1.0 Title
2.0 Purpose: The is a survey of all vendors who may in any way contribute to a project to determine what "Commercial Off The Shelf" (COTS) equipment, services and support items are avaible on the market within the expected purchasing cycle for the project.
3.0 Usage: This is the "buy" part of the "Build vs Buy" debate that comes with any seriuos project. The over-used and banal "don't reinvent the wheel" cliche was made for this situation.
4.0 Frequency
5.0 References
6.0 Responsibility
7.0 Ownership
8.0 Effort
9.0 Risks
10.0 Contents
10.1 A list of alternative designs should be the basis of what suppliers need to be considered, although it may require some speculative breakdown into possible susb-systems and compomnents - and may even require initial calls to potential suppliers to see what the have available.
10.2 A list of "tier 1" suppliers
10.3 A contact schedule
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12.0 File Handling Policy