ARMY AR 37-200 PDF

a. The provisions of this regulation are applicable to all elements of the Army, including the Army National Guard and the US Army Reserve, that have responsibility for or association with the acquisition process.

b. This regulation is used to disseminate within the Army certain policies and procedures which DOD has developed, coordinated with industry, and published in DOD instructions, including the Defense Acquisition Regulation (DAR)(formerly the Army Services Procurement Regulation (ASPR)) and the documents contained in appendixes A through F of this regulation. Its application to private firms that are or will be under contract with the Army will be in accordance with the terms of specific contracts.

This regulation-

a. Prescribes Department of the Army policies, assigns responsibilities, and establishes procedures for implementing Department of Defense instructions on developing and operating management and information systems in the acquisition (development and production) process, with emphasis on the relationship between contractors and the Army.

b. Implements DOD Instruction (DODI) 7000.2, DODI 7000.3, DODI 7000.10, and DODI 7000.11, which are elements of the Selected Acquisitions Information and Management Systems (SAIMS). The cited DOD instruction set forth policies and procedures governing those acquisition management control systems that have been developed to meet the management needs of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, and of other Army officials, particularly projects managers who have responsibilities for or relevant to materiel acquisition, including use of reports.

a. The provisions of this regulation are applicable to all elements of the Army, including the Army National Guard and the US Army Reserve, that have responsibility for or association with the acquisition process.

b. This regulation is used to disseminate within the Army certain policies and procedures which DOD has developed, coordinated with industry, and published in DOD instructions, including the Defense Acquisition Regulation (DAR)(formerly the Army Service Procurement Regulation (ASPR)) and the documents contained in appendixes A through F of this regulation. Its application to private firms that are or will be under contract with the Army will be in accordance with the terms of specific contracts.

a. Resource management systems within DOD are grouped into the following categories (as shown in fig. 1-1).

(1) Programming and Budgeting Systems.

(2) Operations Management Systems.

(3) Inventory Management Systems.

(4) Acquisition Information and Management Systems.

b. This regulation is concerned with the control and application of selected Aquisition Information and Management Systems which involve the contractor-Army relationship in the acquisition process—entitled the Selected Acquisition Information and Management Systems (SAIMS). Although these systems complement each other, each is governed separately by the DOD instruction listed below:

(1)DODI 7000.2, Performance Measurement for Selected Acquisitions (app A.)

(2)DODI 7000.10, Contract Cost Performance, Funds Status, and Cost/Schedule Status Reports (app B).

(3)DODI 7000.11, Contractor Cost Data Reporting (app C).

(4)DODI 7000.3, Selected Acquisition Reports (app D).

c. DOD directive material is reproduced verbatim in appendixes A through E to provide a full understanding of the objectives of the Secretary of Defense and the approach to industry to be taken in this area. Army implementation is limited to instructions such as designations and delegations of authority, assignment of responsibility, work flow procedures, and internal reporting requirements, consistent with Defense Acquisition Regulation (DAR) 1-108(a)(i).

Figure 1-1. SELECTED ACQUSITION INSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM