This Data Item Description outlines format and content preparation for Product Engineering Design Data and Associated Lists, which provide a complete technical description of an item for competitive procurement and maintenance.
Product Engineering Design Data and Associated Lists provide engineering data adequate to serve as an authoritative and complete technical description of an item. This data, when authorized, is adequate to support competitive procurement and maintenance for items interchangeable with the original items. This data represents the highest level of design disclosure.
a. This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content preparation instructions for Product Engineering Design Data and Associated Lists resulting from the work task described in 5.4.1.3 of MIL-STD-31000.
b. This DID is applicable to acquisitions of military systems, equipment, and components. It is intended for acquiring Product Engineering Design Data and Associated Lists at the end of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase and during subsequent phases of the DoD materiel life cycle.
c. It is not intended that all the requirements contained herein should be applied to every program. This DID should be tailored to the minimum data requirements of the applicable contract or purchase order.
d. This DID is related to DI-SESS-81001F, DI-SESS-81002F, and DI-SESS-81003F. This DID supersedes DI-SESS-81000E.
e. A purchased item, as defined by ASME Y14.24, an item which is sold or traded in the course of conducting normal business operations, is used by commercial industry, or is a specialized version of a supplier's general product line which he routinely customizes. Purchased items as used herein have also been referred to as vendor items or vendor-developed items.