IBEX
Provides global search for vendor support of the Industrial Base Extension Program - IBEX. Previously embedded in the SPIDERS software.
At a glance
- Operator
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Access
- CAC required
- Last updated
IBEX (Industrial Base Extension) is a Defense Logistics Agency program that gives commercial-capability visibility to deployed U.S. military planners operating in remote, austere, or hostile regions where little or no baseline information about local industry exists. The linked search tool, hosted on the CAC-gated Intelink Intelshare portal, was previously embedded in the SPIDERS software and lets authorized users search DLA's accumulated market-research and vendor data by region.
What it is
DLA describes IBEX as providing global commercial-asset visibility to support U.S. military and contingency operations, delivering information about local industrial and vendor capability to deployed warfighters in unfamiliar regions. The program builds this awareness through recurring, regionally scoped market-research reports (for example, reports covering the AFRICOM and SOUTHCOM areas of responsibility) procured under DLA contracts, which compile data on commercial vendors and industrial capacity that could be tapped during a contingency or national emergency.
Who operates it
The Defense Logistics Agency operates the IBEX program. DLA's Contracting Services Office in Philadelphia (contract prefix SP4701) procures the underlying regional market-research reports on the program's behalf.
Access
The tool is hosted on Intelink's Intelshare SharePoint environment (intelshare.intelink.gov), which requires a Common Access Card (CAC) and Intelink registration — it is not publicly accessible. The directory's stored access_type of "public" does not reflect this; it should be corrected to CAC-required. No publicly documented IBEX-specific account-request path was found; access follows standard Intelink/CAC registration procedures for DoD personnel.
How logisticians use it
Contingency and operational-contract-support planners use IBEX to research commercial vendors and industrial capacity in an unfamiliar area of operations before or during a deployment, informing sourcing decisions when local market data is otherwise scarce.
Related systems
IBEX sits alongside other DLA industrial-base and vendor-support resources, such as the Industrial Product-Support Vendor (IPV) program, and complements broader DoD operational contract support (OCS) planning processes that rely on commercial-market awareness in contingency environments.