Description
My issue is not being able to loan out multiple assets at one time.
A mass loan capability would be particularly useful when dealing with Government Furnished Property (GFP). I have multiple contracts with tens of thousands of lines of property, and loaning assets one at a time is time consuming.
This is first encountered during the initial loading of DPAS. Loading all of the program property, and then changing the loan code for the assets furnished to contractors on by one is going to take months of work.
The problem does not stop once the initial loan is made. This issue will come back to haunt us when the period of performance for that contract ends, and the "follow on" contract is awarded. I see three actions that would result from closing out the first contract. The first will transitioning the property to the new contract, the second will be the dispositional of excess property, and the third would be the return of the property to the government.
Having to pull all of the property back in from loan and then loaning, disposing, and reassigning custodians one record at a time again is a daunting task.

Recommended
I believe that the way forward is to add a few new features in conjunction with some already existing navigation windows. The following is the step by step processes I have in mind for solving this problem:

1. Mouse over Asset Management
2. Select Update from the drop-down menu
3. Use the Search Criteria to find the property you want to update
   On the search screen I would like to see the Contract Number and Cage Code be added as searchable fields. This could be done with a radio button like the other fields, but an intellisense functionality in that search field would save several mouse clicks.
4. View the list of property and select the property you want to loan
5. Review the list of property selected and choose appropriate action
   In the Action Box I would like to have a Mass Update option added between the Mass Update and Stock Number/Authorization Update
6. At this point the same Asset Update
   Loan Change screen should appear
7. Select the appropriate Loan Code and update the required information

Mission Critical
This is a mission critical action. DFARS contracts require that a list of the Government Furnished Property (GFP) provided to a contractor will be added to the contract. At PEO Missile & Space there are eight (8) programs, with each program having multiple contracts containing GFP. Each of these programs will have to update the loan code for all of that property.

Benefits
The main benefit to implementing this solution will be a reduction in the time needed to update the system. By reducing the time need to preform this action less labor will be needed to achieve this mission. Therefore freeing up more people and time that will increase productivity and reduce costs.

Users
I can say with certainty all of the DPAS users in PEO Missile & Space, PEO Aviation, and the Missile Defense Agency that I have spoken to would welcome this change. I also see this being beneficial to all DoD users because of the requirement to use contact property attachments.

Completed with SCR 00650.