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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Products that pass the initial inspection should then be subjected to various types of testing:

•  Thermal-cycle testing

•  Electrical testing (continuity, functional, parametric, and radio-/high-frequency testing for parasitics)

•  Burn-in

•  Curve-tracer testing

•  RoHS compliance testing

•  Microscopic inspection using advanced microscopes and cameras with charge-coupled devices

•  X-ray and x-ray fluorescence

•  Destructive physical analysis

•  Internal visual verification using decapsulation.

Some counterfeit-detection approaches may not be cost-effective for all parts and compo- nents. The best application is on larger units such as avionics, computers, instruments, and actu- ators or on anything that is deemed a safety or mission-critical component.

In sum, the procurement process is the main entry point for counterfeits due to the use of unapproved suppliers, lack of part-authentication procedures, lack of communication and coop- eration between suppliers and customers, insufficient inventory control procedures, and limited counterfeit-avoidance procurement policies and practices.

The strategies for mitigating the risk of counterfeiting should be documented in a counter- feit parts control plan.The plan should, among other things, address the detection, verification, and control of in-process and in-service suspect counterfeit parts; detection of counterfeit parts before formal product acceptance; supply chain traceability to the OCM or aftermarket manu- facturer; procedures for assessing potential sources of supply and maintaining a register of ap- proved suppliers; flow down of applicable requirements; and methods for physical identification, segregation, quarantine, and control of suspect or confirmed counterfeit parts to preclude their use or installation.The plan also should require reporting of all occurrences of counterfeit parts to internal organizations, customers, Government-Industry Data Exchange Program, industry- supported reporting programs (e.g., the Electronic Resellers Association, Inc.), and criminal in- vestigative authorities (Federal Bureau of Investigation or Department of Commerce). Finally, it should discuss requirements for certificates of conformance and testing certifications.

The following are two key standards related to counterfeits:

•  SAE Aerospace Standard AS5553,"Counterfeit Electronic Parts; Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition"

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