B08 W52P1J22R0018 Solicitation (FINAL).pdf

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)

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ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - RI

ROCK ISLAND, IL 61299-8000

BLDGS 60 & 62

CHELSEY M. LOVE

(309)231-5496

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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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Item: M67 Propelling Charge

NSN: 1315-01-237-9775

Part Number: 9205472

NAICS: 332993

1. The U.S Army Contracting Command- Rock Island requests a proposal for the M67 Propelling Charges.

2. NOTICE OF BEST VALUE CRITERIA. All offerors are hereby notified that award of this acquisition will not be based on price alone, but on a trade-off process in accordance with FAR 15.101-1, in which evaluation will be based on criteria set forth in Section M.

3. This solicitation is restricted to the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB), The United States, its outlying areas, and

Canada, in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3). The solicitation will result in the single award of a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with five, one-year Ordering Periods. There are no option periods.

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

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

Ordering Period 2: 366 DAA - 730 DAA

Ordering Period 3: 731 DAA - 1096 DAA

Ordering Period 4: 1097 DAA - 1461 DAA

Ordering Period 5: 1462 DAA - 1826 DAA

5. The propellants used in the M67 propelling charge (M64 SP and MP) shall be supplied as Contractor Furnished Material (CFM) from the only qualified supplier, Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP). For the first two years of this contract, the USG will lead charge establishment and charge uniformity (CE/CU) and lot acceptance testing (LAT). At that time, responsibility will be transferred to the

Load, Assemble, and Pack (LAP) contractor for the remainder of the contract. Procedures for CE/CU and LAT are outlined in the M64 specification MIL-DTL-32571 (dated: 31 July 2019) and shall be conducted at a United States Government (USG) testing facility.

6. The M67 Propelling Charge will be built to a certified Technical Data Package (TDP). The TDP is coded as Distribution Statement D

(authorized distribution of technical documents to Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only). 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 . 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.

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

DENIED.**

7. This solicitation is issued Subject to Availability of Funds. This solicitation is currently unfunded. Funds will be certified, subject to availability of funds (see FAR 52.232-18).

8. Prices are required in accordance with the Price Matrix, Attachment 0001 for the following CLINs:

CLIN 0001 - Production

CLIN 0002 First Article Test (FAT)

Offerors should make note that the Government requires 30 days for review/approval after receipt; therefore, contractors should plan for submittal of First Article Test (FAT) Report in time to meet the required delivery schedule.

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9. This solicitation contains a Section B, "Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs" section, which is for item identification only.

Offerors are required to complete and submit the Price Matrix identified as Attachment 0001. Offerors shall provide prices and ranges for all Ordering Periods. Proposals offering prices for quantities other than those solicited will not be considered. After contract award, each Delivery Order issued against the resultant contract shall contain a Section B based on the Price Matrix in Attachment 0001.

It is important that the offeror base the production period for the maximum order quantity for the entire period of the IDIQ contract.

10. The Minimum Guaranteed Amount (MGA) is $80,000.00 for a process map for the awardee. The MGA will be awarded concurrently with the basic IDIQ contract on the first delivery order to the offeror receiving award. The process map shall identify the points within the process where defects on critical and major characteristics could be generated and how the contractor is inspecting for these characteristics. The process map shall be submitted within 30 days of the delivery order award for the MGA. The USG is under no further obligation to place any additional orders.

11. Subcontracting Plan Requirement: Note for Other than Small Businesses ONLY. Separate from Small Business Participation, Other than

Small Business Offerors shall also submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan as required by FAR 19.7 (FAR Clause 52.219-9, Small

Business Subcontracting Plan). The Small Business Subcontracting Plan will be reviewed when the apparent awardee is determined. In accordance with AFARS Appendix DD, the Small Business Subcontracting Plan must correlate with the percentages of small business utilization identified in the contractor's Small Business Participation Plan in order to be eligible for award. For Offerors utilizing a

Commercial Subcontracting Plan the Offeror shall also provide an explanation showing how the percentages of small business utilization identified in the contractor's Small Business Participation Plan correlate to the goals in its Commercial Subcontracting Plan to be eligible for award.

12. 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.

13. Offerors are cautioned to read all of the solicitation and attachments carefully to ensure that any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation and any issued amendments, includes all Technical, Cost/Price, Past Performance, and Small Business Participation information required by the solicitation.

14. Offeror questions regarding the solicitation and all attachments are due to the Point of Contact (POC) no later 3:00 pm CT, May, 18

2022 in order to ensure that all Offeror questions can be answered and posted for all potential Offerors's knowledge, prior to solicitation closing.

15. The closing date and time for receipt of offers is 3:00 pm CT, June 6, 2022.

16. Offerors should note the provision at FAR 52.215-1, "Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisition". The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this RFP without discussions with offerors (except clarifications described in FAR 15.306(a)).

Therefore, offerors initial proposals should contain the best terms. The Government does however, reserve the right to conduct discussions if determined necessary by the Procuring Contracting Officer.

17. 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 in paragraph 10. 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. See Section F, "Deliveries or Performance".

18. These items are determined to not be hazardous; therefore a pre-award safety survey will not be required.

19. Earlier delivery is allowed at no additional cost to the government. However, the warranty will begin at the original delivery date.

20. Offerors are directed to Section I clause FAR 52.216-18, Ordering. Only the Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, is authorized to issue Delivery Orders under the contract award resulting from this solicitation.

21. Clauses and provisions from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (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.

22. The Government representative for this RFP is Chelsey Love. Any formal communications such as a request for clarifications, discussions, and/or information concerning this solicitation should be submitted in writing to Ms. Chelsey Love at

Chelsey.m.love.civ@army.mil. Please indicate the RFP number, W52P1J22R0018, in the subject line.

23. This RFP should not be discussed with any Government employee except the Contracting Officer, Ms. Kathleen Ward

Kathleen.m.ward.civ@army.mil or Contract Specialist, Ms. Chelsey Love (Chelsey.m.love.civ@army.mil). Failure to adhere to this restriction may be grounds to declare your firm ineligible for consideration of any award resulting from this solicitation.

24. This RFP will be evaluated on an all-or-nothing basis, using the source selection procedures IAW FAR 15.1. See section L and M for additional information

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SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

0001 M67 PROP CHARGE PRODUCTION __________________________

Security Class: Unclassified

NSN: 1315-01-237-9775

FSCM: 19200

PART NR: 9205472

Inspection and Acceptance_________________________

Inspection: Origin Acceptance: Origin

FOB: Origin

ALL UNIT PRICES SHALL BE IN THE PRICE MATRIX

(ATTACHMENT 0001).

NO PRICES ARE TO BE ENTERED IN THIS SECTION B.

TAC: TBD

For the purpose of evaluating offers, the projected final destination will be:

XU WOL7 BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT XU MUNITIONS STORAGE PT

BLDG 902 431 BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY RICHMOND,

KY, 40475-5070

Only the Army Contracting Command, Rock Island

Contracting Center, is authorized to issue Delivery

Orders under the contract award resulting from this solicitation.

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0002 FIRST ARTICLE TEST __________________

Inspection and Acceptance_________________________

Inspection: Destination

Origin Acceptance: Destination

FOB Destination

ALL FAT PRICES SHALL BE IN THE PRICE MATRIX

(ATTACHMENT 0001).

NO PRICES ARE TO BE ENTERED IN THIS SECTION

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First Article Test (FAT) deliveries are due 150 days after date of award.

Only the Army Contracting Command, Rock Island

Contracting Center, is authorized to approve FAT under the contract award resulting from this solicitation.

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SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

1. Refer to Section J Attachments for detailed information/specifications.

2. The M67 Propelling Charge will be built to a certified Technical Data Package (TDP). The TDP is coded as Distribution Statement D

(authorized distribution of technical documents to Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only). 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 . 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.

**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.**

TDP NO. 13065696:19200 Dated 19 August 2020 - Charge Prop 105mm:M67

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SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

(a)Packaging shall be in accordance with 9381476 revision D, dated 16 Jun 1995.

(b)When lot numbering is required, no more than one lot shall be packaged in an outer shipping container.

(c)Marking shall be in accordance with 9381476 revision D, dated 16 Jun 1995. 2-D barcodes are required in accordance with 12999545, rev

J, dated 26 Jan 2018.

(d)The following shall apply to drawing 9381476 revision D, dated 16 Jun 1995:

(e)PERFORMANCE ORIENTED PACKAGING (POP)

(1) Prior to shipment, the manufacturer shall make sure the container has been tested by a government approved Performance

Oriented Packaging (POP) Test laboratory for compliance with POP requirements in accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulation.

Test will be to a weight at least 10% greater than the actual gross weight to be marked on the tested container. POP marking shall not be applied to the container until verified by the government. The POP test report shall be generated by the Manufacturer/Laboratory following the test. The report must be kept on file by the contractor and submitted as required by the Contract Data Requirement List.

(DI-PACK-81059) For multiyear contracts, the contractor shall re-perform POP testing at a certified test laboratory if: the initial POP test report expires before the end of the contract, or there is a change in container manufacturer or design of the exterior shipping container. No re-test is needed if all packaging was purchased during the period that the POP test was valid.

(f) EXCEPTION TO POP MARKINGS

(1) If the container is manufactured outside the USA, the contractor shall not apply the UN POP certification mark provided in this contract (if applicable). The contractor/container manufacturer (outside the USA) is responsible to perform the UN POPcertification tests and apply the marking authorized by the Transportation Competent Authority of the country of manufacture.

(g) POP VERIFICATION

(1) In no case shall a container be shipped if the gross weight marked on the package is greater than the POP certified weight.

If the average gross weight of the packed containers (determined by weighing two representative samples and averaging the weight) is greater than the certified weight, container marking operations shall cease and the procuring activity shall be contacted immediately.

(h) Palletization shall be in accordance with

19-48-4116/20PA1002, revision 14, dated Dec 2019 and 19-48-4116/45S, revision 1, dated May 1996. Marking shall be in accordance with

ACV00561, Revision G, dated 26 Jan 2018. Wood Packaging Material (WPM) shall be in accordance with ACV00831, Dated: 01 MAR 2010.

2\'81\'5dD barcodes are required.

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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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Critical Characteristics Control

(a) The contractors processes shall be designed with the objective of preventing the creation or occurrence of non- conforming critical characteristics (see paragraphs d & e). The contractor shall establish, document and maintain a product specific, critical characteristics control (CCC) plan that shall be submitted to and approved by the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) IAW DD Form 1423.

The CCC plan shall include or reference all procedures, work and handling instructions and process controls relating to any critical characteristics. Mistake Proofing techniques of the material handling and inspection systems shall be a part of the CCC Plan. Guidance for developing this plan and submitting Critical Plans of Action (CPOA) (paragraph g) can be found at

"http://www.ardec.army.mil/organizations/QESA/ "

(b) The contractor shall assure its critical processes are robust in design, capable and under control, with the objective of not generating any critical non-conformances. The contractor shall calculate, document, clearly identify, and have a schedule that routinely assess the reliability and effectiveness of its critical processes to prevent generating critical non- conformances as identified in the

CCC Plan.

(c) An inspection and verification system shall be employed that will verify the robustness of all critical processes. The contractor shall calculate, document, clearly identify, and have a schedule that routinely assess the reliability and effectiveness of its inspection and verification system to detect and prevent critical non-conformance escapes as identified in the CCC Plan. The Government expects that a contractor will allow zero critical escapes. To demonstrate its critical escape risk the contractor will utilize the nonconformance escape risk goal provided below.

(1) Unless otherwise specified immediately below, the calculated critical non-conformance escape risk is 1 in a million (.000001) items delivered. Or:

Alternate calculated Critical Non-conformance Escape risk: N/A

Unless otherwise approved by the PCO, the non-conformance escape risk is the sum of the individual characteristic escape rates.

The probability of escape for a single characteristic shall be calculated by multiplying the non-conformance rate(s) entering the inspection system(s) by the error rate of the inspection system(s). These escape rates are then summed and shall not exceed the tolerable critical non-conformance escape risk.

(2) Within 45 days after award, the contractor can elect to submit a phased-in approach on how the non-conformance escape risk will be achieved over a period of time not to exceed 180 days from the date of first article approval, or from initiation of production when first article is not required. Submission will require approval by the Government and is subject to a technical review and analysis.

Allowance for a phased-in approach will then become a part of the contract. Disapproval of the contractors submission does not relieve the contractor of its obligation to comply with the terms of this requirement.

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(3) Based on the maximum error rate defined for the inspection system, the contractor shall develop a test procedure to demonstrate the error rate. As part of the test plan the contractor shall include sufficient test quantities to assure 90% statistical confidence in the resultant rates unless otherwise approved by the PCO. Once established, the contractor shall have a documented schedule to routinely monitor the non- conformance and inspection system error rates to assure they do not exceed the maximum rates allotted.

(d) As a result of previous practices, the governments technical data may refer to Critical I, Critical II, and Special characteristics.

The use of the term critical characteristics within this section includes Critical I, Critical II and Special characteristics and the use of the term critical nonconformances includes those nonconformances pertaining to Critical I, Critical II and Special characteristics. Unless otherwise stated in Section C, these characteristics shall be subject to all requirements of this section.

(e) In addition to critical characteristics defined in the governments technical data (drawings, specifications, etc.), the contractor shall also identify and document in its contractor developed technical data all known material, component, subassembly and assembly characteristics whose non-conformances would likely result in hazardous or unsafe conditions for individuals using, maintaining or depending upon the product. All additional critical characteristics identified by the contractor shall comply with the critical characteristic requirements of the technical data package, supplemented herein. The Critical Item Characteristic List (CICL) review process shall be included in the CCC Plan. The contractors additional critical characteristics shall be classified in accordance with guidance located at "http://www.ardec.army.mil/organizations/QESA/ "and shall be submitted to and approved by the PCO prior to production (see DD Form 1423).

(f) In the event that a critical non-conformance is found anywhere in the production process, the contractor, as part of its CCC Plan, shall have procedures in place to ensure:

(1) The non-conformance is positively identified and segregated to ensure that nonconforming product does not inadvertently remain in or reenter the production process. This control shall be accomplished without affecting or impairing subsequent non-conformance analysis.

Final disposition of non- conforming product shall be documented and audited for traceability.

(2) The operation that produced the non-conforming component or assembly and any other operations incorporating suspect components or assemblies are immediately stopped. (See para h. for exceptions)

(3) The government (PCO) is immediately notified of the critical non-conformance (electronic mail)(See DD Form 1423).

(4) Any suspect material is identified, segregated and suspended from any further processing and shipment.

(5) An investigation is conducted to determine the root cause of the non-conformance and the required corrective actions. An evaluation shall also be conducted with regard to suspect material to ensure that no additional critical non- conformances are present. A report of this investigation shall be submitted to the government (See DD Form 1423). The use of the DID report shall not delay notification to the government as required in f(3) above.

(6) A request to restart manufacturing or to use any suspect material associated with the critical non-conformance is submitted to the government (see DD Form 1423). Restart of production shall not occur until authorized by the PCO, unless previously addressed in the approved CCC Plan. The Government will respond to a restart request within 3 working days. All objective evidence of the investigations to date shall be available for review at the time of restart. Suspect material shall not be used without PCO approval.

(7) The procuring activity reserves the right to refuse acceptance of any suspect material until the root cause or reasonably likely cause of the critical non-conformance has been identified, corrective action has been fully implemented and sufficient evidence has been provided to exclude non-conforming material from the conforming population.

(g) The contractor may develop alternative plans and provisions, collectively referred to as a Critical Plan of Action (CPOA), relative to government or contractor identified critical characteristics. All CPOAs are independent and shall be evaluated by the government for this contract. The CPOA and any subsequent revisions submitted IAW DD Form 1423 require PCO approval prior to implementation. Unless otherwise specified at time of approval, contractor shall review and evaluate CPOAs for currency and process improvements at least on an annual basis and submit results to the PCO. Unless otherwise approved by the PCO, each critical characteristic shall require a separate

CPOA. If the CPOA includes other documents by reference they shall be submitted upon request.

Guidance for the development of a CPOA can be found in the referenced guidance located at paragraph a of this section.

(h) The contractor may continue production with an approved CPOA provided that the critical non-conformance is consistent with the failure mode(s) and rates established in the CPOA. Failure to meet all CPOA requirements will require the contractor to revert back to paragraph f requirements.

(i) If a critical non-conformance is discovered beyond its designated inspection point and prior to Government acceptance the contractor shall take actions specified in paragraph f above. If a critical non-conformance is discovered after Government acceptance the

Government has the right to invoke the requirements of paragraph f with respect to the contractors remaining production under this contract.

MIL-STD-1916

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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 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.

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(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 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

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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.

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.

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(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

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

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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).