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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potentially play a significant role in tradeoffs between supportability, performance, cost, and schedule. Figure 4 depicts the logistics support elements.

Figure 4. Logistics Support Elements

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Maintenance

Except for items that will be discarded when they fail or reach the end of their useful life, all commercial and nondevelopmental items require maintenance. Manufacturers of commercial items may be able to support their products with preventive maintenance, repair parts, and technical personnel through the item's expected service life. Possible maintenance strategies might include one or more of the following:

•  Return to factory for repairs, possibly with a pool of replacement items to minimize turnaround time

•  On-site repair by contractor personnel

•  Provision of test equipment, procedures, and parts for intermediate- or depot-level repair.

Commercial or other military maintenance facilities may be able to replace or supplement

in-house maintenance facilities, reducing life-cycle costs and personnel, training, and documen- tation requirements.The challenge will be how to best use existing commercial or other main- tenance and support systems.The following factors should be considered:

•  Degree to which manufacturers, other military services, or other sources already provide maintenance support to their customers

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