DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title: REQUEST FOR DEVIATION (RFD)
Number: DI-CMAN-80640C Approval Date: 20000930
AMSC Number: D7389 Limitation: N/A
DTIC Applicable: No GIDEP Applicable: No
Office of Primary Responsibility: D/DUSD(AT&L)SE
Applicable Forms: N/A
Use, Relationships: A Request for Deviation describes a proposed departure from (a non-
conformance with) the contractually-specified configuration documentation for a specific
number of units or for a specified period of time.
A Request for Deviation enables the Government to determine the impact on
performance, operational readiness, logistics support or other affected areas.
This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format, content and preparation
instructions for the data product resulting from the work task specified in the contract.
Data Item Description submittal in Extensible Markup Language (XML) is acceptable.
An XML Document Type Definition (DTD), associated XML document template, and other
information is available from http://www.geia.org/836/
This DID supersedes DI-CMAN-80640B and DI-CMAN-80641B.
Requirements:
1. Reference documents. The applicable issue of any documents cited herein, including
their approval dates and dates of any applicable amendments, notices, and revisions, shall be as
specified in the contract.
2. Format and content. The Request for Deviation (RFD) shall be prepared in contractor
format. The RFD content shall include the consideration to be provided if the government
accepts the deviation and, where applicable, the following information:
a. a complete description of the contract requirement affected and the nature of
the deviation (non-conformance)
b. number of units (and serial/lot numbers) to be delivered in this configuration
c. any impacts to logistics support elements (such as software, manuals, spares,
tools, and similar) being utilized by government personnel or to the operational use of the
product
d. information about remedial actions being taken to prevent reoccurrence of the
non-conformance
The following references may be useful in defining content: MIL-HDBK-61, Configuration
Management Guidance (paragraph 4.3 and Table 4-9) and ANSI/EIA-649-1998, National
Consensus Standard for Configuration Management (paragraph 5.3.4).
END OF DI-CMAN-80640C.
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