The Acquisition Handbook

The Acquisition Cycleparameters. Refine TLMP. Pass Main Gate with tightly defined and approved performance,time and cost boundaries.Demonstration: Progressively eliminate development risk in order to fix performance targetsfor manufacture, ensuring that linkage is maintained between the final selected solution andthe SRD and URD. Place contract(s) to meet the SRD. Demonstrate ability to produceintegrated capability. In many cases, demonstration is the stage where a single contractor isselected. However, this should be done at a stage appropriate to the project, which couldeither be earlier or later in the project life-cycle.Manufacture: Undertake production and deliver the solution to the military requirement withinthe time and cost limits appropriate at this stage. Conduct System Acceptance to confirm thatthe system satisfies the SRD, and thereby the URD, as agreed at Main Gate. Transfer linemanagement of IPT to DLO and lead customer function to the Second Customer.In-Service: Confirm that the military capability provided by the system is available foroperational use, to the extent defined at Main Gate, and declare In-Service Date. This mayhappen in Manufacture instead. Provide effective support to the front line. Maintain levels ofperformance within agreed parameters, whilst driving down the annual cost of ownership.Carry out any agreed upgrades or improvements, refits or acquisition increments.Disposal: Carry out plans for efficient, effective and safe disposal of the equipment.Variations on the CADMID CycleThe CADMID cycle may need to be tailored for some projects, such as thosedelivering a capability without a 'Manufacture' stage or with a significantDefence Estates element. Examples are output-based service provisionarrangements (eg: training systems) and Private FinanceInitiative/Public/Private Partnership proposals. These may require a transitionalphase wherein new arrangements are incrementally introduced, withthe two approval gates being supplemented by Review Notes.5