10.1 Objective

The contract is the vehicle used to establish the formal relationship between the government and a prime contractor.  Government business processes include the business strategy or acquisition strategy, contracting approach, contracting strategies, contract language, and financial strategies.  Programs that do address manufacturing considerations in their business processes will fail.  This chapter will focus on manufacturing related contracting issues to include:

• Identify contract types, formats and provisions;
• Describe the acquisition process as it relates to contracting;
• Outline the requirements for a manufacturing/quality program;
• List any contactor data requirements;
• Outline requirements for subcontract management; and
• Describe contractor and government requirements for a make-or-buy program. 

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