MIL-PRF-85337 Manuals, Technical: Quality Assurance Program; Requirements ForThis specification establishes technical manual quality assurance \(TMQA\) requirements necessary to ensure the adequacy and accuracy of technical manual \(TM\) content through a coordinated contractor and Government program. Unless otherwise specified, the quality assurance \(QA\) requirements included in this specification apply to both printed/Portable Document Format \(PDF\) technical manuals and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals \(IETMs\). Procedures are established for the development and implementation of a contractor program encompassing the conduct of TMQA program reviews, quality reviews, in-process reviews, adequacy reviews, validation, and verification requirements.

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MIL-PRF-85337B(AS)

a. Serves as verification recorder, if required.

b. Provides assistance in performing verification tasks, if required.

3.2.3.4.3.1 Verification disposition records. The contractor shall disposition the comments

and correct manual discrepancies recorded during verification. After disposition of the comments

the Government will review the dispositions and provide concurrence if the dispositions are

acceptable.

3.2.3.4.4 Technical manual verification incorporation certification. When specified in the

contract (see 6.2) and upon completion of all verification actions, the contractor shall prepare a

certificate attesting that all discrepancies and deficiencies recorded during verification have been

corrected or resolved. Final acceptance of the TM shall be in accordance with terms of the

contract.

3.2.3.5 Technical manual evaluation records. TMERs shall be maintained during in-process

reviews, validation and verification efforts. TMERs shall document quality problems and

disposition recommendations. TMERs shall identify the items in the manual(s) to which the

comments and recommendations apply.

4. VERIFICATION

4.1 TMQA program reviews. During the TMQA program review, the contractor shall

demonstrate to the Government the operation of the TMQA program. This shall include review

of data generated during contractor quality reviews and quality related reports and records.

TMQA program reviews chaired by a Government representative shall be conducted at the

contractor's facility. All quality review results are documented by the Government.

4.2 Quality reviews. The contractor's QA organization shall conduct quality reviews to

ascertain compliance to the requirements cited in 3.2. Quality reviews shall be conducted to

evaluate the availability and adequacy of materials, processes, procedures, and intermediate

products which constitute TM development. Sampling plans (see 3.2.3.1.5 and 4.7) shall be as

specified in the TMQA program plan.

4.3 Corrective action. The contractor QA personnel shall approve all corrective and

preventive actions taken in response to all recorded deficiencies. Evidence agreed to by the

Government and the contractor of the effectiveness of the corrective action program for each

deficiency shall be maintained.

4.4 Database control. The presence, adequacy, and completion of the technical publication

data base will be evaluated by the Government for conformance to 3.2.3.1.2.

4.5 TMCPP or equivalent. The TM content shall be evaluated for consistency with the

requirements of 3.2.3.1.3 and the TMCPP or task identification matrix and NAVAIR 00-25-604

or NAVAIR 00-25-700, as applicable.

4.6 Control of subcontractors and vendors. Successful implementation of the contractor's

procedures designed specifically for control of subcontractors and vendors shall be the evidence