EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (EELV)

PRE-EMD MODULE CALL FOR IMPROVEMENT

ANNEX 1

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITY EVALUATION (SDCE) INFORMATION

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Annex 1 - SDCE Description

In accordance with Pre-EMD Statement Of Objective (j), the two Pre-EMD contractors are required to "Participate in a Software Development Capability Evaluation." The following information is provided to assist the Offeror in scoping the effort required to meet this objective.

The Software Development Capability Evaluation (SDCE) is a structured method for assessing an organization's ability to develop software for mission critical computer resources. The method is described in AFMC Pamphlet 63-101, Software Development Capability Evaluation, Volumes 1 and 2. The SDCE model contains several hundred questions which are grouped into capability areas. The Government selects questions to be used for a particular program, tailors them as appropriate, forwards them to the contractor for written responses, and then evaluates the responses. If necessary, the Government schedules a process assessment site visit at the contractor's facility to obtain additional information.

For the Pre-EMD Module, approximately 100 questions will be selected from the SDCE pamphlet and tailored to EELV program requirements. The contractor responses will be page limited and can reference software development plans used on the EELV program to avoid unnecessary duplication of information. All software development contractors (both prime and subcontractors) are expected to provide written responses and to provide any necessary resources (e.g., personnel, facilities, materials) to support the Government's process assessment site visits, if required. These site visits consist primarily of interviews of contractor personnel performing software development activities and will last for a maximum of one week.

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