Quality Requirement: QR-005 - Certificate of Conformance (CoC)

This document is a quality requirement specification that mandates suppliers provide a Certificate of Conformance with each shipment to verify that all delivered products meet the technical, quality, and contractual requirements of the order. The CoC must include seven key components: (1) attestation of verification confirming the supplier/manufacturer has verified acceptability of all items through required inspections, tests, audits, process controls, and records reviews; (2) contractual identification including the applicable contract/order number and associated line/item number(s); (3) item identification and traceability with product name, manufacturer's part number, and applicable lot, heat, batch, date code, or serial number(s) in accordance with NPR 8735.2C supply chain quality assurance requirements; (4) manufacturing source information identifying the name and address of the manufacturing or processing facility if different from the supplier; (5) quantity and unit of measure stating the shipped quantity and unit of measurement; (6) authorized signature signed and dated by an authorized company official or qualified quality representative with printed name and title; and (7) records and retention requiring the supplier to maintain supporting inspection/test records and make them available upon request in accordance with contract and applicable NASA quality assurance requirements.