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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hour." A design characteristic, on the other hand, tells how the functional requirement will be met, for example,"provide a four-wheel gasoline-powered vehicle." Describing the require- ments in terms of function or performance allows maximum flexibility for suppliers to use established products and practices to meet the requirements and thus increases the likelihood that commercial or nondevelopmental items will be used. Compare the following two approaches to a product description for a fire extinguisher:

"Each fire extinguisher shall be equipped with a metal clip or bracket to hold the discharge nozzle when not in use."

"Each fire extinguisher shall be capable of being stored in an unobtrusive manner while being equally capable of effective and efficient use."

Unless there is an operational requirement that the nozzle bracket be made of metal, the second statement is preferable. It allows manufacturers to offer best-commercial-practice equip- ment without focusing on nozzle-bracket specifications.The latter statement is more likely to result in a commercial extinguisher being offered.

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