Quality Assurance
A&H Technologies SeaPort-e Team Quality Assurance
Our overall purpose for Quality Assurance (QA) is to provide for consistent,
successful delivery of quality products and services that meet the customer’s requirements.
A&H Technologies has developed and maintains an internal evaluation process
for compliance with respect to standard policies, plans,
and repeatable procedures for QA. Our Corporate QA policy is to develop individual specifications for each
of our contracts. This allows us to meet our company requirements and conform to
customer requirements. This process develops a unique QA plan for each contract allowing the project team to understand
and address non-compliance up front for each contract. This approach should minimize
the need for resolution hierarchy and establish QA processes which ensure that effective
QA activities are performed and QA activity records maintained during contract performance. This tailoring should allow A&H
to meet the technical, cost, and schedule needs of individual contracts.
A&H Technologies’ quality assurance processes, as tailored for Seaport-e, will be mandatory for all of our teammates for work on Seaport-e
task orders.
To facilitate this requirement, all Seaport-e QA guidelines, plans,
and procedures will be electronically available for use by our Teammates via Internet
on the secure A&H Technologies DCMS Seaport-e portal in the documentation library.
Our QA processes apply to both deliverables and processes used throughout
the contract, starting with the initial
proposal submittal and following through task order execution. This will allow A&H
to document and carry forward all lessons learned to future contracts.
The Seaport-e contract tailored QA Plan will include:
1. Master Schedule—Collection and review
of all contract and task order requirements,
milestones, deliverables, schedules, and plans.
2. Metrics which provide identification, measurement, collection, and reporting
of key contract aspects.
3. Conduct of QA reviews to assure quality
objectives are met on all aspects of project
deliverables and work performed.
4. Addressing of risk management to insure that it
is integrated into all A&H actions.
5. Development and maintenance of a database which documents contract issues so
they can be tracked
throughout the contract life cycle.
6. Conduct of monthly In-Progress Reviews
(IPR) at all contract levels.
7. Reporting of key metrics, activities, and any non-compliance
issues to clients and
corporate leadership
through monthly management reports.
SeaPort-e Overview
SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) made electronic procurement of engineering, technical
and programmatic support services at NAVSEA a reality.
The Navy Virtual SYSCOM (VS)
Commanders (NAVAIR, NAVSEA, NAVSUP, and SPAWAR) have decided to leverage the successes
and efficiencies of the SeaPort-e business model by designating SeaPort-e the vehicle
of choice for future engineering, financial,
and program management contractor support
services.
SeaPort-e is an electronic, web-based portal where requests
for services are managed from "cradle to grave”. SeaPort-e is an extension of the
current SeaPort procurement vehicle used at NAVSEA.
This "paper-less" system promotes
time efficiency and a reduction in administrative costs.Competition on a task order
basis results in cost savings in addition to the already capped fees and pass-through
rates established on the SeaPort-e MACs.
SeaPort-e Rolling Admissions Solicitation N00178-07-R-4000.