Functional Area I - Software Development, Operations, and Maintenance. Under Functional Area 1, the contractor may be required to perform activities relating to maintenance, enhancement, further development, and operational support of NRC's SDLCM. This area also involves all aspects of design, development, documentation, testing, implementation, operation, maintenance, and enhancement of applications systems (newly developed, enhanced or migrated) in both a client/server and legacy environment BPA holders under this functional area may develop and implement applications systems (new or migrated) and prepare detailed system designs. A detailed system design, based on the SDLCM document, may include detailed information (data, text, image) and process models, program specifications, interface specifications, screen and report designs, prototypes, program control specifications, structure charts, module definitions, compile or build units, data usage definitions, networking or teleprocessing considerations, and hardware and network architecture requirements. Regardless of the activities performed under this functional area, the Contractor shall employ the NRC Systems Development and Life-Cycle Management methodology in performing development efforts. Further, any processes or documents required by the SDLCM may be required to be performed as part of a specific order.
Functional Area I - Software Development, Operations, and Maintenance. The contractor selected to receive the "M&O order" will be responsible for overall maintenance and operations of the NRC existing applications as of the time of issuance of the first order. Work to be performed under this functional area is further discussed in Section C.5.2 below. All of NRC's requirements for new systems development must also be in accordance with current and emerging standards and development/life-cycle management methodologies and will be competed among BPA holders as separate orders. Work to be performed under this area is further discussed in Section C.5.2 below.
