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SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD 1. This Contract Is A Rated Order Under

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

Rating Page of Pages

2. Contract Number 3. Solicitation Number 4. Type of Solicitation 5. Date Issued 6. Requisition/Purchase Number Sealed Bid (IFB)

Negotiated (RFP)

7. Issued By Code 8. Address Offer To (If Other Than Item 7)

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations ‘offer’ and ‘offeror’ mean ‘bid’ and ‘bidder’.

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original and copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in until (hour) local time (Date).

Caution - Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

10. For Information A. Name B. Telephone (No Collect Calls) C. E-mail Address

Call: Area Code Number Ext.

11. Table Of Contents

(X) Sec. Description Page(s) (X) Sec. Description Page(s)

Part I - The Schedule Part II - Contract Clauses A Solicitation/Contract Form I Contract Clauses

B Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs Part III - List Of Documents, Exhibits, And Other Attach.

C Description/Specs./Work Statement J List of Attachments D Packaging and Marking Part IV - Representations And Instructions E Inspection and Acceptance K Representations, Certifications, and F Deliveries or Performance Other Statements of Offerors G Contract Administration Data L Instrs., Conds., and Notices to Offerors H Special Contract Requirements M Evaluation Factors for Award

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within _____ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. Discount For Prompt Payment 10 Calendar Days (%) 20 Calendar Days (%) 30 Calendar Days (%) Calendar Days (%) (See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

14. Acknowledgment of Amendments (The offeror acknowledges Amendment No. Date Amendment No. Date receipt of amendments to the SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated):

15A. Name and Code Facility 16. Name and Title of Person Authorized to Sign Offer Address of (Type or Print) Offeror

15B. Telephone Number 15C. Check if Remittance Address is 17. Signature 18. Offer Date Area Code Number Ext. Different From Above – Enter such

Address In Schedule

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

19. Accepted As To Items Numbered 20. Amount 21. Accounting And Appropriation

22. Authority For Using Other Than Full And Open Competition: 23. Submit Invoices To Address Shown In Item

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( ) (4 copies unless otherwise specified)

24. Administered By (If other than Item 7) Code 25. Payment Will Be Made By Code

26. Name of Contracting Officer (Type or Print) 27. United States Of America 28. Award Date

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION Standard Form 33 (Rev. 9-97) Previous edition is unusable Prescribed By GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(c)

W519TC-25-R-0005

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W519TC

ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - RI

ROCK ISLAND, IL 61299-8000

CHELSEY M. LOVE

(309)231-5496

CCRI-AC

CHELSEY.M.LOVE.CIV@ARMY.MIL

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SECTION A - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Buyer Name: CHELSEY M. LOVE

Buyer Office Symbol/Telephone Number: CCRI-AC/(309)231-5496

Type of Contract 1: Firm Fixed Price

Kind of Contract: Supply Contracts and Priced Orders

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1. The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) requests a proposal to procure the following mortar and artillery fiber containers.

Container Part Number - National Stock Number / Drawing Number

PA-55, Container Ammunition 105mm Fiber NSN: 8140-00-410-8331

PA-71/A, Container Ammunition 105mm Fiber NSN: 8140-01-456-8878

PA-175, Container Ammunition Fiber Polylam PA175 Drawing Number 13006170

PA-162, Container Ammunition Fiber Polylam PA162 NSN: 8140-01-505-7653

PA-167, Container Ammunition Fiber Polylam PA167 Drawing Number 12995106

2. The United States Government (USG) intends to award up to two (2) Lowest Price Technically Acceptable, Firm Fixed Price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with five (5), twelve (12) month ordering periods.

The following are the Ordering Periods for executing Delivery Orders. Actual dates will be provided at the time of award.

OP 1: Date of Award (DOA) - 365 Days after Award (DAA)

OP 2: 366 DAA - 730 DAA

OP 3: 731 DAA - 1096 DAA

OP 4: 1097 DAA - 1461 DAA

OP 5: 1462 DAA - 1826 DAA

3. During the life of the ordering periods for the contract, the maximum dollar amount that may be ordered by the USG is $34,292,003.98.

4. All First Article Acceptance Tests (FAATs), including Initial First Article Test (FAT) and Subsequent First Article Test (SFAT), and unit prices for all ordering period ranges shall be entered in the "Price Matrix 25-R-0005", Attachment 0001. Offerors shall submit firm fixed price unit prices for each quantity range for each CLIN. Offerors shall submit FAT prices for all ordering periods each CLIN. FAT costs are required to be included for each CLIN ordering period. However, if continuous production can be achieved, FAT may be waived.

Offerors should not assume FAT will be waived and must provide FAT costs as required to be considered for award. This is a competitive procurement action, although offerors are required to submit firm fixed prices that must be determined fair and reasonable to be considered for award.

5. The Fiber Containers will be built to a certified Technical Data Package (TDP). The TDP is coded as Distribution Statement A.

Controlled Documents may be obtained by having an active Joint Certification Program (JCP) account. Offerors can obtain an active account by visiting https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx and submitting the necessary documents. When requesting access, provide the offerors Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code in the Reason for Request block.

Once offeror's account is active, offerors may request access to documents in this solicitation posting on https://www.sam.gov/

**PLEASE NOTE, THE PERSON APPROVED FOR OFFEROR'S BUSINESS IN JCP MUST BE THE PERSON WHO REQUESTS ACCESS IN SAM OR OFFEROR WILL BE

DENIED.**

6. Inspection/Acceptance/Free on Board (FOB) point for production shall be Origin/Origin/Origin. See Section F, "Deliveries or

Performance".

7. Early deliveries may be authorized, at no additional cost to the USG, subject to Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) approval.

8. Offerors are cautioned to ensure their proposals are fully complete, including all fill-ins and blanks in the RFP. Any Offeror submitting a proposal agrees by submission that its proposal and the prices contained therein will be valid for 250 days after receipt of the proposal. Evaluation of offers shall be in accordance with the evaluation guidelines and specific evaluation procedures in

Sections L and M of this solicitation. All Offerors shall submit their proposals and any proposal revisions, if required, in strict accordance with the instructions set forth in the solicitation and any issued amendments. The U.S. Government must be able to access information along with any submitted changes within proposals readily and easily and will not be responsible for not being able to view necessary information that was not submitted in accordance with the instructions set forth in the solicitation.

9. An Offeror is required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database when submitting an offer and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation.

Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through

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https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

10. Offeror questions regarding the RFP and all attachments are due to Chelsey Love, Chelsey.m.love.civ@army.mil and Alex Sheppard, Alex.r.sheppard.civ@army.mil no later 03:00 P.M. Central Time, 03 March 2025 to ensure that all Offeror questions can be answered and posted for all potential Offeror's knowledge, prior to solicitation closing. All proposals for this RFP are due by 03:00 P.M. Central

Time, 25 March 2025. This RFP shall not be discussed with any USG employee except PCO, Alex Sheppard or Contract Specialist, Chelsey

Love. Offeror shall indicate the RFP number, W519TC-25-R-0005, in the subject line of all email correspondences pertaining to this RFP.

11. An award under this solicitation in no way obligates the Government to purchase any quantity under the resultant contract, except for the guaranteed minimum listed. Each order stands on its own insofar as it obligates the Government. All shipments will be FOB

Origin. The Transportation Accounting Code (TAC) will be determined at award OF ANY DELIVERY ORDER. See Section F, "Deliveries or

Performance".

12. The USG anticipates holding a post-award conference for the contract resulting from this solicitation. It is expected that the contractor will be responsible for hosting a post-award conference. Hosting is defined as securing meeting facilities and ensuring adequate presentation equipment is available.

13. Clauses and provisions from the FAR and supplements thereto are incorporated into this document by reference and in full text. Those incorporated by reference have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text.

14. Award(s) will be made using formal source selection procedures in accordance with FAR 15.1. See Section L and Section M for additional information.

15. Currently, there are no valid requirements for the PA189 fiber container. However, the Government reserves the right to add the

PA189 fiber container to this contract, after award, because the PA189 is like the other fiber containers in the contract, and it is the

Government's understanding that contractors with the ability to produce PA162, PA167, PA175, PA-55 and PA-71/A fiber containers could also produce PA189. The pricing for any PA189 fiber container requirements would be negotiated and mutually agreed upon by the

Government and contractor.

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SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

1. Prices submitted on the Price Matrix (Attachment 0001) will be the ceiling prices for future requirements.

2. The USG intends to conduct competition among the awardees for each future requirement; however, the USG reserves the right to issue a unilateral delivery order if it is determined to be in the USG's best interest..

3. The U.S. Government reserves the right to split future requirements among awardees based on the U.S. Government's discretion.

4. Do not submit pricing information in Section B for any CLIN. All pricing shall be included on the Price Matrix, Attachment 0001.

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0001 PA-55 FIRST ARTICLE TEST ________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0002 PA-55 SUBSEQUENT FIRST ARTICLE TEST ___________________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0003 PA-55 ARTILLERY FIBER CONTAINERS _________________________________

This CLIN is included for the base and evaluated ordering. All proposed unit pricing shall be provided on the Price Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

Production deliveries shall begin 30 days after FAT or SFAT approval.

Inspection and Acceptance

Inspection: Origin

Acceptance: Origin

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

FOB POINT: Origin

Deliveries Locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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0004 PA-71/A FIRST ARTICLE TEST __________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0005 PA 71/A SUBSEQUENT FIRST ARTICLE TEST _____________________________________

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First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0006 PA-71/A ARTILLERY FIBER CONTAINERS ___________________________________

This CLIN is included for the base and evaluated ordering. All proposed unit pricing shall be provided on the Price Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

Production deliveries shall begin 30 days after FAT or SFAT approval.

Inspection and Acceptance

Inspection: Origin

Acceptance: Origin

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

FOB POINT: Origin

Deliveries Locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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0007 PA175 FIRST ARTICLE TEST ________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120

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days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0008 PA175 SUBSEQUENT FIRST ARTICLE TEST ___________________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0009 PA175 MORTAR FIBER CONTAINERS _____________________________

This CLIN is included for the base and evaluated ordering. All proposed unit pricing shall be provided on the Price Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

Production deliveries shall begin 30 days after FAT or SFAT approval.

Inspection and Acceptance

Inspection: Origin

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DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

FOB POINT: Origin

Deliveries Locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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0010 PA 162 FIRST ARTICLE TEST _________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0011 PA 162 SUBSEQUENT FIRST ARTICLE TEST _____________________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

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Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0012 PA 162 MORTAR FIBER CONTAINER _____________________________

This CLIN is included for the base and evaluated ordering. All proposed unit pricing shall be provided on the Price Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

Production deliveries shall begin 30 days after FAT or SFAT approval.

Inspection and Acceptance

Inspection: Origin

Acceptance: Origin

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

FOB POINT: Origin

Deliveries Locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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0013 PA 167 FIRST ARTICLE TEST __________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0014 PA 167 SUBSEQUENT FIRST ARTICLE TEST ____________________________________

First Article Acceptance Test (FAAT) Report (either

Initial First Article Test(FAT) or Subsequent First

Article Test (SFAT))shall be submitted within 120 days after contract award. Refer to sections E and I for instructions on the FAT and SFAT.

The Government has 30 days to approve/disapprove FAT and SFAT Report after Government receipt of report.

Notwithstanding the provisions for waiver of first article, an additional first article sample or portion thereof, may be ordered by the Contracting

Officer in writing when (i) a major change is made to the technical data, (ii) whenever there is a lapse in production for a period in excess of 90 days, or

(iii) Whenever a change occurs in place of performance, manufacturing process, material used, drawing, specification or source of supply.

Proposed FAT and SFAT prices for the base and each ordering period shall be provided on the Price

Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

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0015 PA167 MORTAR FIBER CONTAINERS _____________________________

This CLIN is included for the base and evaluated ordering. All proposed unit pricing shall be provided on the Price Evaluation Sheet(Attachment 0001).

Production deliveries shall begin 30 days after FAT or SFAT approval.

Inspection and Acceptance

Inspection: Origin

Acceptance: Origin

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

FOB POINT: Origin

Deliveries Locations will be determined at the time of each delivery order award.

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SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

Please refer to Section J attachments for detailed information related to descriptions, specs, and work statements.

Please refer to Paragraph 5 of Section A for information regarding TDP access.

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SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

Please refer to Section J attachments for specific information regarding packaging and marking instructions.

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SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

This document incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses:

For FAR clauses: https://www.acquisition.gov/

For DFARS clauses: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html

If the clause requires additional or unique information, then that information is provided immediately after the clause title.

Regulatory Cite Title Date Regulatory Cite Title Date _______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________ _______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________

E-1 52.246-2 INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES--FIXED-PRICE AUG/1996

E-2 52.246-15 CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMANCE APR/1984

E-3 52.246-16 RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUPPLIES APR/1984

E-4 52.246-11 HIGHER-LEVEL CONTRACT QUALITY REQUIREMENT DEC/2014

(a) The contractor shall comply with the higher-level quality standard(s) listed below.

ISO 9001:2015; only design/development exclusions permitted.

(b) The contractor shall include applicable requirements of the higher-level quality standard(s) listed in paragraph (a) of this clause and the requirement to flow down such standards, as applicable, to lower-tier subcontracts in--

(1) Any subcontract for critical and complex items (see 46.203(b) and (c)); or

(2) When the technical requirements of a subcontract require--

(i) Control of such things as design, work operations, in-process control, testing and inspection; or

(ii) Attention to such factors as organization, planning, work instructions, documentation control, and advanced metrology.

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The Department of Defense (DoD) Preferred Methods for this Acceptance of Product, MIL-STD-1916, shall be used for this procurement action. All references to MIL-STD-105, MIL-STD-414, MIL-STD-1235, and ANSI Z1.4 appearing in the Technical Data Package (TDP) are replaced by MIL-STD-1916. Verification Levels (VL) shall replace AQLs and shall be VL IV for major characteristics and VL II for minor characteristics.

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL

Part I General Statistical Process Control Requirements

(a) In addition to the quality requirements of the technical data package, the Contractor shall implement Statistical Process Control

(SPC) in accordance with a government accepted SPC Program Plan. Control chart techniques shall be in accordance with the American

National Standards Institute (ANSI) B1, B2 and B3. Alternate SPC charting methods may be proposed and submitted to the Government for review.

(b) The SPC Program Plan developed by the contractor shall consist of a general plan and a detailed plan. The plans shall be structured as delineated on the Data Item Description referenced in the DD Form 1423. The general and the detailed plans shall be submitted to the government for review per DD Form 1423 requirements. Notification by the Government of acceptance or nonacceptance of the plans shall be provided in accordance with the timeframes specified on the DD Form 1423. Once a general plan for a facility has been approved by this Command, the approval remains in effect for subsequent contracts as long as the contractual requirements remain substantially unchanged from contract to contract. Therefore, resubmission of a previously accepted general SPC plan is not required if current SPC contract requirements and Data Item Description (DID) requirements are fulfilled. If this Command has previously accepted the general

SPC plan under essentially the same SPC contractual requirements, so indicate by providing the Contracting Officer with the following information:

Date of Acceptance ______________

Contract Number(s) ______________

(c) The contractor is responsible for updating the general plan to current SPC contractual requirements. If errors or omissions are encountered in a previously accepted SPC general plan, opportunities for improvement will be identified by the Government, and corrective action shall be accomplished by the contractor.

(d) A milestone schedule will be submitted for those facilities who do not have, or have never had, a fully implemented SPC program and will not have a fully operational SPC program once production is initiated. The milestones shall provide a time phased schedule of all

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efforts planned relative to implementation of an SPC program acceptable to the Government. A milestone schedule shall include implementation start and complete dates for those SPC subjects addressed in the Statistical Process Control requirement located in Part

II of this section. The milestone schedule shall only include those actions that cannot be accomplished prior to first article or the initiation of production, if a first article is not required. Milestones shall be developed for each commodity identified for SPC application. Milestones shall be submitted through the Government Quality Assurance Representative to the Contracting Officer for review and acceptance. Any deviations from the accepted milestones, to include justification for such deviations, shall be resubmitted through the same channels for review. The Government reserves the right to disapprove any changes to the previously accepted milestones.

Notification by the Government of the acceptance or nonacceptance of the milestones shall be furnished to the Contractor by the

Contracting Officer.

(e) The Contractor shall review all process and operation parameters for possible application of SPC techniques. This review shall include processes and operations under the control of the prime contractor and those under the control of subcontractor or vendor facilities. A written justification shall be included in the detailed plan for each process and operation parameter that controls or influences characteristics identified as critical, special, or major which have been deemed impractical for the application of SPC techniques. A pamphlet on application of SPC for short production runs is available through the Contracting Officer.

(f) Statistical evidence in the form of control charts shall be prepared and maintained for each process or operation parameter identified in the detailed plan. These charts shall identify all corrective actions taken on statistical signal. During production runs, control charts shall be maintained in such a manner to assure product is traceable to the control charts. At the conclusion of the production run, a collection of charts traceable to the product, shall be maintained for a minimum of 3 years. The control charts shall be provided to the Government for review at any time upon request.

(g) When the process or operation parameter under control has demonstrated both stability and capability, the Contractor may request, in writing, through Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) and Contracting Officer (CO) channels to the Product Assurance and Test

Directorate, that acceptance inspection or testing performed in accordance with contract requirements be reduced or eliminated. Upon approval by the CO, acceptance shall then be based upon the accepted SPC plan, procedures, practices and the control charts.

(h) The Government will not consider requests for reduction or elimination of 100% acceptance inspection and testing of if any one of the following conditions exist:

(1) The existing process currently utilizes a fully automated, cost effective, and sufficiently reliable method of 100% acceptance inspection or testing for an attribute-type critical parameter or characteristic.

(2) The Contractor utilizes attribute SPC control chart methods for the critical parameter or characteristic.

(3) The critical parameter or characteristic is a first order, single point safety failure mode (nonconformance of the critical parameter or characteristic in and of itself would cause a catastrophic failure).

(i) The Government will only consider reduction or elimination of the 100% acceptance inspection or test requirement for other critical parameters or characteristics if either of the following conditions are met:

(1) The process is in a state of statistical control utilizing variable control chart methods for the critical parameter or characteristic under control and the process performance index (Cpk) is at least 2.0. The Contractor shall maintain objective quality evidence through periodic audits that the process performance index is being maintained for each production delivery.

(2) The critical parameter or characteristic is conclusively shown to be completely controlled by one or more process or operation parameters earlier in the process, and those parameters are in a state of statistical control utilizing variable data, and the product of the probability of the conformance for each earlier parameter associated to the critical characteristic is better than or equal to a value equivalent to that provided by a Cpk of at least 2.0. The Contractor shall maintain objective quality evidence through periodic audits that the process performance indexes are being maintained for each production delivery.

(j) For characteristics other than critical, requests for reduction or elimination of acceptance inspection and testing shall be considered when the process performance index is greater than or equal to a Cpk of 1.33 for variables data. Requests shall be considered for attributes data when the percent beyond the specification limits is less than or equal to .003 (Cpk=1.33).

(k) Process or operation parameters under reduced or eliminated inspection or testing that undergo a break in production less than 6 months in length, may continue to operate under reduced or eliminated inspection or testing provided there has been no degradation below a Cpk of 1.33 (2.0 for criticals). Any break in production greater than 6 months shall require resubmission of the request for reduction or elimination of inspection or testing through the same channels cited in paragraph (g) above.

(1) Not used.

(m) Immediately following a change to a process or operation parameter under reduced or eliminated inspection, the process capability

(Cp) or process performance indexes (Cpk) shall be recalculated and documented for variable data; the grand average fraction defective shall be recalculated for attribute data. If any of these values have deteriorated, immediate notification shall be made to the

Government along with the associated documentation. Return to original inspection and test requirements may be imposed as stipulated in

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paragraph n below.

(n) The Government reserves the right to withdraw authorization to reduce or eliminate final acceptance inspection or testing and direct the Contractor to return to original contract inspection or test procedures at any indication of loss of process control or deterioration of quality.

Part II Detailed requirements pertaining to plan submittal

In accordance with DD Form 1423 and Part I of this section, the following supplemental information shall be considered and used when designing your general and detailed SPC plans.

1.0 General Management Plan

This section shall define managements SPC responsibilities and involvement and shall include managements commitment to continuous process improvement. The plan shall embrace a total commitment to quality and shall be capable of standing on its own merit.

1.1 Policy/Scope:

Describe the Contractors policy for applying SPC, including goals and management commitment to SPC.

1.2 Applicable Document:

List documents that are the basis for the contractors SPC program (i.e., ANSI standard, textbooks, Government documents).

1.3 SPC Management Structure:

Define the SPC management structure within the organization. Identify and include interrelationships of all departments involved in SPC

(i.e., Production, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, etc.) Identify by job title or position all key personnel within departments involved in the application of SPC. Describe which functions are performed by key personnel and when these functions are performed

(i.e., include personnel responsible for performing inspections/audits, charting and interpreting data; personnel responsible for determining, initiating and implementing corrective action upon detecting assignable causes, etc.)

1.4 SPC Training:

Identify by job title or position the primary individual responsible for overseeing that SPC training is accomplished. Describe the qualification program required and in use for all personnel utilizing SPC techniques, including the qualification of trainers. Identify who is to be trained and the type, extent and length of such training (i.e., on-the-job, classroom, etc.). Identify when refresher training is required and how personnel using SPC techniques are monitored.

1.5 Manufacturing Controls:

Identify the criteria for performing SPC gage capability studies and describe how and when these studies are applied. Repeatability and accuracy of gages should be addressed.

1.6 Determination of SPC Use:

Describe how the process/operation parameters are determined appropriate for SPC application and explain what actions are taken if SPC is not deemed appropriate for critical, special and major process/operation parameters (i.e., Pareto analysis; analysis of characteristics with tight tolerances, etc.)

1.7 Process Stability and Capability:

a. Identify the criteria for performing process capability studies and describe how and when these studies are applied. Describe how the process capability index is calculated and include the frequency of these calculations. Describe what actions are taken as a result of each process capability study. Describe the contractors methodologies when process capability is for variable and attribute data. To determine a capable process, the process/operation parameters shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Variable Data. Process capability (Cp) shall be determined. Process performance index shall be greater than or equal to 1.33

(Cpk). For critical parameters/characteristics, the process performance index shall be greater than or equal to 2.0 (Cpk).

(2) Attribute Data: Process capability/performance shall be the percent beyond the upper/lower specification limit less than or equal to .003 percent (Cpk=1.33).

b. Describe what actions will be taken if process/operation is sub-marginal or marginal. (Cpk less than 1.33 or 2.0 for criticals) or grand average fraction defective is greater than .003 percent).

c. Include analysis of statistical distributions and define all formulas and symbology utilized.

1.8 Control Chart Policy:

a. Type of charts to be used (i.e., x bar/R x bar/S, etc.) and rationale for use; the criteria for selection of sample size, frequency of sampling and rational subgroups.

b. Procedures for establishing and updating control limits, including frequency of adjustments.

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c. Criteria for determining out-of-control conditions (i.e., trends, points beyond control limits, etc.) and the corrective action taken; to include failure analysis when the process is unstable or when nonconforming product has resulted from unstable processes.

Illustrate out-of-control tests.

d. Describe the method of recording pertinent facts on control charts such as changes in raw materiel, machines, manufacturing methods and environment, and corrective actions taken and describe how control charts are traceable to the product.

1.9 Vendor/Subcontractor Purchase Controls:

Identify whether suppliers are required to utilize SPC and describe the extent the vendors policies and procedures are consistent with in-house procedures of the prime contractor. Describe the following: methods utilized to determine that suppliers have adequate controls to assure defective product is not produced and delivered; the system utilized to audit suppliers, what will be audited and how often; what action will be taken when out-of-control conditions exist at subcontractor/vendor facilities.

1.10 SPC Audit System:

At a minimum, the contractors SPC Audit System shall consist of auditing compliance with the planned arrangements specified in the general and detailed SPC plans followed by a review and analysis of the outcome to include implementation of necessary corrective action.

1.11 SPC Records:

Identify various records to be used in support of SPC and describe their use. Identify retention periods.

2.0 Detailed Plan:

This section shall detail specific manufacturing process/operation parameters under control.

2.1 Control of Process/Operation Parameters or Characteristics:

a. Identify the following for each process/operation by name or characteristic under control:

(1) Identify process/operation by name or characteristic and provide rationale for selection; justification for non-selection if the parameter or characteristic is identified as critical, special and/or major.

(2) Describe how the characteristic is produced; the chain of events, type and number of machines involved, location of manufacturing facility, tolerances maintained, etc.

(3) Production and inspection machinery used. Include the production rate, number of shifts and length of shifts plus whether inspection is fully or semi-automatic or manual. If manual, identify the type of gages in use.

(4) Identify the type of charts to be maintained and whether the process/operation is performed in-house or subcontracted out;

identify facility/vendor where process/operation parameters are targeted for SPC.

2.2 Reduction or Elimination of Inspection/Test: The Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) will accept submissions of requests for reduction or elimination of final acceptance inspection/testing when the SPC contract requirements are met. Each request shall contain and/or address the following: control charts documenting twenty (20) consecutive production shifts or more for the same process/operation parameter under control; type of control chart utilized; control chart limits and process average or grand average fraction defective (as applicable); definition of out-of-control condition and corrective actions taken during out-of-control conditions; specification and part number.

REWORK AND REPAIR OF NONCONFORMING MATERIAL

(a) Rework and Repair are defined as follows:

(1) Rework - The reprocessing of nonconforming material to make it conform completely to the drawings, specifications or contract requirements.

(2) Repair - The reprocessing of nonconforming material in accordance with approved written procedures and operations to reduce, but not completely eliminate, the nonconformance. The purpose of repair is to bring nonconforming material into a usable condition. Repair is distinguished from rework in that the item after repair still does not completely conform to all of the applicable drawings, specifications or contract requirements.

(b) Rework procedures along with the associated inspection procedures shall be documented by the Contractor and submitted to the

Government Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) for review prior to implementation. Rework procedures are subject to the QARs disapproval.

(c) Repair procedures shall be documented by the Contractor and submitted on a Request for Deviation/Waiver, DD Form 1694, to the

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Contracting Officer for review and written approval prior to implementation.

(d) Whenever the Contractor submits a repair or rework procedure for Government review, the submission shall also include a description of the cause for the nonconformances and a description of the action taken or to be taken to prevent recurrence.

(e) The rework or repair procedure shall also contain a provision for reinspection which will take precedence over the Technical Data

Package requirements and shall, in addition, provide the Government assurance that the reworked or repaired items have met reprocessing requirements.

(f) Rework and repair is a supply chain flow-down requirement that applies to contractors and their suppliers, vendors or subcontractors.

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

(a) All costs for destructive testing by the Contractor and items destroyed by the Government are considered as being included in the contract unit price.

(b) Where destructive testing of items or components thereof is required by contract or specification, the number of items or components required to be destructively tested, whether destructively tested or not, shall be in addition to the quantity to the delivered to the

Government as set forth in the Contract Schedule.

(c) All pieces of the complete First Article shall be considered as destructively tested items unless specifically exempted by other provisions of this contract.

(d) The Contractor shall not reuse any components from items used in a destructive test during First Article, lot acceptance inprocess testing, unless specifically authorized by the Contracting Officer.

(e) The Government reserves the right to take title to all or any items or components described above. The Government may take title to all or any items or components upon notice to the Contractor. The items or components of items to which the Government takes title shall be shipped in accordance with the Contracting Officers instructions. Those items and components to which the Government does not obtain title shall be rendered inoperable and disposed of as scrap by the Contractor.

MEASUREMENT SYSTEM EVALUATION

(a) Definitions. This paragraph defines specific terms utilized throughout the rest of this section and in the accompanying Contract

Data Requirements List (CDRL) and Data Item Description (DID). This aids in clarifying the MSE requirements to Government and contractor personnel.

(1) Acceptance Inspection Equipment (AIE). All equipment (includes AAIE defined below), special and standard, including dimensional gages, measuring equipment, test fixtures, electronic and physical test equipment, and other test equipment used for examination and test of a product to determine conformance to the Technical Data Package (TDP) which may include drawings and specifications (e.g., Detail, Performance, Weapon specifications, and QAPs).

(2) Automated Acceptance Inspection Equipment (AAIE). AIE in which the inspection and acceptance determination of the product is performed, in whole or in part, in an automatic manner.

(3) Contractor Inspection Equipment. Government-approved equipment utilized by the contractor to perform examination and tests to assure conformance to contract requirements.

(4) Commercial Inspection Equipment. Industry-developed inspection equipment of universal application, without limitations to a specific part or item, which is advertised or cataloged as available to the trade or to the public on an unrestricted basis at an established price. Examples follow:

(i) Standard Test Equipment. Multiusage equipment that is specific to a function rather than to an item. It includes such items as hardness testers, tensile strength testers, meters, weighing devices, standard gear testers, ohmmeters, voltmeters, and oscilloscopes.

(ii) Standard Measuring Equipment (SME). Multipurpose equipment and standards used for performing measurements. It includes such items as micrometers, rulers, tapes, height gages, and protractors, etc. Standards include visual inspection equipment such as scratch and dig standards, surface finish comparator, color standards (FED-STD-595), etc.

(5) Nondestructive Testing. The development and application of technical methods to examine materials or components in ways that do not impair future usefulness and serviceability in order to detect, locate, measure and evaluate flaws; to assess integrity, properties

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and composition; and to measure geometrical characteristics. NDT includes Radiography/Radioscopic, Ultrasonic, Eddy Current, Magnetic

Particle, and Liquid Penetrant.

(6) Measurement System Analysis (MSA). Per ASTM E2782 (Standard Guide for MSA), paragraph 3.1.7, MSA is any of a number of specialized methods useful for studying a measurement system and its properties.

(b) Scope. This section…