Defense Logistics Agency

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is the U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency that manages a global supply chain spanning roughly five million items in nine supply chains plus storage, distribution, fuel, construction, and disposition missions. DLA operates an extensive catalog of business applications used by suppliers, the military services, and federal partners. Most DLA applications require account registration and operate behind authentication; public-facing surfaces include the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS), the DLA Disposition Services storefront, the FedMall procurement marketplace, and federated logistics search tools.

Defense Logistics Agency publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Acquisition, Defense, Department of Defense, DLA, and Federal Government.

Defense Logistics Agency’s developer surface includes documentation, product news, and 6 more developer resources.

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22.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

5 APIs

AcquisitionDefenseDepartment of DefenseDLAFederal GovernmentLogisticsProcurementSupply Chain

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Composite quality — 22.3/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Defense Logistics Agency Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ContactUs

ContactUs

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

News

News

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

FOIA

FOIA

Source (apis.yml)

aid: defense-logistics-agency
name: Defense Logistics Agency
description: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is the U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency that manages a global
  supply chain spanning roughly five million items in nine supply chains plus storage, distribution, fuel, construction, and
  disposition missions. DLA operates an extensive catalog of business applications used by suppliers, the military services,
  and federal partners. Most DLA applications require account registration and operate behind authentication; public-facing
  surfaces include the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS), the DLA Disposition Services storefront, the FedMall procurement
  marketplace, and federated logistics search tools.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/defense-logistics-agency/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/defense-logistics-agency.png
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: government
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consuming
tags:
- Acquisition
- Defense
- Department of Defense
- DLA
- Federal Government
- Logistics
- Procurement
- Supply Chain
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
apis:
- aid: defense-logistics-agency:defense-logistics-agency-applications
  name: DLA Applications Catalog
  description: Comprehensive list of DLA business applications used to work with the agency, including supply, contracting,
    distribution, disposition, fuel, and energy systems. The catalog provides links, contacts, and outage notices but does
    not itself expose a developer API.
  humanURL: https://www.dla.mil/Working-With-DLA/Applications
  tags:
  - Applications
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dla.mil/Working-With-DLA/Applications
- aid: defense-logistics-agency:defense-logistics-agency-dibbs
  name: DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS)
  description: Web-based application used by the Defense Logistics Agency to post requests for quote, solicitations, awards,
    and modifications for contracted supplies. Suppliers register for accounts and respond to solicitations through the DIBBS
    portal.
  humanURL: https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil
  tags:
  - Bidding
  - Contracting
  - Procurement
  - Solicitations
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil
- aid: defense-logistics-agency:defense-logistics-agency-disposition-services
  name: DLA Disposition Services
  description: Online presence and storefronts for DLA Disposition Services that handle the reuse, transfer, donation, sale,
    and disposal of excess Department of Defense property, including the GovPlanet sales partnership and the LSDDS data services
    for property tracking.
  humanURL: https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services
  tags:
  - Disposal
  - Property
  - Reuse
  - Sales
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services
- aid: defense-logistics-agency:defense-logistics-agency-fedmall
  name: FedMall
  description: DoD procurement marketplace operated by DLA where authorized buyers from federal, state, local, tribal, and
    authorized contractor communities purchase commercial off-the-shelf goods. FedMall provides catalog ingestion and order
    management interfaces for participating suppliers.
  humanURL: https://www.fedmall.mil
  tags:
  - eCommerce
  - Marketplace
  - Procurement
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.fedmall.mil
- aid: defense-logistics-agency:defense-logistics-agency-energy
  name: DLA Energy
  description: DLA business unit that supplies fuel and aerospace energy products to the U.S. military and federal customers.
    Public-facing surfaces include the Energy customer portal and contracting bulletins.
  humanURL: https://www.dla.mil/Energy
  tags:
  - Aerospace
  - Energy
  - Fuel
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dla.mil/Energy
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/defense-logistics-agency-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-logistics-agency
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dla.mil
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.dla.mil/Working-With-DLA/Applications
- type: News
  url: https://www.dla.mil/News
- type: ContactUs
  url: https://www.dla.mil/Contact
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.dla.mil/Site-Notices/Privacy-and-Security
- type: FOIA
  url: https://www.dla.mil/Info/FOIA
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Defense Logistics Agency

Kin Score

APIs 5

DLA Applications Catalog

DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS)

DLA Disposition Services

FedMall

DLA Energy

Pricing Plans 1

Defense Logistics Agency Plans Pricing