Management of Manufacturing Risk in Major Defense Acquisition Programs (DFARS Case 2011-D031)

Summary:

DCN 20111118 adopts as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement a section of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 requiring appropriate consideration of the manufacturing readiness and manufacturing-readiness processes of potential contractors and subcontractors as a part of the source selection process for major defense acquisition programs.

Supplementary Information:

I.  Background

DoD published an interim rule in the Federal Register at 76 FR 38050 on June 29, 2011, to amend Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 215.304(c) by adding paragraph (iv) to state that the manufacturing readiness and manufacturing-readiness processes of potential contractors and subcontractors shall be considered as a part of the source selection process for major defense acquisition programs.

No public comments were submitted in response to the interim rule.

Dates:

The Effective Date for this final rule is 18 November 2011.

Click here to read the entire Federal Register notice for this rule.