Attachment 0006 - Contract Quality Requirements.pdf

CONTRACT ADDENDUM

QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT QA ACTIONS: INSPECTION

Government Procurement Quality Assurance (PQA) actions will be accomplished by the Government Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) at: Contractor's Plant

GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT QA ACTIONS: ACCEPTANCE

Acceptance of supplies will be at: Contractor's Plant

The Government's acceptance of FATR (if required) will be at:

Contractor's Plant

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 QAR's disapproval.

c. Repair procedures shall be documented by the Contractor and submitted on a Request for Variance, 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.

START OF WORK MEETING

a. The contractor shall hold a start of work meeting at its facility, unless some other location is designated in the contract, within 15 days after contract award. The Start of Work Meeting is to assure a clear and mutual understanding of the contract terms, conditions, line items, technical requirements and sequence of events needed for successful execution of the subject contract effort.

b. The contractor shall participate with Government to arrange a schedule and agenda for the meeting. The contractor shall at a minimum invite Government contracting personnel (PCO/Contract Specialist). At the discretion of the PCO, other Government technical personnel (Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) identified in Section G or in an appointment letter, Quality Assurance personnel, DCMA, etc.) may be invited to the meeting. All Government invitees shall be given at least 14 days advance notice of the time, date, and location of the start of work meeting. The preferred method of notification is by email. The contractor shall provide the Government with minutes of the Start of Work Meeting within 5 days after the meeting is held.

ACCEPTANCE INSPECTION EQUIPMENT (AIE)

a. The contractor shall use a calibration system with traceability to a national or international standard for the AIE used on this contract.

b. The contractor shall provide all AIE (except for any AIE listed as available in Section H or Appendix I) necessary to assure conformance of material to the contract requirements.

c. AIE shall be available for use on the First Article (FA) submission, if FA is required, or prior to use for acceptance of production material on this contract.

d. Contractor furnished AIE shall be made (i) to the AIE designs specified in Section C, or (ii) to any other design provided the contractor's proposed AIE design is approved by the Government.

Contractor's proposed AIE design for inspection of characteristics listed as "Critical, Special or Major" shall be submitted to the

Government for review and approval as directed on the Contract Data Requirements List, DD Form 1423. Government approval of AIE design shall not be considered to modify the contract requirements.

e. When the contractor submits its proposed AIE on commercial off the shelf equipment, the contractor shall include the manufacturer's name and model number, and sufficient information to show capability of the proposed AIE to perform the inspection required. When submitting proposed AIE design documentation on commercial computer controlled test and measuring equipment include information on (1) test program listing (2) flowcharts showing accept and reject limits and computer generated test stimuli (3) calibration program listing (4) sample of the printout of an actual test and calibration (5) test plan to verify accuracy of inspection and correctness of accept or reject decision (6) identification of the equipment by model name and number.

f. Resubmission of the contractor's proposed AIE design for Government approval on a follow on Government contract is not required, provided the inspection characteristic parameters specified in the technical data package and the previously Government approved AIE designs have not changed. In this situation, the contractor shall provide written correspondence in the place of the AIE designs that indicates the prior Government approval and states that no changes have occurred.

g. The Government reserves the right to disapprove, at any time during the performance of this contract, any AIE that is not accomplishing its intended use in verifying an inspection or test characteristic.

h. If the contractor changes the design after the initial approval, the modified design must be submitted for approval prior to use.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED AMMUNITION

a. Ammunition has been programmed to support contractual test requirements as follows:

(1) Rounds:284,274

(2) Cartridges:N/A

(3) National Stock Number: 1310-01-148-8881

(4) Department of Defense Identification Code:B519

b. Requests for all ammunition shall be submitted electronically to the contract specialist on DD Form 1348 no later than 90 days prior to desired delivery dates. The completed request may be submitted via electronic mail to the Contracting Officer, and usarmy.detroit.tacom.mbx.ilsc-mca@mail.mil.

c. The contractor shall be responsible for reporting on the status of ammunition expenditures throughout the life of the contract as follows:

(1) Every 90 days after the initial receipt of government furnished ammunition, the contractor shall provide an ammunition consumption report in accordance with (IAW)DI-MGMT-80438B, CDRL A028.

(2) No later than 30 days after completion of the contract, the contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer on the remaining ammunition IAW DI-MGMT-80438B, CDRL A028.. The contractor shall request disposition instructions for the remaining ammunition. The contractor shall execute the disposition instructions and provide confirmation to the Contracting Officer.

d. The contractor shall furnish a copy of the above ammunition reports and disposition requests to the cognizant Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) and to the Government Furnished Material/Management Control Activity (GFM/MCA), at usarmy.detroit.tacom.mbx.ilsc-mca@mail.mil.

FIRST ARTICLE TEST (CONTRACTOR TESTING)

a. The first article shall be examined and tested in accordance with contract requirements, the item specification(s), Quality Assurance Provisions (QAPs) and all drawings listed in the Technical Data Package.

b. The first article shall be representative of items to be manufactured using the same processes and procedures and at the same facility as contract production. All parts and materials, including packaging and packing, shall be obtained from the same source of supply as will be used during regular production. All components, subassemblies, and assemblies in the first article sample shall have been produced by the Contractor (including subcontractors) using the technical data package applicable to this procurement.

c. The first article shall be inspected and tested by the contractor for all requirements of the drawing(s), the QAPs, and specification(s) referenced thereon, except for:

(1) Inspections and tests contained in material specifications provided that the required inspection and tests have been performed previously and certificates of conformance are submitted with the First Article Test Report.

(2) Inspections and tests for Military Standard (MS) components and parts provided that inspection and tests have been performed previously and certifications for the components and parts are submitted with the First Article Test Report.

(3) Corrosion resistance tests over 10 days in length provided that a test specimen or sample representing the same process has successfully passed the same test within 30 days prior to processing the first article, and results of the tests are submitted with the First Article Test Report.

(4) Life cycle tests over 10 days in length provided that the same or similar items manufactured using the same processes have successfully passed the same test within 1 year prior to processing the first article and results of the tests are submitted with the First Article Test Report.

(5) Onetime qualification tests, which are defined as a one-time on the drawing(s), provided that the same or similar item manufactured using the same processes has successfully passed the tests, and results of the test are on file at the contractor's facility and certifications are submitted with the First Article Test Report.

d. Those inspections which are of a destructive nature shall be performed upon additional sample parts selected from the same lot(s) or batch(es) from which the first article was selected.

e. A First Article Test Report shall be compiled by the contractor documenting the results of all inspections and tests (including supplier's and vendor's inspection records and certifications, when applicable). The First Article Test Report shall include actual inspection and test results to include all measurements, recorded test data, and certifications (if applicable) keyed to each drawing, specification and QAP requirement and identified by each individual QAP characteristic, drawing/specification characteristic and unlisted characteristic. Evidence of the QAR's verification will be provided.

One copy of the First Article Test Report will be copy furnished to usarmy.ria.rdecom-ardec.mbx.rdar-qep@mail.mil

f. 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. When conditions (i), (ii), or (iii) above occurs, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer so that a determination can be made concerning the need for the additional first article sample or portion thereof, and instructions provided concerning the submission, inspection, and notification of results.

Costs of the additional first article testing resulting from any of the causes listed herein that were instituted by the contractor and not due to changes directed by the Government shall be borne by the Contractor.

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 be 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 or 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 Officer's 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.