Of all the topics pertaining to the DoD’s
acquisition of technical data and computer software from industry, perhaps none
is more obscure than the topic of “mapping”—primarily because it is not
mentioned anywhere in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
(DFARS). But conversely, perhaps no other topic is as important. Because if the
contracting parties do not properly address this concept in the awarded
contract, they may experience difficulties after award attempting to determine
what price the Government should pay in return for the contractor granting it
an intellectual property (IP) license to the IP deliverables that describe or
are the technical baseline for various components that reside in the
architecture of the weapon system.
At
this month's webinar we will discuss what is meant by the term “mapping”,
identify the authoritative sources that refer to this topic, identify the root
cause of this obscurity and the questions triggered by that root cause, and
offer a recommended solution to this long-standing problem.