What is a Directly Arranged Visit (DAV)?
The United States and Canada have agreed that the certification process can be used to facilitate visits to U.S. or Canadian military installations that involve access to UNCLASSIFIED technical data. The following are activities intended to be covered through the Directly Arranged Visit process: procurement activities such as pre-solicitation conferences, discussions related to unclassified solicitations, and collection of procurement unclassified documents (RFQ’s, RFP’s, bid sets, etc); performance of an unclassified contract; scientific research, in a professional capacity, in support of unclassified U.S. or Canadian defense initiatives; or, attendance at restricted meetings, conferences, symposia, or program briefings where technical data governed by DoD Directive 5230.25 or Canadian TDCR will be presented.
