DODD 5010.36

Abstract

This Instruction: <br>1. Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD); the Military Departments; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff; the Defense Agencies; and the DoD Field Activities (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components"). <br>2. Encompasses the acquisition of equipment and facilities to improve the following: <br>a. Productivity, quality, and processes of DoD Components including major facilities, equipment, or process modernization. <br>b. Performance of individual jobs, tasks, procedures, operations, and processes. <br>3. Encompasses PIF investments at appropriated and industrially funded activities, if they are not participating in the Defense Business Operations Fund. For industrially funded activities, projects may be submitted for PIF on an exception basis; primarily, this includes facilities, multi-function projects, prototypes, demonstrations, and cross-service initiatives. Investments at Government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities are limited to those for which the Department of Defense has responsibility to provide equipment or facilities and from which productivity benefits can be recovered within existing contractual provisions.