(Revised February 15, 2019)
PGI 211.2—USING AND MAINTAINING REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS
PGI 211.201 Identification and availability of specifications.
(1) Specifications, standards, and data item descriptions are indexed in the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST).
(2) Most unclassified specifications, standards, and data item descriptions, and DoD adoption notices on voluntary consensus standards may be downloaded from the ASSIST database (https://assist.dla.mil/ or http://quicksearch.dla.mil/). Documents contained in ASSIST that are not available for download may be identified and obtained by following the instructions at http://assist.dla.mil/online/faqs/overview.cfm.
PGI 211.273 Substitutions for military or Federal specifications and standards.
(1) Solicitations for previously developed items shall encourage offerors to identify Single Process Initiative (SPI) processes for use instead of military or Federal specifications and standards cited in the solicitation. Use of the clause at DFARS 252.211-7005, Substitutions for Military or Federal Specifications and Standards, satisfies this requirement.
(2) Contracting officers shall ensure that
(i) Concurrence of the requiring activity is obtained for any proposed substitutions prior to contract award;
(ii) Any necessary additional information regarding the SPI process identified in the proposal is obtained from the cognizant administrative contracting officer; and
(iii) In competitive procurements, prospective offerors are provided the opportunity to obtain verification that an SPI process is an acceptable replacement for a military or Federal specification or standard for the particular procurement prior to the date specified for receipt of offers.
(3) Any determination that an SPI process is not acceptable for a specific procurement shall be made prior to contract award at the head of the contracting activity or program executive officer level. This authority may not be delegated.
PGI 211.274 Item identification and valuation requirements.
PGI 211.274-2 Policy for unique item identification.
(b)(2)(ii) Send the copy of the determination and findings required by DFARS 211.274-2(b)(2)(i) to DPAP/Program Development and Implementation, Deputy Director, 3060
Defense Pentagon, 3B855, Washington, DC 20301-3060; or via email to: osd.pentagon.ousd-atl.mbx.pdi@mail.mil.