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Short answer: DLA posts drawings and specs for many buys in TDMT, the Technical Data Management Transformation system that replaced cFolders. Register in AMPS and sign in through DLA's Okta. For export-controlled data you also need JCP certification (an approved DD Form 2345), DLA Enhanced Validation (DEV) approval and a current NIST SP 800-171 score in SPRS. Why tech data deci …
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Short answer: DLA states required delivery in days after the date of order (ADO). If you can't meet it, DLA's master solicitation says to enter your own days ADO on the DIBBS quote. On automated buys that isn't treated as an exception, but on buys evaluated by hand extra days can count against you, so quote days you can keep. What "days ADO" means On a DLA RFQ, the cover sheet …
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Short answer: ASTM D3951 is the standard practice for commercial packaging. When Section B of a DLA order says to package under ASTM D3951, you may use non-specification materials and choose your own methods, but the pack must still protect the item, meet the stated QUP and carry MIL-STD-129 markings with the code MCP. It never means unmarked. How to tell if ASTM D3951 applies …
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