ATTACHMENT_2_Quality_Assurance_Provisions.pdf

DLA ENERGY QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS (QAPs) FOR SOLICITATION SPE601-18-R-0310

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION

C-0001 C1 SPECIFICATIONS (DLA ENERGY JAN 2012)

Product to be supplied shall fully meet the requirements of the applicable specification(s) as indicated in the Supply Schedule, except as modified elsewhere in this contract. Unless otherwise indicated by the Contractor, prior to award and in accordance with the EVALUATION OF OFFERS contract provision, the product offered will be assumed to fully meet the applicable specification(s).

SECTION E- INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E-0001 E1.15 CONTRACTOR INSPECTION RESPONSIBILITIES (AEROSPACE ENERGY) (DLA

ENERGY SEP 2013)

(a) QUALITY CONTROL PLAN.

(1) The Contractor is required to provide and maintain an inspection system, and a written description (Quality Control Plan (QCP)) of that system, acceptable to the Government. The Contractor has the option to provide and maintain an inspection system that, as a minimum, incorporates the requirements of ISO9001, Quality Management Systems. If the Contractor chooses to comply with the ISO9001 quality system requirements and format, all the specific Quality Assurance Provisions of this contract must be included in the resulting ISO9001 document that will serve as the QCP. A copy of the QCP, in English, shall be presented to the Government Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) for their review and acceptance prior to commencement of production or services. An acceptable QCP is required prior to Government inspection and acceptance of supplies or services. The QCP shall be reviewed and updated when deemed necessary by the Contractor or the Government, to include changes necessary to prevent the recurrence of quality problems. The Contractor must sign and date the original QCP, as well as each subsequent revision. Revisions shall also be presented to the QAR for review and acceptance prior to implementation. When acceptable to the Government, the original QCP, and any revisions, shall be signed and dated by the

QAR.

(2) The QCP shall include--

(i) A schematic diagram of plant facilities pertinent to the inspection system indicating all inspection points;

(ii) Sampling procedures.

(iii) Sample testing methods/procedures;

(iv) Analytical and measuring equipment calibration program;

(v) Loading/shipping procedures;

(vi) Records maintenance and reports preparation/distribution; and

(vii) Corrective action procedures.

(3) The Contractor shall require subcontractors to provide and maintain inspection systems that adhere to the requirements in this contract provision.

(b) The Contractor shall perform all inspection tests required by the specification/item description, and any modifications thereof, on the supplies to be furnished under this contract or shall have such tests performed in a laboratory acceptable to the Government. The Contractor shall notify the QAR in sufficient time to permit inspection by the Government. When such tests are performed at origin on supplies to be accepted at destination, documentation that will enable verification of the original test results shall be provided to the Government at the time of acceptance.

E-0002 ENERGY QAP E6 (AUG 2015) CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMANCE

(a) When authorized in writing by the cognizant DLA Energy Contract Administration Office (CAO), the Contractor shall ship with a Certificate of Conformance (COC) any supplies for which the contract would otherwise require inspection at source. In no case shall the Government's right to inspect supplies under the inspection provisions of this contract be prejudiced. Shipments of such supplies will not be made under this contract until use of the COC has been authorized in writing by the CAO, or inspection and acceptance have occurred.

(b) When the contract requires the use of Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF), contractors shall execute COC by including the appropriate indicator in the electronic transaction rather than through inclusion or attachment of the text of the certificate. Government acceptance must still be indicated by a Government official’s electronic signature on the WAWF Energy Receiving Report (ERR).

(c) When WAWF use is not required by contract or WAWF processing in unavailable, the Contractor's signed certificate shall be attached to or included on the first page of the Material Inspection and Receiving Report (DD Form 250) or other authorized document, that is distributed to the payment office (Block 12 of the DD Form 250). A copy shall also be sent with the shipment and to the CAO (Block 10 of the DD Form 250); however, the CAO copy shall only be sent if specifically requested by the Contracting Officer.

(d) The Government has the right to reject defective supplies or services within a reasonable time after delivery by written notification to the Contractor. The Contractor shall in such event promptly replace or correct the rejected supplies or services at the Contractor's expense.

(e) The certificate shall read as follows:

"I certify that on ______________ [insert date], the ______________________________________ [insert Contractor's name] furnished the supplies or services called for by Contract No. ______________________ via ______________________ [Carrier] on ________________________ [identify the bill of lading or shipping document] in accordance with all applicable requirements. I further certify that the supplies or services are of the quality specified and conform in all respects with the contract requirements, including specifications, drawings, preservation, packaging, packing, marking requirements, and physical item identification (part number), and are in the quantity shown on this or on the attached acceptance document."

Date of Execution:_____________________________________________________

Signature: ___________________________________________________________

Title: _______________________________________________________________

E-0003 E22.01 QUALITY REPRESENTATIVE (AERPOSPACE ENERGY) (DLA ENERGY JUL 1992)

The Quality Office assigned inspection responsibility under this contract is: To Be Assigned at Time of Award

E-0004 E33.10 MANUFACTURING AND FILLING POINTS (AEROSPACE ENERGY) (DLA ENERGY JUL 2008)

a) Provide the name, complete addresses and telephone number of the manufacturing and filling points for each product to be furnished, and identify the filling points as primary or secondary.

NAME, COMPLETE ADDRESS

AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF

PRODUCT MANUFACTURING POINT/FILLING POINT

LN2 (NSN 6830-01-666-3681)

Type II, Grade L, Compressed Gas Association Specification (CGA) G-10.1-2016

BLDG 4A 11 HAP ARNOLD BLVD

TOBYHANNA PA 18466-5079

(b) Suppliers that list primary and alternate manufacturing/filling points for supporting the same requirement shall provide a 30 calendar day notice to the Government prior to offering an initial shipment from an alternate manufacturing/filling point.

(c) For f.o.b. origin shipments, the contract price shall not be adjusted if a Contractor uses a different fill location other than the primary fill point during contract performance. However, if the use of the alternate fill point results in increased costs to the Government, such as transportation costs, the Contractor agrees to reimburse the Government for those increased costs.

E-0005 E35 NONCONFORMING SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (DLA ENERGY DEC 2011)

(a) DEFINITION: As used in this contract provision:

Deviation is defined as a written authorization granted after contract award and prior to manufacture of an item, to depart from a particular performance or design requirement of a contract, specification, or referenced document, for a specific number of units or specific period of time, normally the duration of the contract.

Extraordinary situation means the matter cannot await resolution until the next DLA Energy business day (0800 to 1630 hours EST, Monday through Friday, Federal Holidays excluded).

Waiver is defined as a written authorization granted after contract award to accept a configuration item or other designated item which, during production or after having been submitted for inspection, is found to depart from specified requirements, but nevertheless is considered suitable for use “as is” or after repair by an approved method. Approval is on a case-by-case basis and is normally for a set period of time.

(b) The Government may, at its discretion, accept nonconforming supplies or services. In such cases, the Contractor must obtain a deviation or waiver from the Contracting Officer prior to acceptance.

(c) The following procedures shall be used to request a deviation or waiver.

(1) Requests for deviations and waivers shall be submitted by the Contractor to the Contracting Officer with a copy to the appropriate Inspection Office referenced in the LIST OF INSPECTION OFFICES FOR DLA ENERGY CONTRACTS or QUALITY REPRESENTATIVE contract provision of this contract. Each request shall provide the following information: Contractor name; name and contact information of the contractor’s authorized negotiator; contract number; contract line item number and product nomenclature, clause or contract provision number, paragraph and subparagraph, as appropriate; the nature of the request; the reason for the request; the corrective action being taken by the Contractor to correct and prevent recurrence of the condition(s) causing the nonconformance; and an agreement to pay an equitable price reduction, estimated and proposed by DLA Energy, over and above the administrative fee, contingent on the impact of the specific circumstances on DLA Energy relative to approval of the deviation or waiver.

(2) In extraordinary situations, the Contractor may initially submit a verbal request for a waiver, but not a deviation, to the Contracting Officer. Written requests shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer by the next DLA Energy business day (0800 to 1630 hours EST, Monday through Friday, Federal Holidays excluded). If the Contracting Officer cannot be reached, the Duty Officer shall be contacted to provide the necessary information to the proper individuals as soon as possible. The Duty Officer's telephone number is (800) 286-7633 or

(703) 767-8420.

(3) If a deviation or waiver is granted, the contract will be modified to accept the nonconforming supplies or services and to require the Contractor to provide an equitable price reduction or other adequate consideration commensurate with the deviation or waiver being granted. If the situation warrants, a deviation or waiver may be granted without prior agreement on price reduction or other consideration, subject to agreement by the Contractor, or its representative, to subsequent negotiation. Such an agreement, in addition to a brief description of the terms of the deviation or waiver, shall be documented on the shipping document or other appropriate correspondence.

After negotiations, failure to agree on adequate consideration shall be a dispute concerning a question of fact within the meaning of the Disputes paragraph of the CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS contract provision of this contract.

(4) If a deviation or waiver is granted and the nonconforming supplies are accepted, then in no event will consideration be less than $500, which covers administrative costs, plus any additional cost of Government reinspection or retest, if necessary.

(5) If a deviation or waiver is granted modifying this contract, but the supplies accepted are subsequently determined to be in conformity with contract specifications, the Contractor shall still be obligated to pay the consideration originally agreed upon in support of the deviation or waiver. If, however, this consideration exceeds $1000, a second contract modification shall be issued reducing the Contractor's obligation to $1000 (the administrative cost of issuing the two required modifications), plus, if appropriate, any cost of Government reinspection or retest performed as a result of the deviation or waiver being granted.

(d) When notification of nonconforming supplies is received after the supplies have been accepted, and the Government determines not to exercise its right to reject or to require correction under the INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES – FIXED-PRICE, INSPECTION OF SERVICES – FIXED PRICE, or CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS contract provision, then in no event will consideration be less than $500 to cover administrative costs. This $500 fee is in addition to—

(1) Consideration commensurate with the extent of nonconforming supplies; and

(2) Cost of Government reinspection or retest, if necessary.

The administrative fee will apply to each claim letter issued for off-specification product delivered to an activity.

(e) Contractors shall be held responsible for payment of any fines or penalties imposed on a receiving activity by an environmental enforcement agency, resulting from the delivery of nonconforming supplies under a DLA Energy contract.

(f) Repeated tender of nonconforming supplies or services, including those with only minor defects, will be discouraged by appropriate actions, including, but not limited to, rejecting the supplies or services whenever feasible and documenting the Contractor's performance records.