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What is the MOD Unified Customer ?

The primary role of the MOD Unified Customer is to translate industrial capacity into effective military capability, joining equipment and support.

The Unified Customer brings together five principal participants to share ownership of capability-based decisions.

Who are the Principal Participants ?

The five principal participants within the Unified Customer are:

The Capability Sponsor – the Sponsor for the Unified Customer
The User.
Defence Equipment and Support
Science Innovation Technology
The Central Representatives (drawn from MOD Head Office).

Contacts

Strategic Guide to Acquisition

Owner

Post
Defence Acquisition Reform Project (DARP) Head

Point of Contact

Post	Email	Phone
DARP Communications and Secretariat	DARP-CommsSecretariat@mod.uk	Mil: 9621 86062 Civ: +44 (0) 207 218 6062
Capability Improvement Branch – Subject Matter Expert (SME)	CapCI-CapDel@mod.uk	Mil: 9621 80732 Civ: +44 (0) 207 218 0732

Change History

The 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.

1 December 2009: Minor amendments made for Plain English review.; New Content Owner.
1 July 2008: Revised by DACP and the AOF Team to bring content up to dte and POC updated.
1 October 2007: Developing across MOD - Category Management, e-procurement.
2 July 2007: New bullet point added for The Centre Representative.; Revised in accordance with amendments offered by DACP and accepted by DDefAcq to reflect role changes and increase pan-acquisition view.
1 June 2007: Contact names deleted due to IAW DDefSy Hd InfoSy Pol advice with regards to potential Security and Data Protection Act issues.