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This part of the handbook provides guidance to Department of Defense (DoD) personnel on the procurement of training data products and services. This handbook is intended for guidance only. This handbook cannot be cited as a requirement. If it is, the contractor does not have to comply.

This part of the handbook provides guidance to DoD personnel on preparing a Request For Proposals (RFP) and evaluating RFP responses. The handbook provides tools for the RFP writer to collect essential information about a contractor's management and development processes for training. It also includes tailoring guidance for the Performance Specification, Training Data Products (MIL-PRF-29612A), and related Data Item Descriptions (DID), DI-ALSS-81517A through 81527A.

This handbook includes a concept called the SOO. Following DoD direction to lower Government costs by encouraging innovative contract options and flexible design solutions, the SOO captures the top level objectives of an RFP and allows the offerors complete freedom in the structure and definition of Statement of Work (SOW) tasks as they apply to the proposed approach. The SOO concept is explained in detail in Section 4 (See 4.2.1).

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