A-A-723C
5. Quality Assurance Requirements:
5.1 Contractors Certification. The contractor shall certify and maintain substantiating evidence that the product offered meets the salient characteristics of this Commercial Item Description, and that the product conforms to the producer’s own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices. The government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to first delivery and therefore as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract.
5.2 Responsibility for Inspection. Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order, the supplier is responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements as specified herein. Except as otherwise specified, the supplier may utilize his own facilities or any commercial laboratory acceptable to the Government. The Government reserves the right to perform any of the inspections set forth in the specification where such inspections are deemed necessary to assure that supplies and services conform to prescribed requirements.
5.3 Lot definition. The lot shall consist of all pencils of the same type, and size as offered for delivery at one time.
5.4 Examination and Testing. Suppliers are encouraged to use quality control (QC) techniques that exhibit control over their processes (e.g. Statistical Process Control). These techniques shall ensure quality levels equal to, or greater than, those cited in the applicable technical document or, herein. For those product characteristics which are controlled by such a method, requirements for end item inspection or test may be considered to have been met. End item inspection/testing may be used by the offeror, or the Government representative, as a means to determine the effectiveness of the in-process quality controls. In-process controls shall not be substituted for end item performance testing, unless it can be demonstrated that there exists a direct correlation between the process control and product performance, such that end item performance testing is obviated.
For those characteristics for which there are not such controls, or for end item performance test, lot by lot sampling for inspection/test shall be required. Sampling shall be in accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) Z1.4-1933, Sampling Procedures and Tales for Inspection by Attributes. For visual and Dimensional inspections the level shall be S-2 with a (AQL) of 4.0 Defects per Hundred Units (DHPU). For the purpose of sampling, pencils or components of the same type and size shall be considered a lot for the purpose of examination and testing. For visual and dimensional examination a sample unit shall be one pencil and its component.
6. Packaging: Preservation, packing and marking shall be as specified in the contract or order.
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