Major equipment is a critical item in the contingent-owned equipment methodology.

The self-sustainment component is the other critical item in the contingent-owned equipment methodology.

That is particularly true in dealing with the most critical items on the United Nations agenda.

It does not rely heavily on contractors for the delivery of critical items, and enables the delivery of most critical items within 30/90 days from the up-front investment.

Bridging the digital divide within and among countries has become a critical item on our respective national agendas.

The critical items and services that are not part of SDS will need to be purchased long before the adoption of a mandate.

Operational and support planning efforts among missions have been improved and strengthened to identify critical items and to accelerate the material demand process.

Under the third option, only critical items requiring a long procurement lead time would be pre-purchased and maintained in Brindisi.

Hence the need to procure generators, as a mission-critical item, from elsewhere, on an exigency basis in line with planning assumptions for a “worst case scenario”.

It provides static (e.g., a $25,000 threshold for savings, recoveries, etc.) as well as subjective criteria (e.g., measurable improvements to process) for the determination of critical items.