Defense and MIL-STD
TMCR
Definition
What TMCR Means
TMCR stands for
Technical Manual Contract Requirements
A TMCR is where the general becomes specific. It names the standards, the revisions, the parts that apply, what is tailored out, and what the program must deliver and verify. Two contracts citing the same standard can demand very different things once their TMCRs are read.
It is the single most under-read document in a technical publications bid. Pricing a proposal from the standard's name rather than the TMCR's tailoring is the most reliable way to discover the real scope after the price is fixed.
Also written: technical manual contract requirements
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Related Terms
The list of data deliverables a government contract requires, each line naming what is delivered, when, in what format, and to what standard.
DIDThe standard document that defines the content and format required for a specific data deliverable cited on a CDRL line.
Business RulesThe decisions a program makes about everything its specification deliberately leaves open, from coding schemes to applicability to permitted content.
MIL-STD-40051The U.S. Army standard governing the content and structure of technical manuals, split into an IETM part and a page-based part, both at Revision D.
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