policies and procedures for the acquisition of medical materiel

Contents—ContinuedCommander. • 2–9, page 6Commander, US Army Environmental Hygiene Agency (Cdr, USAEHA). • 2–10, page 6Chapter 3MEDICAL MATERIEL ACQUISITION PROCESS (MEDMAP), page 7Section IPOLICY, page 7General. • 3–1, page 7Satisfying materiel requirements. • 3–2, page 7Managing medical materiel. • 3–3, page 8AMEDD Priority Program (PRIPROG). • 3–4, page 8Validation and decision review. • 3–5, page 8Initiation and approval of medical materiel proposals and requirements. • 3–6, page 9Section IINONDEVELOPMENT ITEM (NDI) ACQUISITION PROCESS, page 9Nondevelopment items (NDIs). • 3–7, page 9Phases of the NDI acquisition process. • 3–8, page 9Processing an NDI. • 3–9, page 10Outline of the NDI process. • 3–10, page 10Section IIIPRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (PIP), page 13General. • 3–11, page 13Categories of PIP actions. • 3–12, page 13Procedural responsibilities. • 3–13, page 13PIP processing. • 3–14, page 14PIP documents. • 3–15, page 14Product Improvement Management In formation Report (PRIMIR) (DA Form 3701-R). • 3–16, page 14Master PRIMIR. • 3–17, page 15AMEDD PIP approval. • 3–18, page 15PIP testing. • 3–19, page 15Test funding. • 3–20, page 15Section IVSPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, page 15Medical equipment sets (MESs). • 3–21, page 15Acquisition of minor medical equipment. • 3–22, page 18Training Device Requirements (TDRs). • 3–23, page 18Chapter 4FUNDING, page 18Section IINTRODUCTION, page 19General • 4–1, page 19Concept • 4–2, page 19Section IIFUNDING FOR FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT, page 19Concept Exploration Phase funding. • 4–3, page 19Demonstration and Validation Phase and Full-Scale Development Phase funding. • 4–4, page 20Production and Deployment Phase programming. budgeting, and funding. • 4–5, page 20ii AR 40–60 • 15 March 1983