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SECNAVINST 4920.5A
ASN (RD&A)
29 Mar 2019
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 4920.5A
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR SYSTEM SUPPORT BUY OUT
Ref: (a) DSCA Manual 5105.38-M, Security Assistance Management
Manual (SAMM)
(b) DoD 7000.14-R, Department of Defense Financial
Management Regulation (DoD FMR)
1. Purpose. To establish policies and procedures for ensuring
provisions in reference (a) on System Support Buy Out (SSBO) are
adhered to throughout the Sea Services Foreign Military Sales
(FMS) enterprise, including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps,
and the U.S. Coast Guard.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 4920.5.
3. Applicability. This instruction applies to the Offices of
the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Chief of Naval
Operations (CNO), the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and
all U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps installations, commands,
activities, field offices, and all other organizational entities
within the Department of the Navy (DoN) for which Navy
International Programs Office (IPO) is the FMS case implementing
agency.
4. Scope. Provides policy guidance and procedures for the SSBO
process when a weapons system or equipment is approaching the
final stages of production and final procurements are planned.
5. Background. The military services commonly retire systems
or material that are still in use by foreign purchasers of those
items. Giving these purchasers a minimum notice of two years
prior to the close out date for U.S. use of the item provides
time for the FMS purchaser to plan for follow-on support.
6. Policy. The SSBO program will:
a. Give FMS purchasers the earliest possible notification
