernest (DSCR) ; Brad P. Giordani
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Why has DLA sent us two orders this week?


Dear Mr. Perkins,

Thank you for your reply.

The cancelled war orders in excess of $100,000.00 were for 600 cases of 16 ounce and 200 cases of four ounce bottles last March, plus other sizes. Your team is aware of these orders since we were advised by DSCR. The dates and amounts of these war orders are also posted on our site in the firearms section and in the Military document section under DLA/Congress.

Can you tell me who authorized these war orders to be cancelled? Under what authority were these war orders cancelled?

You state, "Prior to the war, your products were not approved for general requisitioning. As a result of the war, the ESA agreed to allow purchases of your products on a controlled basis. What I still do not understand is, for the past eight years DSCR has been buying MILITEC-1 from us without a single problem , then we get over $100,000.00 in orders and they are all cancelled overnight. How can this happen overnight after eight (8) years of DSCR buying from us?.

You also state, "Before making a purchase, we were to obtain the ESA approval--who was going to coordinate with the requisitioner to make sure they were buying the right product for the right application. Just recently, the ESA has relaxed those standards on an interim basis, and your products may be purchased. As I said previously, how is it that we have sold to DSCR for eight (8) years without a problem? Did DSCR obtain ESA's approval during those eight years? Also, ARDEC advised DSCR there was a 60 day window for MILITEC-1 requisitions to be processed. This window has long passed. So how is it now possible to receive orders when the 60 day window is closed? Is there a new window we were not told about? If so, when was this new window opened?, if so, for how long and by who's authority?

And finally, was MILITEC-1 unapproved for eight years when DSCR was a steady customers? During those eight years of uninterrupted service, did DSCR obtain ESA's approval for each order that was sent to us? We were originally told our war orders were cancelled based on a ten year old mistake, is this true?

I would appreciate the full story in trying to sort this mess out. I appreciate your attempt at trying to answer my questions, however, I am just as confused as I was prior to receiving your message 45 minutes ago.

Thanks again,

Brad P. Giordani
www.militec-1.com