CCP3 (configuration change proposal)

CCP3 stands for configuration change proposal. The abbreviation appears in the NATO Glossary of NATO Acronyms and Abbreviations (AAP-15) in the form "CCP3, configuration change proposal." The same entry gives the French equivalent as proposition de modification de la configuration.

The term belongs to configuration management and change management, the disciplines used to track and control changes to a system, product or document baseline. In NATO usage, a configuration change proposal is the item that puts a change to a configuration forward for consideration. This page explains where the term comes from, how it connects to related NATO activities, and what Canadian suppliers should do when they meet it.

Where the CCP3 abbreviation is published

The NATO glossary attributes the entry to the NATO Administrative and Standardization Guidance, shown in the glossary as NASG. That attribution places CCP3 in NATO's standardization and administrative vocabulary rather than in the language of a single nation's procurement rules.

The glossary prints the abbreviation exactly as CCP3, with the numeral included, and pairs it with the expansion "configuration change proposal." Use that expansion whenever you write the term out in a bid document, a compliance matrix or an internal note.

How NATOTerm and the glossary fit together

NATO's official terminology database is NATOTerm. It is maintained by the NATO Terminology Office, which sits within the NATO Standardization Office. The acronym glossary and NATOTerm are the two NATO reference points for confirming how an English or French term is expected to be written.

If a NATO document puts CCP3 in front of your team, check the abbreviation against these two sources before you build a response around it.

Configuration management activities around a change proposal

A configuration change proposal sits inside a wider set of configuration management activities. NATO configuration-management guidance, published in a NATO Allied Command Transformation document, refers to these related activities:

• Configuration identification
• Configuration control
• Configuration status accounting
• Configuration verification and audit

Configuration control is the activity most closely tied to change, since it governs how changes to an established configuration are handled. A supplier that works to a configuration baseline, whether for software, equipment or documentation, will recognize these four activities as the usual frame for managing change.

What CCP3 means for a supplier bidding on Canadian public contracts

CCP3 is a NATO term. The CanadaBuys notice titled "Maximo CMMS Configuration Changes," listed in a CanadaBuys tender search, concerns configuration changes in general and does not use the abbreviation CCP3. Do not treat a general reference to configuration changes in a Canadian solicitation as a reference to the NATO term.

When you see CCP3 in a NATO-linked opportunity, read it as "configuration change proposal" and look to that solicitation or contract for the actual submission requirements. When a Canadian solicitation talks about configuration changes in its own words, follow the definitions and procedures written in that document. The CanadaBuys buyer's portal is the federal entry point for how Canadian buyers publish and manage procurement documents.

Practical steps for your bid team:

• Write the term out as "configuration change proposal" on first use, with CCP3 in brackets.
• Confirm the term against the NATO glossary or NATOTerm before citing it.
• Use the French equivalent, proposition de modification de la configuration, in bilingual material.
• Match your configuration management vocabulary to the terms the solicitation itself uses.