Before determining the wording to be used in the SOW, the following factors should be considered:
• Type of equipment or system, for example, operational system, operational support equip- ment, test vehicle, or maintenance or shop test equipment. Parts management may not be needed for certain test vehicles, maintenance equipment, or shop test equipment.
• Type of work. For an investigative or study contract, parts management may not be needed.
• Quantity of systems or equipment to be purchased on the contract.
• Reliability, safety, or nuclear hardness criticality of the parts or equipment, coupled with the environment where used (flight, ground combat, ground benign, etc.).
• Whether the item is a new design or a modification of an existing design and, if a modifica- tion, the extent of that modification.
• Maintenance concept, for example, organic or contractor logistics support, or performance- based logistics.
• Whether all or some of the equipment items are off-the-shelf (OTS) items or non-develop- mental items (NDIs). (Parts management is not required for OTS items or NDIs, except for modifications that introduce new parts into the design.)
• Ownership and level of technical data package, if required.
Depending upon the criteria above, there may be different tasks for different types of equip- ment within the same SOW. If so, each task should identify the level of parts management ap- plicable to the specific equipment or types of equipment (such as support or test equipment).
Below is an example of a generic SOW that may be incorporated into contracts. The specif- ic acquisition requirements may require tailoring of the principal SOW tasks.
The contractor shall establish and maintain a Parts Management Program in accor- dance with MIL-STD-3018 for all new designs or modified equipment. This pro- gram will ensure that the use of parts meets contractual requirements, reduces proliferation of parts within and across DoD weapons systems and equipment through standardization, enhances reliability and supportability to meet material readiness objectives, and reduces total life-cycle costs. Also, the contractor shall de- scribe how the parts management process is validated, how process improvements are incorporated, and how process variation is controlled.
The following statement may be added to the example paragraph above:
The contractor shall document the plan in accordance with Data Item Description (DID) DI-SDMP-81748 and deliver the plan in accordance with the CDRL (DD Form 1423).
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