Is the contractor SEMP adequate to meet the requirement?
A contractor’s systems engineering plan is acceptable only if it addresses the overall program’s systems engineering technical approach across the government, prime, and sub-contractor domains. Prime contractor systems engineering plans typically only address the technical planning associated with the prime contractor’s effort, and do not necessarily encompass the entire technical effort associated with a program, such as requirements trade space for which the government retains authority, government furnished equipment, integrated developmental and operational test requirements and planning, etc. We have also found that prime contractor’s documents do not adequately flow down the systems engineering process and requirements to subcontractors and vendors. However, if your program has an existing contractor systems engineering plan, you may cross reference that technical planning to the overall technical planning for the program described in the SEP.
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