QUALITY LEADERSHIP FORUM CONTRACT QUALITY CLAUSES WORKING GROUP

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QUALITY LEADERSHIP FORUMCONTRACT QUALITY
CLAUSESWORKING GROUP

• Ken Crane
• MSFC
• March 6, 2002

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• WHAT A group of NASA and Aerospace Partners
  whose purpose is to create a recommended
  comprehensive list of common contract quality
  clauses, guidance for application, and
  definitions to be used for acquisitions.
• WHY Commonality in the phrasing of clauses
  should..
• Minimize supplier confusion in interpreting
  requirements
• Partners with different clauses and varying
  degrees of complexity
• Clarify Expectations
• Ensure Consistency
• Simplify Procurement Process
• Lower Cost

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PARTICIPATION

• First working group meeting was held December 4 -
  5, 2001, at MSFC. Participants included

Boeing Hernandez Engineering Lockheed
Martin SAIC USA
NASA HQ MSFC JSC JPL NASA Procurement
There have been two subsequent meetings including
a face to face February 19-21 at NASA HQ.
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• Certificate of Compliance (C of C)
• Organization shall provide a certification with
  each shipment to attest that the parts,
  assemblies, subassemblies, or detail parts
  conform to the Order requirements. When
  applicable, the true manufacturers, lot, heat,
  batch, date code, and/or serial number must
  appear on the certification. Certification must
  contain the following
• Customers Order number
• Line number
• Part number
• Name and address of manufacturing or processing
  location
• Manufacturers lot, heat, batch, date code,
  and/or serial number (if applicable)
• Quantity and unit of measurement (each, box,
  case, gallons, etc.)
• Be signed and dated by an official of the
  company.
• The applicable material test results, process
  certifications and inspection records shall be
  presented upon Customers request. Organization
  shall perform inspection, as necessary, to
  determine the acceptability of all articles under
  this Order. All articles submitted by
  Organization under this Order are subject to
  final inspection at Customers plant.
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E X A M P L E
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• Guidance
• When reviewing a C of C, the organization or
  suppliers format should be considered acceptable
  as long as it contains the information noted in
  the clause.
• When acceptance is being made by the government,
  additional provisions of certification of
  conformance may apply. Reference FAR section
  52.246-15
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E X A M P L E
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CONCLUSION

• This working group is a worthwhile effort that
  should result in higher quality products at lower
  cost to the government and industry through a
  simplification of the procurement quality
  process.
• The next step is to provide these draft inputs to
  the Americas Aerospace Quality Group (AAQS) for
  further input and review, eventually leading to
  their release as recommended aerospace
  clauses/guidance.