7.3.4.6.5  IMP Considerations

The offeror shall include the following specific areas of Government interest with narratives in the IMP (not listed in order of importance):

a.  Specialty Engineering Disciplines, (e.g. - Reliability & Maintainability, System Safety, Human Engineering, etc.)

b.  Integrated Logistics Support, such as training, tech order publications, and Non-Developmental Item/Commercial-off-the-Shelf utilization and support

c.  Transition Planning

d.  Configuration Management Planning and Transition Configuration Management Planning

e.  Software development plan that identifies:

(1)  Integration between systems engineering processes and software development processes.

(2)  Assurance of software quality.

(3)  Development, Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) planning, including completion of the Verification Cross Reference Matrix and participation in DT&E/OT&E

(4)  Internal and external interface and external interface implementation, control planning and support for other AFSCN contractors, as necessary

(5)  Development change control planning

(6)  A plan for phase-in from predecessor to (insert program name)

(7)  Planning for reduction of life cycle costs

Additionally, the offeror shall consider the following when preparing the IMP:

a.  Failure and Deficiency Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action

b.  Government-Furnished Property Utilization

c.  System Security Engineering Management Planning

d.  System Safety/Health Risk Engineering, Environmental and Hazardous Materials Management, and Hazard Status Reporting

e.  Quality program planning

f.  Planning for handling deviations and waivers

g.  Planning for information data exchange with Government

h.  Planning for subcontractor and associate contractor relationships