Commercial Item Handbook (Version 1.0)

Abstract

The purpose of the Handbook is to help acquisition personnel develop sound business strategies for procuring commercial items. The Handbook focuses on how market research and cross-competency teaming can increase the Government s cost-effective use of commercial items to meet warfighter needs. The Handbook offers suggestions on questions to ask, and it points to additional sources of information, sources of training, and available tools. The Handbook is designed to be a practical reference tool for use in commercial item acquisitions. Appendix B defines terms used in the Handbook.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA399270

Entities

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineers
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Market Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Students
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Training

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design