DI-MGMT-80969.pdf

This Data Item Description (DID) provides guidelines for a Production Surge Plan, which outlines a contractor's capability to rapidly accelerate and sustain production using existing facilities and equipment during a peace-time acquisition environment without declaring war or mobilization. The document specifies detailed requirements for preparing the plan, including:

Key plan components include: 1) maximum sustainable production rate with a production building schedule, 2) two comprehensive lists of subcontracted and non-subcontracted items/components detailing nomenclature, part numbers, leadtime, and critical/pacing items, 3) a list of government contracts being performed at the contractor's facility, 4) impact analysis describing how surging this contract would affect other government contracts, 5) additional labor requirements needed to support maximum sustainable production rate, 6) strategic/critical materials list, and 7) production equipment details that could increase production rate or reduce leadtime by at least 10 percent. The document is identified with DID number DI-MGMT-80969 and supersedes DI-P-1634A, with distribution statement A allowing unlimited public release.