(a) WHY YOU MUST JUSTIFY USING MYC ON YOUR PROGRAM

(1) If your IPT has decided to propose the use of MYC based on the results of the feasibility study, an investment decision will be made. In the case of major multi-year contracts, the final decision maker is Congress. The investment involves appropriating additional millions of budget year dollars necessary to execute the recommended multi-year contract in the first year, and strongly influencing future Congresses to authorize and appropriate the amounts needed in each subsequent year of the multi-year contract.

(2) The decision maker requires certain information upon which to base this investment decision. Consequently, the IPT lead should prepare a MJP to provide that information. A package should be prepared that will convince the decision maker that investing in the recommended multi-year strategy will yield a sufficient return-on-investment.

(3) DoD 7000.14-R, Volume 2B, Chapter 4, prescribes MYC budget exhibits that will support a recommendation to use a multi-year contract to acquire a major weapon system. These same exhibits are also usually used to support other than major multi-year recommendations since they provide the basis for a sound business decision.

(4) A complete set of "MYC exhibits" constitutes a MJP. For major multi-year contracts, DoD sends the MJP to Congress in a budget support book that accompanies the President's Budget for the year in which the recommended multi-year contract would start. In this way, the Congress is equipped to consider the recommended multi-year contract in conjunction with its deliberations on the overall DoD budget. Although not all multi-year contracts require direct Congressional approval, the fact that they are identified in the President's Budget provides awareness to Congress of all recommended multi-year contracts.