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| must be responsive, i.e., address all points noted in the RFP. |
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| Source Selection Team (SST) |
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is a team that is tailored to the unique acquisition, tasked
with carrying out a source selection. Composition of the team generally consists of the SSA,
PCO (if different from the SSA), SSAC, SSEB, Advisors, Cost or Price Experts, Legal Counsel,
Small Business Specialists, and other subject-matter experts. |
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| Source Selection Authority (SSA) |
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is the official designated to make the source selection
decision. |
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| Source Selection Advisory Council (SSAC) |
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is a group of senior Government personnel
who provide counsel during the source selection process and must prepare the comparative
analysis of the SSEB's evaluation results, when directed by the SSA. |
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are negotiations conducted in a competitive acquisition. Discussions take
place after establishment of the competitive range. |
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are limited exchanges between the Government and offerors that may
occur when award without discussions is contemplated. |
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| evaluates each proposal, criteria, makes recommendations |
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| Benefits of Oral Proposals: |
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Improved communication
Reduced Source Selection Time
Reduces Ktr proposal costs |
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| The contractor (in the opinion of government) that provides overall “Best Value” after consideration of all factors in the RFP (cost vs. non-cost factors) |
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Developmental Testing
Item meets its specifications |
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Operational Testing
Item meets the users requirements |
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Results Reported to Congress
IOT |
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| Interoperability Testing — JITC (Joint Interoperability Test Command) |
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Shorten schedule, optimize test assets, cost savings
Concurrency risk? |
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LAW Results reported to Congress.
IOT |
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By Reg Interoperability testing – JITC Joint Operability Testing
Sequencing – EOA (prototype), OA (LRIP), IOT |
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Concurrency Risk
benefits – shorten schedule, optimize test assets, and cost savings, |
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| where can you find Performance? |
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= Baseline Breach
MDA must be notified immediately.
The PM must notify the Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) immediately when the PM has reasonable cause to believe that either the current estimate of either the PAUC or APUC has increased by a percentage equal to or greater than the significant cost growth threshold or critical cost growth threshold. |
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| (1) Significant cost growth threshold |
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| is defined as a 15% increase over the Program Acquisition Unit Cost (PAUC) or the Average Procurement Unit Cost (APUC) objective value in the current Baseline Estimate (BE) for the program or at least a 30% increase over the PAUC or APUC objective value in the original BE for the program. |
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| Critical cost growth threshold |
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| is defined as a 25% increase over the PAUC or the APUC objective value in the current BE for the program or at least a 50% increase over the PAUC or APUC objective value in the original BE for the program. A PAUC or APUC cost increase of a percentage equal to or greater than the critical cost threshold for a program or subprogram it is considered a critical UCR (Nunn-McCurdy) breach |
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| Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) Breach |
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| 10% above the APB. Triggers a program deviation to the MDA |
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| Unit Cost Report (UCR) breach (Nunn-McCurdy breach: |
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• Significant 15/30% (current/original)
• Critical 25/50% (current/original) |
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| • Congressional Oversight |
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| is to assess survivability and lethality. Pertains to Covered Systems (Title 10), Waiver only excuses covered systems from Full Up LFT |
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Thresholds and Objectives for Cost, Schedule and Performance – applies to all ACAT program.
Immediately notify MDA with APB Deviation Report
--30 days, Identify reason and corrective action
--90 days – Back on track or rebaseline (APB approved) or provide date for 1 or 2 if not MDA (for ACAT I) Must convene formally. |
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• Typically greatest portion of LCC
• Look for ways to lower |
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| Supportability Analysis |
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• Design it in
• Many analysis tools – FMECA, RAM, TAFT
• Product Support Strategy |
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| Operational Availability (AO) |
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| The percentage of time that a system or group of systems within a unit are operationally capable of performing an assigned mission and can be expressed as uptime/(uptime downtime). Development of the Operational Availability metric is a Requirements Manager responsibility. |
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| MTBM ÷ (MTBM MMT MLDT) It is the quantitative link between readiness objectives and supportability. |
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| AO represents system “uptime” and considers the effect of reliability, maintainability, and Mean Logistics Delay Time (MLDT). |
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| Mean Logistics Delay Time (MLDT) |
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| Indicator of the average time a system is awaiting maintenance and generally includes time for locating parts and tools; locating, setting up, or calibrating test equipment; dispatching personnel; reviewing technical manuals; complying with supply procedures; and awaiting transportation. The MLDT is largely dependent upon the Logistics Support (LS) structure and environment. |
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| Mean Maintenance Time (MMT) |
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| A measure of item maintainability taking into account both preventive and corrective maintenance. Calculated by adding the preventive and corrective maintenance time and dividing by the sum of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance events during a stated period. |
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| Mean Time Between Maintenance (MTBM) |
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| A measure of reliability that represents the average time between all maintenance actions, both corrective and preventive. |
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| Just the fact with respect to evaluating proposals |
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| SSAC - source selection advisory council |
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| compare contractor proposals against each other |
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| perform the job of both - SSEB and SSAC |
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| Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Bidders |
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| Evaluation Factors for Award |
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| Final decision on what bidder is selected. Decision isn't always the recommendation given by the SSAC. Congressional pressure might influence decision |
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| Title 10 USC 2399 requires DoD to conduct an independent, initial operational test and evaluation on major programs (ACAT I |
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| The Army Test and Evaluation Command uses the Operational Test Command (OTC) and the Army Evaluation Center(AEC). |
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| he Navy uses the Operational T |
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| The Air Force uses the AF Operational T |
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| Dedicated operational test and evaluation conducted on production, or production representative articles, to determine whether systems are operationally effective and suitable, and which supports the decision to proceed Beyond Low Rate Initial Production (BLRIP). |
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| Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT |
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| Normally an approved waiver package must be sent to the Congressional defense committees prior to Milestone B, program initiation. Typically, this should occur at the time of the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) approval. |
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| A DoD test process that provides a timely assessment of the vulnerability (being hit is assumed) and/or lethality of a conventional weapon or conventional weapon system as it progresses through its design and development. |
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| DoD term that is intended to include all ACAT I and II systems or programs requiring Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT |
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Any major system within the meaning of that term in Title 10 U.S.C. § 2302(5) that is user-occupied and designed to provide some degree of protection to its occupants in combat; or
A conventional munitions program or missile program; or a conventional munitions program for which more than one million rounds are planned to be acquired (regardless of whether or not it is a major system); or B-43
A modification to a covered system that is likely to affect significantly the survivability or lethality of such a system. |
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| The characteristics of a system that cause it to suffer a definite degradation (loss or reduction of capability to perform the designated mission) as a result of having been subjected to a certain (defined) level of effects in an unnatural (man-made) hostile environment. Vulnerability is considered a subset of survivability. |
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| The probability that a weapon will destroy or neutralize a target |
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| The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) |
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| DISA, Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) supports the Warfighter in their efforts to manage information on and off the battlefield |
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Being an independent operational test and evaluation/assessor of DISA, and other DoD Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) acquisitions
Identifying and solving C4I and Combat Support Systems interoperability deficiencies
Providing C4I joint and combined interoperability testing, evaluation and certification
Bringing C4I interoperability support, operational field assessments, and technical assistance to the Combatant Commands, Services, and Agencies
Providing training on C4I systems, as appropriate |
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| uses data collected during DT, OT, demonstrations, exercises, or other reliable sources for interoperability evaluations. |
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| An Operational Assessment (OA) conducted prior to or in support of Milestone B |
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| An Operational Assessment is an evaluation of operational effectiveness and operational suitability made by an independent operational test activity (OTA), with user support as required, on other than production systems. |
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| The focus of an OA is on significant trends noted in development efforts, programmatic voids, risk areas, adequacy of requirements, and the ability of the program to support adequate operational testing. An OA may be conducted at any time using technology demonstrators, prototypes, mock-ups, engineering development models (EDM) or simulations, but will not substitute for an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT |
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| he PM can request the OTA conduct an Early Operational Assessment (EOA) of prototype items of equipment. The EOA’s purpose is to help the PM identify and reduce program risk before program initiation. The PM should request an Operational Assessment (OA) of weapons system components and/or system level EDMs during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase to meet exit/entrance criteria and to help evaluate system performance and assess technical risk before Milestone C (production decision). |
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| may be conducted at any time using technology demonstrators, prototypes, mock-ups, engineering development models (EDM) or simulations, but will not substitute for an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT |
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Developmental Testing/Operational Testing (combined effort)
Combine where it make sense. Used to save schedule |
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| Operational Test and Evaluation (OT |
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| the field test, under realistic conditions, of any item (or key component) of weapons, equipment, or munitions for the purpose of determining the effectiveness and suitability of the weapons, equipment, or munitions for use in combat by typical military users; and the evaluation of the results of such tests. |
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| applies to any testing and evaluation that the materiel developer or his contractors or support organizations accomplish throughout the system life cycle. They perform DT to assist in engineering design and development and to verify the program is meeting its technical performance requirements as derived from the CDD |
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| It is important to note the developer conducts DT to measure performance relative to the performance specification. |
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| the program is affordable when considering the ability of the Department of Defense to accomplish the program's mission using alternative systems |
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| appropriate trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives have been made to ensure that the program is affordable when considering the per unit cost and the total acquisition cost in the context of the total resources available during the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted during the fiscal year in which the certification is made |
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| reasonable cost and schedule estimates have been developed to execute, with the concurrence of the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the product development and production plan under the program; |
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| unding is available to execute the product development and production plan under the program, through the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted during the fiscal year in which the certification is made, |
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| have received the results of the preliminary design review and conducted a formal post-preliminary design review assessment, and certify on the basis of such assessment that the program demonstrates a high likelihood of accomplishing its intended mission; and |
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| ppropriate market research has been conducted prior to technology development to reduce duplication of existing technology and products; |
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| Department of Defense has completed an analysis of alternatives with respect to the program |
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| the Joint Requirements Oversight Council has accomplished its duties with respect to the program pursuant to section 181(b) of title 10, United States Code, including an analysis of the operational requirements for the program; |
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| the technology in the program has been demonstrated in a relevant environment (TRL 6), as determined by the Milestone Decision Authority on the basis of an independent review and assessment by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering; and |
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| Informal Congressional Inquiries |
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usually come from congressional staff who
routinely telephone DoD (or request in person) with inquiries
year around, the bulk coming during peak periods in the budget process. Usually they come via the comptroller/LLO. |
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Definition
arrive as congressional mail or transmittal
sheets. The DoD handles congressional mail with the highest113
priority. Timely responses, within a few days, are mandatory.
Interim acknowledgments are sent when more time is needed
to assemble, diagnose, and forward the information. Mail from
committee chairmen takes precedence; mail from other Members is next; followed by transmittal sheets. |
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| is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation |
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| Hiow does one get a Yockey waiver in place? |
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| The official policy for FMS is contained in the Security Assistance Mgmt Manual (SAMM) avail at: http://www.dsca.mil/samm/ . SAMM C5.1.4.3.1 discusses Yockey waivers. The waivers are obtained via conducting a LOR advisory which is addressed in SAMM C5.1.4.5. |
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| NO FMS sales for systems which have not completed operational test and evaluation successfully |
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| When defense articles or services are required, the requesting country's representative in the defense establishment of the country or stationed at the embassy in the U.S. provides a Letter of Request |
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| The response may be in the form of Price and Availability (P |
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refers to a series of design approaches
to achieve specific design-build objectives. Included in DFX are examples
such as Design for Manufacture and
Assembly (DFMA) and Design for
Recycling (DFR). The first example,
DFMA, focuses specifically on defining product design options for ease of
fabrication and assembly. T |
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| signed by the implementing agency |
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| Notes to Holders” of DD Form 1494 |
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s provide a process to update existing
DD Form 1494 forms as operational systems undergo modifications which change the operating
parameters of a spectrum-dependent device. |
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| MRL 7 FOR CDR, MRL 8 for MS C |
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| Method Definition Document describes the requirements, activities, and practices associated with each of the processes that compose the SCAMPI method |
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| Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement |
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| Reply to Congressional inquiries |
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1. Immediate
2. LLO legislative liaison office
3. PEO
4. MDA
5 Developing activity HQ
6. Senior Staff |
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| The probability an item will perform its intended functions for a specified period under stated conditions |
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| A measure of the degree to which an item is in the operable and committable state at the start of a mission when the mission is called for an unknown (random) time. |
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| The probability an item will conform to specified conditions within a given period when corrective or preventive action is performed IAW prescribed procedures and resources. |
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Ai=Inherent availability=Uptime/Uptime Downtime (for corrective maintenance only).
Question: Will the contractor be willing to sign up for responsibility of meeting an Ai requirement? Yes, because the contractor can control the variables in the equation. |
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| Aa=Achieved Availability=Uptime/Uptime Downtime (for corrective maintenance and preventive maintenance). The contractor can control these also. Many weapon systems have preventive maintenance schedules “built in”. The contractor can sign up for these criteria. |
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| Hard to compute. The user is most concerned about this parameter. This reflects the readiness of the system. Ao=Uptime/Uptime Downtime (for corrective maintenance) |
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| Mission Reliability (MR)- |
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| The probability that a system will perform mission essential functions for a given period of time under conditions stated in the mission profile. |
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Analyze Design
Test
Reliability Production |
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| Product Support Responsibilities |
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Definition
PM, PSM, PSI
PM is in charge
PSM - now required
PSI - multiples PSIs |
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| product support AGREEMENT |
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| “the Secretary of Defense shall require that each major weapon system be supported by a product support manager” ( |
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| Production Readiness Review (PRR) - |
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| A formal examination of a program to determine if the design is ready for production and if the producer has accomplished adequate production planning. PRRs are normally performed as a series of reviews toward the end of Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase. Under some circumstances a PRR may also be appropriate in the Production and Deployment (P |
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| Effective November 15, 2010, I will implement affordability-based decision making at milestone decision points for all Acquisition Category (ACAT I) programs. Specifically, I direct the following actions: |
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| Mandate affordability as a requirement |
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| is basically an acquisition process intended to integrate proven successful business related practices with promising new DoD initiatives to obtain superior, yet reasonably priced, warfighting capabilities. Traditionally, the success of acquisition programs has been judged by their accomplishments with respect to three parameters: cost, schedule and performance. |
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Definition
| The term, "full-up, system-level testing," is the testing that fully satisfies the statutory requirement for "realistic survivability testing" or "realistic |
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| Beyond LRIP Report to Congress |
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Definition
| A report generated before the Full Rate Production Decision Review by the office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation and provided to the Secretary of Defense, USD(AT |
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Definition
| lead the development, implementation, and top-level integration and management of all sources of support to meet warfighter sustainment and rediness requirements |
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| assigned within the scope, direction, and oversight of the PSM. Responsible for activities and output of one or more product support providers within specific product support elements |
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| Capability to produce systems, sub systems, or components in a production representative environment |
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| Pilot line capability demonstrated ; ready to begin Low rate initial production (TRL 7) |
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5. capability to produce prototype component in a production relevant environment
6. ....prototype system (not component) |
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Definition
| need to negotiate with host nation, through respective COCOM, to obtain approval to transmit |
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| PSA- product support arrangement |
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Definition
| noneducational documents that enact and implements relationships across the product support management framework |
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| Should not be prepared by the PM. Typically conducted by resource analysts in DoD component headquarters. Required for MS B and MS C approval |
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Definition
| address manpower requirement and funding over the six-year programming period, and several beyond |
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| Interoperability Requirements |
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DOD 5000.2 Requires interoperability requirements in a family-of-systems mission area context
Interoperability certification prior to Full Rate Production Decision Review |
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Definition
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| full up system level testing (FUSL) |
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| testing that fully satisfies the statuary req. for realistic survivability testing or realistic lethality testing as defined in title 10 USC 2366 |
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| Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT |
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Definition
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| Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT |
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Definition
| director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT |
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Term
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Definition
| evaluates proposal against criteria in Section M. Does not evaluate proposal against each other |
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| SSAC - source selection advisory council |
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Definition
| compares and ranks orders proposals against each other and provide recommendation |
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Term
| production and manufacturing risk |
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Definition
| must be managed just as judiciously as cost schedule and performance risks |
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| fail to achieve logistic KSA |
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| drive up cost in the area of maintanability, reliability, since these tend to drive O |
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Definition
| 50 to 70 percent of LCC life cycle cost |
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| MDA must certify and also submit to congress defense committees with the first Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) |
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| the degree to which the life cycle cost of an acquisition program is in consonance eith the long range modernization, force structure, and manpower plans of the individual DoD components as well as the whole department as a whole. |
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| Inherent Availability (Ai) ~ ideal support environment; only corrective maintenance |
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Term
| Achieved Availability (Aa) |
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Definition
| ~ ideal support environment; both corrective |
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Term
| Operational Availability (Ao) |
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Definition
| ~ actual support environment; both corrective |
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| Ao in the contract not a good idea |
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down time of Ao includes
Corrective/Preventive Maintenance Times
Based on ideal environment
OK, since these depend on factors inherent to the design
Logistic/Admin Delay Times
Based on actual environment
Not OK, if these are outside of contractor’s span of control
Still happens anyway: Ao is used as KPP
Or, government tells contractor the L/ADT values to use
Results in pseudo-Ao |
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| One way to avoid: consider specifying Ai or Aa instead of Ao for non-PBL |
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