SOO 23-3H5 MIL-PRF 19500 Component Obsolescence.docx

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES (SOO)

DMEA 23-3H5

25 May 2023 Project Engineer:

Contract Officer Representative:

1.0 SCOPE:

1.1 TITLE: Mitigating Obsolescence of MIL-PRF-19500 Certified Devices

1.2 APPLICABILITY: Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), United States Army, United States Navy, and other Department of Defense entities.

1.3 BACKGROUND: DMEA’s mission is deliver microelectronics solutions to meet the needs of the Department of Defense. To accomplish this, DMEA engages with both government and industry to leverage appropriate solutions for existing technology sustainment including addressing issues of obsolescence. DMEA’s mission goal is aligned with the CHIPS Act of 2022 and the Department of Defense Microelectronics Vision in developing secure supply chains and improving the manufacturing base in the United States.

1.4 PURPOSE: Avoid large scale obsolescence of MIL-PRF-19500 certified devices.

2.0 REFERENCED GOVERNMENT PROVIDED RESOURCES:

2.1 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS:

QML-19500

Qualified Manufacturers List of Products Qualified Under Military Specification MIL-PRF-19500

3.0 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:

3.1 Mitigate current obsolescence issues or mitigate risk to future obsolescence of one or more MIL-PRF-19500 qualified components. Mitigation could be addressing a supply chain issue, qualifying a ‘pin for pin’ drop in replacement component, or technology refresh of the components. Examples could include, but are not limited to:

3.1.1 Epi Outsourcing vendor can no longer supply the epitaxial layer needed. Mitigation procures epi reactor to perform epitaxial layer in-house and complete process and component requalification.

3.1.2 IP transfer of manufacturing process to a sister facility or government for redundancy.

3.1.3 Gas or chemical required for manufacturing no longer available due to environmental restrictions. Qualification of alternative process and subsequent component requalification.

3.2 Provide a report detailing identifying the obsolescence issue or risk and what components are impacted and its severity and what Department of Defense programs would be affected by obsolescence (if known).

3.3 Provide a program summary. The contractor shall summarize all work accomplished under this effort, including significant technical accomplishments, problems encountered, solutions implemented, recommendations for improvement, and a comparison of planned schedules and costs with final performance.

4.0 OPERATING CONSTRAINTS

4.1 Mitigation of risk cannot be achieved by a performing an ‘End-of-Life’ buy or increasing inventory of the component(s).

4.2 Mitigation cannot be used to fund activities outside of the United States.

4.3 Funding is limited to what is provided in this contracting action.

4.4 Completion of all mitigation activities must be completed within 5 years or less.

4.5 Mitigation must be a long term solution. It cannot be a stop gap measure that extends component life by less than one year.

4.6 Mitigation must be performed by a Qualified Manufacturer certified to MIL-PRF-19500 as listed in QML-19500.

5.0 POINTS OF CONTACT:

DMEA/ MEBC