MIL-HDBK-965
4. GENERAL GUIDANCE.
4.1 General. The selection and application of parts are the responsibility of the contractor whose primary objective is to meet the performance requirements of the system or equipment. To assure meeting those objectives, the contractor may have parts engineering processes and procedures similar to those in MIL-HDBK-179 and MIL-HDBK-402. The AA should become familiar with these documents before assessing the contractor proposals, plans, and effort.
4.1.1 Data. The AA may stipulate, in the contract solicitation or RFP and in the SOW, some type or level of data to be provided to themselves and/or MPCAG. This data may be used to:
a. Provide guidance to the contractor for minimizing parts proliferation. b. Evaluate system or equipment expected operating performance.
c. Assess contractor performance against a parts management plan. d. Review the anticipated logistics support.
e. Inform the MPCAG of industry usage of parts so that MPCAG can focus on specification problems and trends for standardization and update the GFB.
4.1.2 Options. Depending on the application and technical or logistics concerns, four predetermined parts management options are available to the AA for specifying the contractor data to be provided.
4.1.3 Levels. For purposes of spanning the potential approaches to parts management and offering flexibility for meeting all or most acquisition circumstances, the four options define distinct levels of parts management and Government involvement from no Government oversight to directed Government involvement in parts selection. Any of these four options may be tailored in the RFP or SOW to revise the data requirements, to specify IPT, or to provide program review details for monitoring contractor effort.
4.1.4 Considerations. The following considerations contain options for various levels of AA participation and contractor data requirements. The AA must select or tailor the degree of data and AA oversight required. The option with the least participation and data submittals, consistent with assessing contractor performance, is preferred to avoid unnecessary cost to the contractor, the AA, and MPCAG.
Option A - No formal Government guidance
No Government logistics/depot support required
No organic repair/maintenance of system or equipment
Examples:
Unique, limited purchases of test equipment
Commercial or NDI
Option B - AA Guidance through program reviews and IPTs
No Government logistics/depot support required
No organic repair/maintenance of system or equipment
Examples:
Limited quantities of systems or equipments with no follow -on contract
Prototype proof of concept (not to be used as future baseline)
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