MIL-HDBK-512 Revision A:2001

CONTENTS
PARAGRAPH
FOREWORD
1 SCOPE
  1.1 Purpose
  1.2 Objective
  1.3 Intended use
  1.4 Application
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
  2.1 General
  2.2 Non-Governmental publications
  2.3 Order of precedence
3 DEFINITIONS
  3.1 Acquisition activity (AA)
  3.2 As-built parts list
  3.3 As-designed parts list
  3.4 Corporate baseline
  3.5 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material
      Shortages (DMSMS)
  3.6 Generalized Emulation of Microcircuits (GEM)
  3.7 Government Furnished Baseline (GFB)
  3.8 Integrated product team (IPT)
  3.9 Life cycle
  3.10 Military Parts Control Advisory Group (MPCAG)
  3.11 Non-development item (NDI)
  3.12 Off-the-shelf (OTS)
  3.13 Part
  3.14 Parts management
  3.15 Parts management plan
  3.16 Program parts selection list (PPSL)
4 GENERAL GUIDANCE
  4.1 General
  4.2 Acquisition activity
  4.3 Contractor
5 DETAIL GUIDANCE
  5.1 Proposal development
  5.2 Source selection considerations
  5.3 Pre-award considerations
  5.4 Pre-contract award
  5.5 Tools
  5.6 Application to OTS and NDI
  5.7 Order of preference in parts selection
6 NOTES
  6.1 Subject item (key word) listing
  6.2 Changes from previous issu
APPENDIX A
A.1 GENERAL
    A.1.1 Scope
    A.1.2 Application
    A.1.3 Tailoring assistance
A.2 STATEMENT OF WORK EXAMPLES
    A.2.1 Tasks for parts management
          A.2.1.1 Example A
          A.2.1.2 Example B
          A.2.1.3 Example C
Concluding material

This handbook provides guidance for implementing an effective Parts Management Program (PMP) on Department of Defense (DoD), industry and commercial acquisitions. The guidance in this document supports acquisition strategies and systems engineering practices of DoD 5000.2-R. This document provides performance-based parts management process guidance which is intended to be adapted to individual program needs and which provides appropriate latitude for innovative approaches and design solutions by the contractors. This handbook is for guidance only. This handbook cannot be cited as a requirement. If it is, the contractor does not have to comply.