MANPRINT Inclusion in
Army Acquisition Source Selection Process
The Army Acquisition Executive, Mr. Paul J. Hoeper, signed the above
subject on August 21, 1998.
References: a. Memorandum, Army Acquisition Executive, October 7,
1997, Subject: Manpower and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT) Policy. (Enclosed), b. U.S.
Army Audit Agency Report, Incorporating MANPRINT into Weapon Systems Development, Report
#AA 97-205, June 10, 1997, c. Minutes of Manpower and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT)
General Officer Steering Committee (GOSC) Meeting of September 29, 1997.
The purpose of this memorandum is to voice my strong support for the
MANPRINT Program and to increase your awareness of the need to make MANPRINT
considerations and explicit part of the source selection planning and implementation
processes. MANPRINT is a key factor in both total cost of ownership/life cycle cost and
integrated soldier machine system performance.
Effective this date, all required and appropriate MANPRINT
requirements and opportunities will be evaluated and considered in the best value
trade-off analyses associated with source selection for acquisition of all Army systems.
Solicitations shall require offerors to respond to all pertinent MANPRINT considerations
in the Statement of Work (SOW), which shall reflect requirements from the Operational
Requirements Documents (ORD)/Mission Needs Statement (MNS) (and possibly enhanced through
market research and/or IPT contributions). Important MANPRINT issues or opportunities
identified in paragraph 4 or 5 of an ORD shall be addressed and evaluated as specific,
stand-alone functional requirements in the SOW.
The referenced memorandum Ref. a) from the Army Acquisition
Executive directs that MANPRINT be considered in all Army acquisition programs. This
directive was issued in response to the referenced Army Audit Report (Ref. b) and the
findings of the MANPRINT General Officer Steering Committee (Ref. c). The referenced
minutes also emphasize MANPRINT compliance considerations and opportunities in the source
selection process for Army systems.
Program Managers have a responsibility to address Human-System
Integration (MANPRINT in the U.S. Army) as an essential part of the overall system design
and acquisition process. These requirements are stated DoD Regulation 5000.2-R; AR 602-2,
MANPRINT in the Materiel Acquisition Process; and Army PAM 70-3, Army Acquisition
Procedures.
I expect your full cooperation in ensuring that MANPRINT is an
integral part of the materiel development and acquisition/source selection processes. Our
soldiers expect and deserve the safest and most efficient and user-optimized systems and
equipment that we can provide. I expect no less for our primary customers.
(Mr. John Conklin/SARD-PP/DSN 761-9796)
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