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 ┬ôcookbook┬ö 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, services, and technologies. The acquiring component must consider multiple concepts and analyze possible alternative ways to satisfy the user need.The acquiring component must seek the most cost-effective solution over the system's life cycle and must conduct market research and analysis to determine the availability, suitability, operational supportability, interoperability, safety, and ease of integration of the considered and selected procurement solution.The acquir- ing component must work with users to define capability needs that facilitate the following, listed in descending order of preference:

• The procurement or modification of commercially available products, services, and technologies, from domestic or international sources, or the development of dual-use technologies

• The additional production or modification of military systems or equipment previously developed by the United States or by U.S. allies

• A cooperative development program with one or more U.S. allies

• A new, joint, DoD component or government agency development program

• A new DoD component-unique development program.