SQSS FD20202100243.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

FAR 9.202(a) Policy and DoD 4120.24-M Defense Standardization Program, Policy and Procedures

AMSC: B (DFARS PGI 217.7506, DoD Spare Parts Breakout Program)

SECTION A: ITEM IDENTIFICATION

1. National Stock Number (NSN): Multiple NSN’s, see Section C, part 3. Additional Information, below.

2. Part Number (P/N): Multiple P/N’s, see Section C, part 3. Additional Information, below.

3. Noun: SST Cable

4. Application: F-16 SST Tester

SECTION B:

1. JUSTIFICATION FOR ESTABLISHING A QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT

a. Criticality: Production of this SST Cable requires engineering source approval by the design control activity 416 SCMS GUEAA in order to maintain the quality of the part. Failure to procure this SST Cable from a fully qualified source can result in structural or functional deficiencies that will degrade the mission capability of the F-16 SST Tester and could cause loss of aircraft and/or crew.

b. Complexity, Manufacturing Processes, and/or Material Considerations: Inadequate control of characteristics associated with machining and processing of this SST Cable can result in product structural or durability degradation. Close tolerance matching of components is required.

Special care and attention is required for surface finish, assembly, and sealing of this SST Cable to assure compliance with specified acceptance test requirements.

c. Form, Fit, Function, and Interface: The qualification requirements specified herein are necessary to verify the structural and/or functional integrity and/or fit, form, and interface of the SST Cable being procured.

2. REASON WHY QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT MUST BE DEMONSTRATED PRIOR TO ANY CONTRACT

AWARD

a. Completion of the specified pre-contract award qualification requirements are necessary to assure the government that the offeror is capable of producing the SST Cable in compliance with the applicable technical specification/data within the schedule and economic constraints of our contracts. There are significant technical and schedule risks which can only be minimized by a completion of the requirements prior to contract award.

b. Only the requirements which are the least restrictive to meet the purposes necessitating the establishment of the qualification requirements are specified

Section A & Section B http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/PGI%20217_75.htm%23P16_126

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SECTION C:

1. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE SATISFIED TO BECOME A QUALIFIED SOURCE

a. Prequalification Notice/Sources Sought: The offeror shall notify the appropriate government Small Business Office or, if responding to a solicitation, the contracting officer in the appropriate government contracting office, of intent to qualify as a source for this SST Cable. Source Approval Request (SAR) packages shall be generated in accordance with Attachment 6 of AFMCI 23-113 (Pre-Award Qualification of New or Additional Parts Sources and the Use of the Source Approval Request), this Qualification Requirement, and any other specific guidance provided by the ESA.

b. Facilities, Testing, and Inspection Capabilities: The offeror must certify to the government that he has, or has access to, the required facilities and equipment to manufacture, inspect, test, package, and store the item. The offeror shall make his facilities, equipment, tooling, and personnel available for evaluation and inspection by the government.

c. Data Verification: The offeror must verify that he has a complete data package. This verification must include a complete list of all procedures, drawings, and specifications, including change notices, in the offeror’s possession. The offeror may also be required to produce copies of all applicable procedures, drawings, or specifications.

d. Manufacture/Process Verification: The offeror must manufacture this item to conform to the government requirements as prescribed within the ESA-approved engineering/technical data package. The offeror must show compliance with Unique Identification (UID) requirements in accordance with DFARS 211.274 as prescribed within the ESA-approved engineering/technical data package. The offeror must provide, at their own expense, data showing the results of all quality, performance, and environmental evaluations conducted by the offeror to show compliance with the government requirements as prescribed by 416 SCMS GUEAA. The offeror shall also identify its sources for materials and its standards for internally used processes. If the item considered is a safety critical item or contains critical characteristics, then the offeror must also provide evidence in the form of a management process in which they will manage Critical Safety Items (CSIs) and all of the critical characteristics and critical safety processes.

e. Test and Evaluation and/or Verification: The offeror, at his own expense, shall prepare and submit to 416 SCMS GUEAA for their prior approval, a qualification test plan/procedure detailing how he intends to verify compliance with all performance, environmental, mechanical, and quality assurance requirements identified by Drawing [ see 3. Additional Information below].

After completion of the approved qualification testing, the offeror shall be required to submit a complete test report of the results to 416 SCMS GUEAA for their review and approval prior to the contract award. The government retains the right to exercise the option to inspect the testing processes, including on-site witnessing of any or all documented testing. To allow accomplishing this, the offeror shall notify the government at least 30 days in advance of the occurrence of any testing that will be used as a basis for qualification. The offeror’s facilities shall be made available for government inspection during these tests.

f. Qualification Article Verification: The offeror must provide, at his own expense, a pre-contract award qualification article for evaluation by the government. This article must comply with all

Section C of the requirements of Drawing [ see 3. Additional Information below]. This article shall be subjected to a form, fit, and function evaluation to demonstrate compatibility with the weapon system and to evaluate the manufacturing capability of the offeror. Offerors will be notified whether or not their qualification article passed or failed the required qualification testing within 190 days of submitting a product for qualification testing. Note that successful completion of the qualification testing does not guarantee any contract award. If the offeror is deemed qualified and awarded the contract, a post-contract award first article exhibit may be required to verify production capability.

g. Qualification Requirement Cost Estimate: Estimated likely costs for government testing and evaluation, which will be incurred by the potential offering party to become qualified: $1200 for simple cables, more complex cables would cost more. If there are quality issues with the cable, it may be deemed necessary to disassemble the cable to determine if it adheres to drawing specifications. If this is done, there will be an estimated $1000 additional charge for simple cables, complex cables would cost more. These are estimated costs, before you submit cables, you may obtain a more accurate estimate for the each of the cables you are submitting for qualification by contacting Art McCarty ; Business Operations Office; Ph 801.586-2168.

h. Qualification Time Completion Estimate: It is the estimate of the design control activity that completion of this qualification effort should require 180 days. This is based on complexity of the SST Cable and other factors. This is not a deadline, but a notification to a potential offeror of the time we believe will be required. Events that occur during the qualification process may cause this time requirement to increase or perhaps decrease, depending on individual circumstances.

i. Qualification Time Limitation: An offeror may not be denied the opportunity to submit and have considered an offer for a contract if the offeror can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the contracting officer that the offeror (or its product) meets these standards for qualification or can meet them before the date specified for award of the contract. The award will not be delayed to provide the vendor with an opportunity to demonstrate its ability to meet the standards specified in this qualification requirement.

j. Evaluation of Proposals Not Previously Qualified: The offeror must be fully qualified in order to be eligible for a contract award. Therefore, the offeror must fulfill all of the requirements stated, in writing, in the qualification requirement before the date specified for award of the contract. Once all requirements are met, the offeror will be listed as an approved source for this item. Approval, however, does not guarantee subsequent contract award.

2. SOURCE QUALIFICATION WAIVER REQUIREMENTS

Sources who meet any of the following source Qualification Waiver Criteria (QWC) may apply for a waiver of all or part of the qualification requirements. If a waiver is granted and the offeror is awarded a contract, the offeror may still be required to provide a post-contract award first article exhibit to verify production capability:

a. QWC1: The potential source submits written certification that the articles have been supplied to the government or original equipment manufacturer (e.g., DD Form 250, Material Inspection and Receiving Report, Purchase Order invoice, etc.).

b. QWC2: The potential source is qualified on the right-hand article and requests to be qualified on the left-hand article. If the right-and left-hand articles are mirror images of each other, then approval can generally be given.

c. QWC3: A source qualified to provide an assembly is usually qualified to provide subassemblies, major components, and items of that assembly.

d. QWC4: A source qualified to provide earlier dash numbers of a basic P/N may be qualified to provide other dash numbers of that same basic P/N, provided there is no increase in complexity, criticality, or other relevant requirements.

e. QWC5: A source qualified to provide a similar or like item can be qualified to provide the required item. However, for approval, the engineering authority must verify that there is no increase in complexity, criticality, or other requirements over that of the similar item. At a minimum, the source shall provide a complete set of drawings for the similar item and written proof, such as purchase orders, shipping documents, etc., to show that the similar item was provided to the original equipment manufacturer or DoD.

f. QWC6: A source previously qualified to provide an item, but which has been purchased, sold, merged, absorbed, reformed, split, etc., may qualify if it can be established that the qualification is currently with the requester and that the requester has the same or equivalent facilities, tooling, equipment, personnel, and utilizes the original forging, castings, etc., in the manufacturing process.

g. QWC7: Other

3. Additional Information

The cable drawings provided by the government are not ‘design disclosure’ drawings, meaning that cables can not be built directly from these drawings. However these drawing do have enough information, that ‘design disclosure’ drawings can be constructed from these drawings. In order to qualify to build any of these cables, offeror must show they have in their possession the design disclosure drawings for said cable(s). [See section C, part 1, paragraph c]. The offeror may construct design disclosure cable drawings themselves, or they may obtain them from another source. If design disclosure drawings for any of these cables are obtained from and certified by BAE (cage 94117), they will be accepted as adequate. If offeror wishes to construct design disclosure drawings for themselves, government engineer will review drawings to ensure they are adequate. In such cases offeror must provide justification as to why each of the various parts (and possibly construction techniques) called out in the design disclosure drawing are adequate. Once government engineer signs off on the design disclosure drawing(s) they may then be used in building the cable.

During any phase of the qualification process, offeror is encouraged to communicate with government engineer who will be happy to answer questions and provide guidance. Government engineer contact information is

Curtis Blanco Ph. 801.777.4768 e-mail curtis.blanco@us.af.mil

Unless waiver(s) are approved, qualification package must include 1) Qualification article to be tested. 2) A copy of the design disclosure drawing used to construct the qualification article and 3) A complete copy of these Qualification Requirements.

Use a yellow highlighter to highlight the cable(s) that are being qualification tested in this qualification package.

I Level Cable Set

01 6150-01-555-9784 . . 3107615P002 . . W1 02 xxxx-xx-xxx-xxxx . . xxxxxxxxxxx 03 6150-01-555-7264 . . 3107617P002 . . W3 04 6150-01-555-9787 . . 3107618P001 . . W4 05 6150-01-555-9786 . . 3107619P001 . . W5 06 6150-01-555-9788 . . 3107620P002 . . W6 07 6150-01-555-9791 . . 3107621P001 . . W7 08 6150-01-555-9792 . . 3107622P001 . . W8 09 6150-01-555-8892 . . 8389749-1 . . W9 10 6150-01-555-8895 . . 8389750-1 . . W10 11 xxxx-xx-xxx-xxxx . . xxxxxxxxxx 12 6150-01-555-8898 . . 8389761-1 . . W63 13 6150-01-555-8904 . . 8389762-1 . . W65/124 14 6150-01-555-9789 . . 3107679P001 . . W66 15 6150-01-555-8910 . . 8389763-1 . . W67 16 6150-01-555-8912 . . 8395672-1 . . W68 mailto:curtis.blanco@us.af.mil

17 6150-01-555-8913 . . 3107682P001 . . W69 18 6150-01-555-8903 . . 8395673-1 . . W70 19 6150-01-556-1609 . . 3107689P001 . . W79 20 6150-01-555-8906 . . 3107690P001 . . W80 21 6150-01-555-8908 . . 3107692P001 . . W81 22 6150-01-555-8899 . . 3107693P001 . . W82 23 6150-01-555-8902 . . 3107694P001 . . W83 24 6150-01-555-8916 . . 3107695P001 . . W84 25 6150-01-555-8917 . . 3107696P001 . . W85 26 6150-01-555-8918 . . 8399665-1 . . W40 27 6150-01-555-8919 . . 8399666-1 . . W41 28 6150-01-555-8920 . . 8399668-1 . . W42 29 6150-01-555-8921 . . 3107652P002 . . W44 30 6150-01-555-8922 . . 3107653P001 . . W45 31 6150-01-556-1122 . . 8389751-2 . . W46 32 6150-01-556-1119 . . 8389752-1 . . W47 33 6150-01-555-8880 . . 8389753-1 . . W48 34 6150-01-555-8884 . . 8389754-1 . . W49 35 4920-01-555-9409 . . 8389755-1 . . W50 36 4920-01-555-9410 . . 8389756-1 . . W51 37 6150-01-556-1118 . . 8389757-1 . . W52 38 6150-01-555-8886 . . 8399673-1 . . W53 39 6150-01-555-8881 . . 8389760-1 . . W58 40 6150-01-555-8882 . . 3107684P001 . . W74 41 6150-01-555-9790 . . 3107685P004 . . W75 42 6150-01-555-8883 . . 3107686P001 . . W76 43 xxxx-xx-xxx-xxxx . . xxxxxxxxx 44 6150-01-555-8885 . . 3107688P001 . . W78 45 6150-01-555-9793 . . 8395674-2 . . W92 46 6150-01-555-8891 . . 8395675-1 . . W93 47 6150-01-555-8889 . . 3107706P001 . . W94 48 6150-01-555-8890 . . 3107707P001 . . W95 49 6150-01-555-8894 . . 3107708P001 . . W96 50 6150-01-555-8897 . . 3107711P001 . . W97 51 6150-01-555-8887 . . 8395676-2 . . W98 52 6150-01-555-8888 . . 8399387-1 . . W99 53 6150-01-555-8893 . . 8399388-1 . . W100 54 6150-01-555-9794 . . 8399389-1 . . W101

O Level Cable Set

55 6150-01-555-8879 . . 8389740P001 . . W1 56 xxxx-xx-xxx-xxxx . . xxxxxxxx 57 6150-01-555-9774 . . 8436022-1 . . W7 58 6150-01-555-9780 . . 3107625P001 . . W11 59 xxxx-xx-xxx-xxxx . . xxxxxxxxx 60 6150-01-555-9772 . . 8389741P001 . . W20

61 6150-01-555-9775 . . 8389748P001 . . W20 62 6150-01-555-9778 . . 8389742P002 . . W23 63 6150-01-555-9781 . . 8389743P002 . . W24 64 6150-01-555-9785 . . 8389744P001 . . W25 65 6150-01-556-0593 . . 8389745P001 . . W26 66 6150-01-555-9777 . . 8389746P001 . . W27 67 6150-01-555-9776 . . 8389747P002 . . W28 68 6150-01-555-9779 . . 8399385-1 . . W29 69 6150-01-555-9782 . . 8399386-1 . . W33

I Level and O Level Cable Sets

01 6150-01-555-9771 . . 3107616P001 . . W2 02 6150-01-555-9768 . . 3107632P002 . . W13 03 6150-01-555-9783 . . 3107687P001 . . W77

SECTION D: SIGNATURES

5/19/2015

X Rick Finlinson 416 SCMS/GUEAA Lead Engineer Engineer Support Activity (ESA) Signed by: FINLINSON.RICK.E.1293273533

5/15/2015

X Curtis Blanco 416 SCMS/GUEAA Engineer Engineer Support Activity (ESA) Signed by: BLANCO.CURTIS.JAMES.1222640918

X Chief of Contracting Office (COCO) (As Required)