UID Forum

February 22-24, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas

If you do business with the DoD as an industry supplier, you need to be aware of the UID policy and how these requirements affect your business. Sponsored by the Department of Defense UID Policy Office, the UID Forum will continue to provide IUID implementation guidance as well as "from the field" information on how IUID is tied to other business processes delivering real benefits and streamlining operations.

You need to embrace IUID to improve data quality, standardize serialization, take advantage of automatic data capture and revolutionize existing business processes. The UID policy impacts all acquisition programs and suppliers, including small to mid-sized businesses. If you are unsure how UID can work for your business, come to the UID Forum.

To date, over 8,000 contractors and defense personnel have attended a UID Forum and over 8 million items are currently in the IUID Registry. UID is happening now...do not be left behind!

There are a LIMITED number of FUNDED registrations available to DoD personnel (must be a first time attendee). For the agenda, event information and to register, visit  www.UIDForum.com.

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Government Furnished Property (GFP)

Memo Signed by Director, Defense Procurement Acquisition Policy (DPAP)

January 11, 2010, the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Mr. Shay Assad, signed a memorandum describing requirements for strengthening the accountability and management of personal property owned by the DoD when this property is used on contracts. The memorandum also requests assistance of the DoD Components on a DoD Working Group to develop a DoD GFP Business Environment Concept of Operations to define a framework for ensuring DoD is focused on the basic fundamentals of GFP management. The memorandum can be downloaded here.

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Contractor Acquired Property (CAP) under Cost Reimbursement Contracts and Line Items

Memo Signed by Director, Defense Procurement Acquisition Policy (DPAP)

On January 11, 2010, the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, signed a memorandum containing business rules for establishing accountable property records for CAP only upon delivery to the Government on a contract line item number. The memorandum can be downloaded here.

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US Navy Aggressively Implementing IUID

The US Navy is aggressively implementing Item Unique Identification (IUID). Recently, the US SECNAV Instruction 4440.34 was released (December 22, 2009), complemented by the US Navy Maintenance Figure of Merit (MFOM) Final Report . MFOM was a large-scale shipboard demonstration of the IUID shipboard solution as part of the overall ship maintenance. The demonstration was conducted on twelve ships of various classes. The primary objective of the demonstration was to validate that ship's force personnel could effectively use IUID software and hardware to properly mark legacy equipment. The MFOM demonstration was a great success.

The UID Forum will feature a presentation regarding the MFOM Demonstration and the lessons learned that can be applied to similar scenarios.

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IUID Registry v4.1

The DoD IUID Registry released Version 4.1 at the end of September 2009. This release’s new features include an Active Serial/Part/Batch/Lot Number Query, a GFP Reconciliation Query, and a controlled access General Purpose Application Program Interface (API) available to Government and industry users.

For a complete list of Version 4.1’s changes, please see the Version Changes Document.

For guidance on how to access and utilize IUID Registry v4.1, please review IUID Registry Software User Manual v4.1.

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