A-A-2331A
5. Quality Assurance Requirements:
5.1 Contractor 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 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 end Z1.3 / American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) B.1, B.2 and B.3 that systematically reduce excess variations. If used, objective evidence shall be available that demonstrates overall measurement adequacy techniques and controls. These techniques shall ensure quality levels equal to, or greater than, those cited in applicable technical document, or herein.
5.2.2 End item inspection / testing maybe 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.
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 bottle of ink. 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 sampling shall be S4 with an AQL of 4.0 percent defective. The supplier must provide objective evidence (tests and inspection records) that the presented material meets the requirements of the sampling plan as indicated above.
5.3 Performance Test:
5.3.1 Determining Transparency or Opacity of Ink. Draw lines .32 cm (1/8 inch) wide with black, waterproof drawing ink on white paper. With a brush, paint strips 1.3 cm (1/2 inch) wide with each color over the black lines. If the black lines show clearly through the colors, the ink shall be classified as type I, (transparent dye ink). If the color substantially obliterates the black lines, the ink shall be classified as type II (opaque pigment inks).
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