The Defence Acquisition Change Programme (DACP) builds upon the principles of Smart Acquisition and the establishment of the Equipment Capability Customer (ECC). The programme was established in the summer of 2006, and was intended to deliver the changes needed to facilitate Through Life Capability Management (TLCM) as identified in the DIS and recommendations from the EAC report.
DACP was originally intended to remove remaining financial, organisational and process barriers that separate new equipment capability procurement from equipment support considerations through:
• re-emphasis on Through Life Management Planning; and
• reassignment of programming responsibilities for equipment and equipment support over a longer, 10 year period.
It is also hoped that DACP will identify opportunities for more effective partnering with Industry, increasing MoD commercial awareness and streamlining approvals for the majority of projects, whilst applying greater scrutiny to major investment decisions. The DACP is responsible for implementing the majority of internal change programmes that resulted from the DIS.