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Use/Relationship: The Technical Manual Quality Assurance (TMQA) Program Plan provides the Government program manager with details of the contractor's TMQA program including the organization, planning, and data control to be performed on TMs being procured. The plan is submitted to the Government for review and acceptance prior to the development of the TM(s).

This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content preparation instruction for the data product generated by the specific and discrete task requirement as delineated in the contract.

This data item shall not be procured when this information is provided by any other document supplied by the same contractor. Once established and approved, a contractor's TMQA Program Plan may be reapplied to support additional TM tasks; however, a revised plan should be procured when required to ensure the Plan is maintained current.

The following DIDs should be considered when TMs are being procured: DI-TMSS-81818, TM Validation Plan; and DI-TMSS-81819, TM Validation Certificate.