Attachment 6 - ES7650_Oct2000 - MIL-STD-1916.docx

This is a quality assurance and acceptance standards specification document for the MJU-76/B Flare, Countermeasure procurement. The document designates MIL-STD-1916 as the Department of Defense preferred method for product acceptance and specifies that all references to MIL-STD-105, MIL-STD-414, MIL-STD-1235, and ANSI Z1.4 in the Technical Data Package shall be replaced by MIL-STD-1916. Verification Levels (VL) shall be used in place of Acceptable Quality Levels (AQLs), with VL IV designated for major characteristics and VL II for minor characteristics.

This specification applies to the Air Force Materiel Command's Multiaward Contract Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity solicitation for production of MJU-76/B Thrusted Flare for United States Government and Foreign Military Sales purposes. The five-year ordering period contract with a sixth-year option is firm fixed price and anticipated to be limited to two sources: Armtec and Chemring. Offerors must possess a valid U.S. security clearance at the Secret level or higher due to classified material included in the solicitation, with all classified materials to be handled in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) and Industrial Security Regulation standards.