SD-2 Dod Acquisitions Buying Commercial Items And Nondevelopmental ItemsThis document offers guidance on acquisitions involving all types of commercial and nondevelopmental items: systems, subsystems, assemblies, parts, and items of supply. Commercial services are also addressed.This document does not present a “cookbook” approach to the acquisition of commercial and nondevelopmental items; such an approach could not accommodate the vast array of potential applications. It does offer lessons learned and things to consider when participating on an integrated product team.

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Background

Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR),"Acquisition of Commercial items," requires that agencies use, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial items or nondevel- opmental items (NDis) to meet agency needs. Agencies must also require that prime contrac- tors-and their subcontractors at all tiers-incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial items or NDis as components of items supplied to the agency.This requirement is echoed in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook.The purpose of this document is to present best practices and lessons learned about including commercial items and NDis in DoD acquisitions.

This document is intended to be used by both DoD and contractor personnel who must make decisions about the use of commercial and nondevelopmental items. Government users of this document may include program managers, contracting officers, customers/users, engineer- ing and technical personnel, and other stakeholders with an interest in the acquisition. Contrac- tor personnel for whom this document may be useful are contractor program managers, engineers, subcontract administrators, quality assurance managers, subcontractors, and other personnel involved in the acquisition.

This document covers the entire spectrum of acquisitions. Because acquisitions vary tremen- dously in size, in scope, and in the product or service to be acquired, the concepts discussed

may not be applicable in all circumstances. DoD and contractor personnel should tailor the concepts to the particulars of the acquisition.

Additional guidance on the procurement of commercial items is available in Commercial Item Handbook, prepared under the auspices of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisi- tion, Technology and Logistics (Acquisition initiatives).The handbook is more focused on processes such as pricing, contracting, and administration, while this document is focused more on in-depth treatment of earlier acquisition processes such as acquisition strategy, market re- search, quality assurance, test and evaluation, and life-cycle support planning.The two docu- ments are complementary and valuable resources on commercial item procurement.

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