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A Contract Data Requirements List is the master list of all the data products a contractor must deliver under a contract: reports, plans, drawings, test results, manuals, and other documentation. Each line item, often captured on the DoD's DD Form 1423, specifies what to deliver, when, in what format, and to whom. If a deliverable is not on the CDRL, the government generally cannot demand it; if it is, you are obligated to provide it.
Each CDRL line points to a Data Item Description, or DID, a standardized template that defines the content and format of that data product. The CDRL says "deliver this, by this date"; the DID says "and here is exactly what it must contain." Together they remove ambiguity about documentation.
CDRLs are easy to underestimate and expensive to mismanage. Each one carries real effort, and on many contracts deliverable acceptance is tied to payment, so a late or rejected CDRL can hold up your invoice. Smart contractors price the full CDRL burden into their proposal, assign owners and due dates from day one, and track submittals as carefully as they track the technical work. CDRLs frequently map to elements of the work breakdown structure.
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