What constitutes an “Out of Scope” request?
1) if the request focuses on a project, rather than a specific task or issue; 2) if the solution is readily available within the private sector (SATOP believes it is very important not to compete with the private sector, since we are striving to help those within the private sector); 3) if the expertise needed does not exist or is not readily available within our established partnerships; 4) if the request does not appear to be solvable within the 40 hours of engineering time; 5) if the request is conceptual in nature, but the requestor lacks the applicable, drawings, pictures, prototypes, etc., necessary to define the request fully.
