DID_80969_Surge.pdf

This is a Data Item Description (DID) for a Production Surge Plan, identified as DI-MGMT-80969, approved by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology). The DID was approved on February 23, 1990, and supersedes DI-P-1634A. It is applicable to contracts requiring production surge capability for select critical items and is approved for public release with unlimited distribution.

The Production Surge Plan delineates a contractor's capability to rapidly accelerate and sustain production utilizing existing facilities and equipment in a peacetime acquisition environment without declaring war or mobilization. The plan must include: (1) the maximum sustainable production rate with a month-by-month production buildup schedule, considering subcontractor and vendor capabilities; (2) two separate lists identifying subcontracted and non-subcontracted items/components by nomenclature, part number, leadtime, and production volume, with subcontractor names and addresses; (3) a list of Government contracts at the contractor's facility with assigned Defense Materials System and Defense Priorities System priorities; (4) an impact analysis describing effects on other Government contracts and the contractor's commercial business; (5) all additional skilled labor requirements needed to support maximum sustainable production; (6) strategic and critical materials and precious metals required, including rolling inventory to maintain surge production within six months and substitute materials; and (7) production equipment and tooling needed to increase surge capability by at least 10 percent or reduce leadtime by the specified amount, with estimated cost increases and decreases. The contractor shall prepare the report in their own format.