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1 IFA (AIR FORCE) MANUAL . 2008. Controller General of Defence Accounts, West Block-V, Puram New Delhi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The following officers have made valuable contribution in collection of material and drafting of the MANUAL : (i) Shri Rajnish Kumar, IDAS, IFA (Air HQrs.) - Army Portion (ii) Shri Singla, IDAS, IFA )Naval HQrs.) - Navy Portion (iii) Shri Rakesh Sehgal, IDAS, IFA (MC) Nagpur - Air Force Portion Various other IFAs contributed by way of suggestions and inputs for incorporation in the MANUAL . Officials in the Pr.

2 IFA Wing have finalized the MANUAL . This is the first MANUAL on IFA System in Defence Services. Attempt has been made to cover all aspects of the IFA System including Service- Specific intricacies. The exercise was elaborate and complex. It taxed the intellectual and professional skills of the officers who had first hand experience in handling the subjects. The department acknowledges the painstaking effort of all the officials who have contributed to the exercise. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chapter Title of the Chapter Page Abbreviations 1-5.

3 Glossary of Terms 6-15. 1 Organization Structure: IAF 16-24. 2 Origin and Evolution of IFA System 25-41. IFA System: Historical Perspective 25. New Management Strategy 27. IFA System in Air Force 27. Enhanced Delegated Financial Powers: Guidelines 28. Decentralisation of Provisioning and Procurement: IAF 29. Role of IFA 31. Capital Purchases 33. Budgeting in IFA 33. Points to be included in SOC/Proposals 36. Other Duties of IFA 37. Object and dutie4s of Pr. IFA Wing 38. CGDA Instructions on IFA System 39. 3 Provisioning in IAF 42-49.

4 What is Provisioning 42. Categories of Provisioning 43. Types of Provisioning Reviews 43. Important Terms used in Provisioning Review 44. 4 Provisioning Process 50-58. Responsibility for Provisioning 50. Provisioning Procedure for 1st and 2nd line Spares 50. Provisioning Procedure for 3rd and 4th line Spares 51. Check List: Provisioning 56. 5 Procurement Procedure and Post Contract Management 59-79. Stages of Procurement 59. Types of Tender Enquiry 59. Issue of STE,PAC and LTE 61. Register of Approved Contractors 61.

5 Reasonable Tendering Time 62. General Points to be seen for vetting of Provisioning/Procurement Proposals 62. Acceptance of Necessity 62. Vetting of Draft Tender Enquiry & Selection of Sources 63. Participation in Tender Opening 67. Scrutiny of CST 69. Participation in TPC/PNC 70. Expenditure Angle Sanction 72. Vetting of Draft Supply Order 73. Monitoring Post Contractual Matters 76. 6 Major Types of Proposals and their Scrutiny 80-88. Direct Purchase Order 80. RMSO 80. LRMSO 83. Local Manufacture 83. Local Purchase Cases 84.

6 Development Orders : Tendering and Contracting Procedures 85. Scrutiny of civil works cases 86. 7 Indigenisation 89-97. Introduction 89. What is Indigenisation ? 89. Sources of Indigenisation 89. Indigenisation Organization 90. Airworthiness Approval 91. Criteria for Assessing Feasibility 92. Items/Ranges covered by Indigenisation 94. Prioritisation of Requirements 95. Revalidation 95. Exercising of Financial Powers 96. Budgetary Provisions 96. 8 IMMOLS 98-104. Objectives 98. Processes Involved 98. Major Features 100.

7 Role of IFA in IMMOLS 101. IMMOLS: The Impact 101. Annexure I: Online Approval Process 103. Annexure II: Provisioning and Procurement Design in IMMOLS 104. 9 Inspection of Field IFAs Offices 105-107. Introduction 105. Inspection Programme 105. Periodicity of Inspection 105. Scope of Work 105. Organising Inspection 106. 10 Delegation of Administrative Powers to 108-110. Service Headquarters and IFAS Role 11 Maintenance of Registers and Rendition of Periodical 111-112. Reports Annexure 113-143. Annexure I Data/Information to be submitted in Narrative Form by IFA 114.

8 Annexure II Points to be seen by Inspection Team 117. Annexure III Registers 119. Annexure IV Quarterly Financial Concurrent Report 132. Annexure V Format to render Quarterly Expenditure Report 134. Annexure VI Coordination Air Force IFAs 135. APPENDIX 144-255. Appendix A Market Research 145. Appendix B 1. Acceptance of necessity (AON) Stage General 159. 2. AON Stage Why and How Much 159. 3. Advanced issues at AON Stage 175. 206. Appendix C Tendering Stage 246. Appendix D Advance issues at Post-Contract Management Stage Checklists for Schedules 256-367.

9 Do's and Don'ts for IFAs 257. General Points 259. Office Note/Top list for AON concurrence cases 261. Checklist for Opening of Tech Bids/TEC 262. Opening of Commercial Bids: Preparation of CST/TPC 263. Checklist for extension of DP cases 264. Checklist for Schedule I 265. Checklist for Schedule II 279. Checklist for Schedule III 280. Checklist for Schedule IV 281. Checklist for Schedule V 282. Checklist for Schedule VI 283. Checklist for Schedule VII 285. Additional Points to be seen from SCH IV to VII 287.

10 Checklist for Schedule VIII 292. Checklist for Schedule IX 294. Checklist for Schedule X 295. Checklist for Schedule XI 299. Checklist for Schedule XII 307. Checklist for Schedule XIII 326. Checklist for Schedule XIV 328. Checklist for Schedule XV 331. Checklist for Schedule XVI 333. Checklist for Schedule XVII 345. Checklist for Schedule XVIII 350. Checklist for Schedule XIX 358. Checklist for Schedule XXI 367. ABBREVIATIONS. Abbreviation Full Form AAP Annual Acquisition Plan ac air Craft Acq Acquisition ADA Aeronautical Development Agency Addl.