DID_Surge.pdf

This document is a Data Item Description (DID) for a Production Surge Plan, identified by the number DI-MGMT-80969. The purpose of the Production Surge Plan is to delineate a contractor's capability to rapidly accelerate and sustain production utilizing existing facilities and equipment in a peace-time acquisition environment, without a declaration of war or mobilization, and for subsequent use of emergency war powers.

The DID provides detailed instructions for preparing the Production Surge Plan, which must include: the maximum sustainable production rate, lists of subcontracted and non-subcontracted items/components, a list of government contracts being performed at the contractor's facility, potential surge impacts, additional labor requirements, lists of strategic or critical materials and production equipment, and an analysis of how surging this contract might affect other government contracts. The plan should identify long-leadtime, critical, and pacing items, potential material substitutes, and ways to increase production rate capability while reducing leadtime by at least 10 percent.