AOF
Acquisition Operating Framework
The high level principles and information that guide how the UK MOD Defence Acquisition Community works
version 2.0.21 – March 2010
The high level principles and information that guide how the UK MOD Defence Acquisition Community works
version 2.0.21 – March 2010
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Who are our Acquisition People?The Acquisition CommunityThe Acquisition Community comprises civilians, military and industry staff. Any post in the MOD could be involved in the Acquisition Process, but typically individuals would be working in any one of the following areas:
Why are Acquisition People Important ?All civilian and military staff in the Acquisition Community are responsible for making sure they demonstrate Acquisition values, behaviours, skills and professionalism. The objective is to ensure that our employees have:
We are committed to:
It is through our employees that we will:
Civilians and Military bring a complementary skills mix to the Acquisition Community. All employees, regardless of their employment terms, need to develop their professional skills to work effectively in the acquisition environment. Civil servants combine these professional skills, with experience of the way Government works with their suppliers and the MOD decision making processes. Military may have recent front line operational experience in the areas of requirements management and delivering capability. Our suppliers have technical and business experience of working with MOD Civilian and Military staff which helps to provide better capability planning, management and delivery as part of ‘Team Defence’.
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Change History
Change HistoryThe AOF has been updated to Version 2.0.0 on 1st April 2008 following the introduction of the main content in the tactical layer. In addition small changes have been added to the Operational layer. Individual document Change History pages will detail any changes other than minor editorial amendments.
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