Acquisition Process

DoD Directive 5000.01

The Directive that governs the policies for the Defense Acquisition System is called the Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.01 “The Defense Acquisition System” (Change 2) dated 31 August 2018.  The Directive lists the following policies that shall govern the Defense Acquisition System.  The policies in this Directive apply to all acquisition programs. [1]

Policy

• Purpose
• Applicability and Scope
• Definition
• Policy
• Responsibility

Enclosure 1: Additional Policy

• Armaments Cooperation
• Collaboration
• Competition
• Cost and Affordability
• Cost Realism
• Cost Sharing
• Financial Management
• Independent Operational Test Organization (OTA)
• Information Assurance
• Information Superority
• Integrated Test and Evaluation
• Intelligence and Support
• Interoperability
• Knowledge-Based Acquisitions
• Legal Complaince
• Performance-Based Acqusistions
• Performance-Based Logistics
• Product, Services, and Technology
• Professional Workforce
• Program Information
• Program Stability
• Research and Technology Protection
• Safety
• Small Business Participation
• Software Intensive Systems
• Streamline Organizations
• Systems Engineering
• Technology Development and Transition
• Total System Approach

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AcqLink and References: 

• DoD Directive 5000.01 “Defense Acquisition System” – 31 Aug 2018
• (Old) DoD Directive 5000.01 “The Defense Acquisition System” – 20 Nov 2007
• DoD Instruction 5000.02 “Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework”

Updated: 1/23/2020