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Support Solutions Envelope
Policy, information and guidance on the Support Solution aspects of UK MOD Defence Acquisition
version 5.12.0 - August 2010
Policy, information and guidance on the Support Solution aspects of UK MOD Defence Acquisition
version 5.12.0 - August 2010
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Governing Policy (GP) 1.1 - Logistics Readiness and Sustainability RequirementsScopeLogistic Readiness and Sustainability Requirements provides a mechanism for project teams to assess and gain assurance that their support solutions are consistent with MOD policy and User needs around the Operational Planning Cycle. It also provides for Logistics Operational Assurance (LOA). This scope is expanded into greater detail below under the heading ‘Supporting Information’. ApplicabilityAssurance against Logistics Readiness and Support requirements is applicable to all projects that require to be supported and sustained irrespective of whether deployed outside the UK home base or not. Further clarification to the applicability or otherwise of this Governing Policy (GP) can be found in the tailoring guide. Underpinning Policy
Compliance Tool - Evidence RequirementsThe Evidence Requirements for this GP can be found within the Compliance Tool. The adopted Support Solution is to provide specific evidence in order to achieve compliance with the needs of this GP. Variations from this evidence set may be possible and should be discussed with the Subject Matter Experts (SME) and the relevant Support Solutions Officer (SSO) at the earliest opportunity in order that risks (if any) and mitigation are clearly agreed and articulated in the Compliance Tool. The adopted Support Solution is to meet the Front Line Command’s (FLC) Force Elements at Readiness (FE@R) requirements, as derived from the Departmental Plan, and be articulated in Joint Business Agreements (JBA). The Support Solution is also to have fully engaged with the FE@S process to assess logistic sustainability against the requirements of the Defence Planning Assumptions (DPA) Concurrency Sets in DSG. Failure to comply could result in the FLC bearing an increased operational risk or unidentified costs once the equipment is in-service. In order to assist with the development of evidence requirements please refer to the Evidence Requirements Guide (ERG) [26KB PDF]. The domain specific SME will be able to discuss this with the Project Team point of contact and will also have to hand a worked example (the worked example, due to its security classification, is not held on the Acquisition Operating Framework (AOF). The ERG and worked example are designed to take the Project Team through the process from Initial Gate (IG) through Main Gate (MG) to Logistics Support Date (LSD) and ultimately In-Service Review (ISR), and are therefore to be used in conjunction with the compliance tool. Supporting InformationThe majority of this information is drawn from JSP 902 – Defence Logistics Sustainability Logistics sustainability is about ensuring sufficient combat supplies, spares and consumables are available to Force Elements (FE) in a timely manner to meet extant Defence requirements. It should recognise that this does not just mean supporting operations; it includes support for standing Military Tasks (MTs), FE@R, and Contingent Operation Concurrency Sets detailed in DSG. Force Elements at Readiness (FE@R) and Sustainability (FE@S)
Support to Standing MTs and the Operational Planning CycleStanding MTs - All 3 FLCs provide FEs to support Standing MTs on a daily basis and are assigned to these tasks in accordance with differing Single Service Procedures. Consequently, FLCs identify their requirements for each of the Standing MTs to which they contribute and ensure that this level of Logistics sustainability is articulated within their JBA with DE&S. The Operational Planning Cycle – DSG 08 identifies an operational logistics cycle, which supports the operational planning cycle and consists of the following three areas:
Figure 3.4 - Logistics Sustainability around the Operational Planning Cycle Logistics Operational Assurance – Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistics Operations) (ACDS Log Ops), through the Logistics Operational Assurance (LOA) Team, provides a pan-Defence Logistic operational assurance function addressing both logistic risks and issues concerned with support to current and contingent operations. LOA therefore has a role to play against GP1.1, notably in-service, to which the In-Service Review (ISR) element of the Compliance Tool takes due cognisance. LOA policy is promulgated through the Defence Logistics Operational Assurance Handbook JSP 568
Project team outputs must be compliant with, or cognisant of:
For further details see JSP 568 Sponsoring AuthorityThe sponsoring authority for this GP is:
General questions relating to the content of this Governing Policy should be directed to:
Subject Matter Experts (SME)For all aspects of this KSA the initial POC is the SIT Lead. On completion of tailoring, the following may be contacted for specialist advice. GP1.1 SMEs are only authorised for this role by the KSA1 Owner’s Rep through a formal Induction Programme, held locally by the KSA1 Owner’s Rep.
Change History
Change HistoryDue to the significant number of changes contained within the SSE Version 5 update, ‘Change History’ will only reflect those amendments, inclusions or deletions which follow the launch of the website on 1st November 2008. The SSE updated to Version 5.0.0 on 1st November 2008 following a full review of all documents and changes to a number of GPs. Individual document Change History pages will detail changes other than minor editorial amendments.
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