A new Sustainment Functional Cost-Hour Report (DID), DI-FNCL-81992 (DD Form 1921-5), was approved in September 2015 and is available in our DID and Form Table page. The DoD cost community, under CAPE’s authority, is now requiring the collection of sustainment data on efforts that meet CSDR thresholds using 1921 with CAPE sustainment reporting structure and the new Sustainment Functional Cost-Hour Report (DID), DI-FNCL-81992 (DD Form 1921-5). Contract data requirements lists (CDRLs) may be amended to implement the new DIDs at the discretion of the Program Manager and Cost Working Integrated Product Team (CWIPT). This new report better aligns functional categories with those typical of sustainment effort and is available in our Data Item Descriptions & Forms Table.
The November 2022 Implementation of Cost Estimating, Document Collection, and Data Reporting for FY23 Sustainment Review Memo provides policy guidance to assist in the preparation of Independent Cost Estimates (ICEs) for sustainment reviews: