Analysis of Some of the Applicable Outsourcing Services in the Structures of the Bulgarian Armed Forces

Supplying the Bulgarian Army with the necessary material resources is an extremely important activity. This is an activity with a fundamental significance for making quality logistics decisions on strategic, operational and tactical levels. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse the issues related to the use of outsourcing services in the armed forces. They are implemented in the field of defence primarily in the sphere of utilisation of unnecessary munitions, catering, providing various public utilities, repair and maintenance of equipment and provision of security to military sites. Despite of its limited application, outsourcing is currently an important tool for conducting a great number of the logistics activities, providing support of the combat and special training of military formations and the execution of their specific tasks.This article studies and analyses the use of outsourcing services for providing catering for the personnel in the structures of the Bulgarian Armed Forces and for protection of the military territories.