System and method for outsourcing projects

A computer-based system to utilize a digital data structure for a structured response and submission to a proposal to efficiently process software projects for a first entity and automatically evaluate the software projects, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a digital data structure that implements a structured request for proposal to solicit bids from a user of the computer system to perform a discrete software project identified in the request for proposal, wherein the digital data structure includes fields populated with data representing (i) a predefined service identifier which specifies the software project to improve execution of software, (ii) fixed inputs and outputs, and (iii) objective evaluation metrics data, and the predefined service identifier, the fixed inputs and outputs, and the objective evaluation metrics allow an automated evaluation software tool to objectively evaluate the software project;
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• means for transmitting a completed software project corresponding to the response to the structured request for proposal, wherein the completed software product is processed by a recipient computer system executing code that causes the recipient computer system to perform:
• means for processing rules to automatically evaluate the completed software project in accordance with at least a subset of the objective evaluation metrics data that coordinate with the digital data structure fields to determine if the software project complies with the objective evaluation metrics and to identify a software project that is determined to comply with the objective evaluation metrics data;
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• means for transmitting selection of the software project that complies with the objective evaluation metrics data to cause the software project to be performed and modify the software and improve execution performance of the software.