A-A-208C
5.1 Contractor Certification: The contracting shall certify and maintain substantiating evidence that the product offered meet the salient characteristics of this Commercial Item Description, and that the product conforms to the producer’s own drawing, 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 Examination
and Testing:
5.2.1 Suppliers are encouraged to use quality control (QC) techniques that exhibit control over their processes, e.g. (Statistical Process Control SPC techniques), as defined in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z1.1, Z1.2 and Z1.3/ American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) B.1, B.2, B.3 that systematically reduce excess variations. Objective evidence shall be available that demonstrates overall measurement adequacy techniques and controls. These techniques shall ensure quality levels equal to or, greater, those cited in applicable technical document or, herein.
5.2.2 End item inspection/testing may be used by end 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.
5.2.3 For those characteristics for which there are no such controls, or for end item performance test, lot by lot sampling for inspection/test shall be required. The sample unit shall be one can, bottle, tube or container. Sampling shall be in accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) Z1.4, Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes.
5.2.4 An inspection lot shall consist of all like items submitted for inspection at one time. The inspection level for visual examination shall be S-3 with an AQL of 4.0 percent defective. The inspection level for performance tests shall be S-2 with an AQL of 4.0 percent defective. The supplier must provide objective evidence (test and inspection records) that the presented material meets the requirements of the sampling plan as indicated above.
5.3 Performance
Tests:
5.3.1 Drying Opacity (Hiding Power): The dried films of the types I, II, and IV stencil inks, shall be applied at a wet-film thickness of 0.002 inch. The type III ink shall be sprayed to a dry film thickness of 0.001 inch. All types shall show the minimum contrast ratios indicated for the respective colors listed in table I, when tested in accordance with ASTM D 2805.
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