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APPENDIX E - DOD CONTRACTSTECHNICAL MANUALS

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I. INTRODUCTION.Appendix E is provided for sellers (vendors) to use when developing technical manuals to submit toNorthrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGS) in order to satisfy coded note requirements included inindividual equipment purchase orders. The use of Appendix E by the vendor will ensure format andcontent requirements of the applicable contract are met along with ensuring delivery of consistenttechnical manual products between various vendors. The overall goal of Appendix E is to limit theamount of rework required by the vendor through first time submittal of technical manuals that areformatted correctly and contain the technical content requirements called out by the applicablecontract.Appendix E is presented in two parts. Part 1 covers the submittal of vendor technical manualsdeveloped in accordance with a Technical Manual Preparation Guideline (TMPG). Part 2 covers thesubmittal of vendor technical manuals developed in accordance with a Technical Manual ContractRequirement (TMCR) and is applicable to CVN70 and CVN71 RCOH.General information pertaining to both Parts 1 and 2 is covered in the following section.5BII. GENERAL.Technical manuals shall be furnished as specified in Part 1 or Part 2, whichever is applicable.Where the requirements of the purchase order and this appendix, which forms a part of the purchaseorder, are at variance with other referenced specifications, the purchase order shall apply.Where the requirements of the TMPG are at variance with contract specifications, the contractspecification shall apply.The maximum use of existing manuals is expected and encouraged.If equipment to be supplied is identical or nearly identical to equipment supplied under a previousGovernment contract, and is supported by an existing, Navy-approved technical manual, the vendormay propose the existing technical manual be extended as is (as long as the existing, Navy-approvedtechnical manual covers the equipment being purchased by this purchase order in its entirety withoutchange to any front matter, text, illustrations, drawings, or part numbers),All manuals, whether or not they have been approved for use by the Navy or whether or not theyhave had NAVSEA numbers assigned, shall be submitted to the Purchaser for approval by thisCompany and the Navy Department for applicability to the contract.Unless specified in the TMPG, TMCR, or purchase order, the use of certification data sheets and anysuch data that tends to limit the use of the manual to one ship is not allowed.Preparation of the Final Reproducible Copy (FRC) shall not be held up pending approval of repairparts and/or addition of shock test notes to installation drawings. Such data is not required to beshown on drawings included in technical manuals.UNOTE:U The use of approved production type or working drawings in technical manuals, except whereneeded for installation information, is UnotU a specifications requirement. The use of such drawings inlieu of illustrative material prepared specifically for the publication should be limited. Where approvedworking drawings are included in technical manuals, they must be in agreement with approveddrawings of the same revision in the Navy system and meet illustration requirements of the TMPG orapplicable TMCR.Appendix E - DOD 2 Revision 2-08The Shipbuilder is contractually obligated to make delivery of final technical manuals to the Navy on apredetermined schedule. By acceptance of the purchase order, the vendor agrees to expedite allphases of technical manual preparation, to submit both preliminary and final manuals promptly, andto cooperate with the purchaser in timely delivery of the FRC to the Navy. The purchase ordernumber shall not be shown on the title page.