Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology Paul Kaminski todayannounced that a single "block change" modification affecting 884 contracts at16 separate Raytheon Company facilities was signed on April 17, 1996.
Themodification was signed by a representative of Raytheon and the administrativecontracting officer at the Defense Contract Management Command field office atRaytheon's headquarters in Bedford, Mass.
The modification for Raytheon's contracts is the second signed under theDepartment of Defense Single Process Initiative since it was announced inDecember 1995.
The first block change modification was signed on April 4, 1996with Texas Instruments.
The Single Process Initiative is designed to lead to the use of commonprocesses and performance specifications on existing DoD contracts.
Using a"block change" modification approach, the initiative involves the consolidationor elimination of multiple processes, specifications and standards in allcontracts on a facility-wide basis, rather than contract-by-contract.
The modification at Raytheon concerns soldering procedures, engineering changeapproval, acceptance testing, configuration audits, annual test stationcertification, material review boards, cost data and performance reporting,calibration standardization, and component rescreening.
This modification takes advantage of industry-wide practices that meet theintent of military specifications and standards.
It also significantly reducesthe number of government-unique management and manufacturing requirements thatdrive up the cost of doing business.
Adopting these common processes acrossmultiple component contracts will improve efficiency and provide savings forDoD and Raytheon.
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