QUALITY CLAUSES
R&D ELECTRONICS, INC. PRODUCT
ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASE ORDERS
The following terms apply as indicated on the face of
Purchase Orders. In the event any term cannot be met, notify R&D Inc.’s
Purchasing Agent immediately.
1. Reservation of Government, Regulatory
Authorities and Customer Rights: During performance on this purchase
order, your inspection system and manufacturing processes are subject to
review, verification, inspection and analysis by authorized Government
Representative , Regulatory Authority and/or R&D’s customer.
Government/Customer inspection or release of product prior to shipments is not
required unless you are otherwise notified.
2. Optional R&D Source Inspection: R&D
source inspection reserves the right to inspect any or all the materials on
this purchase order. If the supplier is notified in writing by R&D of
mandatory inspection points, the supplier will be required to notify R&D
Quality Control 48 hours in advance. Shipments shall not be made without
accompanying source release inspection stamp by R&D Representative, or a
waiver issued by R&D Quality Control office. Copies of the purchase order
with change orders and related documents shall be made available to the R&D
Representative upon request.
3. Government Inspection: “Government
inspection is required prior to shipment from your plant. Upon receipt of this purchase
order, promptly notify the Government Representative who normally services your
plant so that appropriate planning for Government inspection can be
accomplished.” The Government QAR shall also be notified 72 hours in advance of
the time articles and materials are ready for inspection or test. The supplier
shall furnish copies of purchasing documents to the Government Representative
upon his request. In the event the representative or office cannot be located,
our purchasing agent should be notified immediately.
4. Material Conformance: Submit with
each shipment a certificate of conformance certifying that all materials
shipped against this purchase order are in conformance with the requirements of
the purchase order and any specifications that are included. Certifications
must be dated and signed by an official of the company. NOTE: The vendor shall
supply the Hazardous Material identification System (HMIS) and the Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) with the material as required.
4a. Hardware Certification-Distributor: For each
item on this purchase order, the supplier shall submit a legible copy of the
manufacture’s certification for the hardware supplied and state that the
hardware supplied was manufactured and acceptance tested in accordance with the
applicable specifications. Distributors shall make every attempt to purchase
material direct from the manufacture. When such is not possible, the
distributor will provide documentation that identifies all distributors and the
manufacture with each shipment.
5. Packaging: The supplier’s Quality Control
organization shall be responsible for ensuring that items of this procurement
are packaged in such a manner that the dimensional integrity is preserved,
contamination and corrosion are prevented, and no physical damage occurs, or
when specified, that packaging is in accordance with the applicable Packing,
Handling, Storage, and Transportation and requirements documentation cited in
and attached to the order.
6. Limited Life/Age Control: All items
with limited shelf life shall be clearly marked with the manufacture’s name,
type of material, shelf life, date of manufacture, and usability limiting date.
A minimum of 75% of shelf life shall be remaining on all items on this order.
If items have no shelf life limitations, supplier shall so state in shipping
documents. NOTE: The vendor
shall supply the Hazardous Material identification System (HMIS) and the
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) with the material as required.
7. Material Control: Submit with
each shipment one reproducible record of ACTUAL chemical and/or physical
analysis and a certification of conformance to the applicable material
specification(s) including revision letter(s) and identification by heat, lot,
or melt number.
7a. Material Control: If material
or hardware is supplied by R&D, a copy of the R&D shipping document
must accompany your return shipment to R&D along with a certification that
hardware was procured from the material supplied by R&D. In either case all
certifications must be dated and signed by an official of your organization.
ALL unused material (including any drop) supplied by R&D must be returned
to R&D identified with the Purchase Order number, and material type unless
otherwise directed by R&D buyer.
8. Material Traceability: Submit with
each shipment a certificate of conformance stating: The material type,
applicable specifications, lot/heat number, date code, serial number and the
manufacture of the material. The seller
must be able to trace these materials to all delivered items.
9. Functional Test Reports/Verification: When
functional tests are specified by this purchase order or by the design documentation,
the actual test results shall be submitted.
9a. Functional Test Report/Verification First
Article: When functional tests are specified by this purchase
order or by the design documentation, the actual test results shall be
submitted. A copy of the test procedure
shall be submitted with the first report on each item(s) purchased under this purchase
order. When specified by the purchase order for test verification/witness by
R&D a 48 hour notification is required prior to start of test. Copies of
the purchase order, test procedure, and related correspondence shall be made
available to the R&D Representative upon request.
9b. Functional Test Procedures: When
required Functional Test Procedures shall be submitted for approval prior to
use of procedure.
10. Special Process Procedures: The
supplier is required to have written processing and process control
documentation for items supplied. Special processes include, but not limited
to, Liquid Penetrant, Heat Treatment, Welding, Soldering(IPC/EIA J-STD-002
& J-STD-003), Chemical Films, Plating, Prime and Painting. Objective evidence that
verifies compliance to this requirement is required with every shipment.
11. Special Process Certification: Suppliers
engaged in the performance of special process activity, as defined in Clause
10, (or the manufacturing of registered components), must submit applicable
procedure to R&D Quality Control for approval prior to the initiation of
production efforts. Approval shall be based on acceptability of procedures and
compliance with certification requirements as imposed by the specification.
There shall be no changes to these processes after R&D’s approval without
submitting changes to R&D for approval.
11a. Special
Process Suppliers: Sub-Tier Special process suppliers shall be approved
by R & D Electronics. Where applicable those special process suppliers may
be required to be on R & D Electronics’ Customers Special Process Supplier
List. (If required R & D Electronics will supply a list of approved
suppliers along with the
a. process name, applicable
specification and revision, type, class, grade, etc.
b. when applicable, a statement that
the process was performed by certified operator(s)
12. Documentation Maintenance: The
supplier shall retain objective evidence of the item supplied (Manufacturing,
assembly, inspection, test, and special process records) for five years after
the contract is complete. These records shall be made available to R&D upon
request.
13. Quality Management System: ISO Q9001:2000
Quality Program Requirement and compliance thereto is applicable to this
purchase order and is subject to review/audit.
14.
Quality / Inspection System: The supplier shall maintain a Quality System that
meets the requirements of ISO 9001:2000, (ISO) ANSI Q9002, AS9003, and ISO 9003
or as a minimum, MIL-I-45208. Manufacturers shall certify parts and material
were inspected and comply with applicable drawing specification and purchase
order requirements. Distributors providing items must maintain manufacturing
records indicating test and other manufacturing data to reflect manufacturer’s
compliance to (ISO) ANSI Q9002, ISO 9003, AS9003 or MIL-I-45208 as a
minimum. Distributions shall make every
attempt to purchase material direct from the manufacture. When such is not
possible, the distributor will provide documentation that identifies all
distributors and the manufacture with each shipment.
15. First Article Inspection: A First
Article Inspection (FAI) is required in addition to inspection requirements
elsewhere in this purchase order. First article inspections shall be performed
in accordance with Aerospace Standard (AS) 9102. A FAI shall be conducted by
the seller and objective evidence submitted with each shipment (ref para. 5.2).
The FAI shall consist of :
1.
A complete, independent , and documented physical and
functional inspection process to verify that prescribed production methods have
produced an acceptable item as specified by
engineering drawings, planning, purchase order, engineering
specifications and/or other applicable design documents.
2.
Witnessing of the Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) will
also become a part of the FAIR when applicable.
3.
Any changes, as defined in AS 9102, paragraph 5.3 or a
break in production of one (1) year or more shall require a new FAI.
Documentation:
4.
Inspection results shall be documented by recording
variable data whenever possible.
Attribute data will be recorded only when variable data is not
available.
5.
AS9102 or equivalent forms shall be used.
6.
Original FAI reports and supporting documentation
shall be included with delivery of the initial first article.
7.
A copy of the FAI reports and supporting documentation
shall be retained at the seller’s facility in accordance with record retention
requirements defined elsewhere in this purchase order.
8.
For deliveries subsequent to the initial delivery, the
seller shall include a copy of the first page (AS9102 Form 1) of FAI report
with each shipment.
Applicability:
9.
First article inspection is required for the
part/assembly number(s) included on the purchase order with no exceptions.
10.
First article inspection is required for subassemblies
and detail parts that make up the configuration item(s) included on this
purchase order, with the following exceptions:
11.
a) Seller Design Authority
12.
For subassemblies and/or detail parts where the seller
has design authority, First Article inspection requirements shall be as defined
in the statement of requirements.
13.
(b) Catalog and Commercial Off-the-shelf
14.
If the part number, as listed on this purchase order,
is for a buyer or seller designed product that has standard catalog or
commercial off-the-shelf hardware included at subassembly levels, then FAI is
not required for the standard catalog of commercial off-the-shelf
/arts/assemblies.
15.
R & D supplier quality representative shall stamp
AS9102 form 1, Part No. Accountability or equivalent as evidence of R & D
Electronics acceptance
16. 100% Inspection: The
supplier shall perform and record inspection of all measurable characteristics
for one (1) part of each line item per Mil-Std-105. This data is to be recorded
in the unit of measure as indicated on the drawing. This data shall be
submitted with each part(s) shipment. The record must identify each
characteristic and the allowable tolerance limits, and show objective evidence
that each characteristic has been inspected and accepted.
17. General Inspection: The
supplier shall generate and maintain records and data of all inspections and
test performed. Records shall disclose the status of articles, materials,
evidence of inspections, tests performed, and include dates. 100% inspection
shall be performed on all critical and major characteristics and interface
control points. This data is to be recorded in the unit of measure as indicated
on the drawing.
18. Calibration System: The
supplier shall have a calibration system/program which meets the requirements
of MIL-STD-45662, ISO 100012-1, and/or ANZI 540.1. Certificate of
Compliance(Calibration) shall state demonstration of standard used.
19. R&D Inspection: R&D
Source Inspection is required on this order. All items are subject to
in-process surveillance by R&D Quality Control Representative. Shipments
shall not be made without source release inspection by R&D. The supplier
shall notify R&D Quality Control 48 hours in advance of designated
Mandatory Inspection Points. Copies of the purchase order with change orders
and related documents shall be made available to the R&D Representative
upon request. The First Article Inspection Report must show evidence of R&D
Source acceptance and must accompany the first article shipment.
Note:
Source release does not constitute final acceptance, which is performed upon
receipt and inspection of the item at the designated R&D receiving
department.
20. Electrostatic Discharge Control(ESD): The
supplier shall be responsible for assuring that parts are procured, handled and
packaged in accordance with “Electrostatic Discharge Control”, DOD-STD-1686,
DOD-HDBK-263 or ANSI/ESD S20.20-1999.
21. Solderability: Acceptance
of materials procured by this purchase order will be predicated upon compliance
with criteria for solderability testing as set forth in: MIL-STD-202, Method
208; MIL-STD-750, Method 2026; MIL-STD-883, Method 2003 and or J-STD-002 as
applicable.
21a.
Solderability Samples: Solderability samples shall be provided to R & D
Electronics for record retention. This should include test data, copy of test
log sheet, and any Solderability samples tested. Samples should be bagged and
tagged separate from production hardware deliveries.
22. NHB5300.4(1C): The
supplier inspection program shall be accordance with NASA Quality Publication
NHB 5300.4(1C) “ Inspection System Provisions for Aeronautical and Space System
Materials, Parts, Components, and Services”. Suppliers will invoke this
publication on their suppliers as appropriate to the extent necessary to ensure
the required quality of purchased materials, parts, and components.
23. Specialty Metals: The supplier shall certify their product
meets the requirements of DFARS 252.225-7014, Preference for Domestic Specialty
Metals, providing only products that contain specialty metals that are in
compliant with the DFARS clause.
24. Pure Tin: All products supplied on this purchase
order shall be free of solder, plating, coatings, and claddings that exhibit
either of the following:
a) Material composition greater than
97% tin by weight
b) Tin alloy with composition of
less than 3% lead by weight
Noncompliance to this requirement must
be approved in writing prior to acceptance of this purchase order.
25. First Article Inspection: (first time suppliers) The supplier
is required to perform 100% inspection and record variable (actual) data for
the first article manufactured to the configuration specified on this
order. An inspection report and any
associated data (material certs, test reports, etc. ) shall be delivered along
with the first article shipment. This
data is to be recorded in the unit of measure as indicated on the drawing. The inspection records shall identify all
drawing characteristics, the allowable tolerance limits and the actual
dimensions measured.
26. Quality Management System: (ISO) ANSI Q9001, AS9100 or MIL-Q-9858
Quality Program requirements and compliance thereto are applicable to this
purchase order and are subject to review/audit.
27. Foreign Object Debris/Damage Prevention: The supplier shall develop and maintain a
Foreign Object Debris/Damage (“FOD”) prevention program for manufacturing areas
to prevent introduction of foreign objects into any item delivered under this
purchase order. The supplier shall
employ appropriate housekeeping practices to assure timely removal of
residual/debris generate, if any, during manufacturing operations and /or
normal daily tasks. The supplier shall
determine if sensitive areas that may have a high probability for introduction
of foreign objects should have special emphasis controls in place appropriate
for the manufacturing environment. The
supplier shall determine the need for, and implement, FOD prevention awareness
training programs.
28. Seller agrees that the work produced internally
and/or the work procured from sub-tier suppliers under this contract shall
comply with the following requirements unless a documented request for change
is approved by an R & D Electronics procurement representative.
1. Work shall not be moved from the original
location of manufacturer to another location of manufacture within a production
facility or to any other production facility.
2. Where first article inspection is
required, work shall not be moved from the original location where the product
was produced at the time of first article inspection acceptance.
3. No changes shall be made to the design,
manufacturing processes, materials or activities that affect fit, form or
function.
4. A fit, form or function analysis shall be
performed, documented, and included with any request for change.
5. A documented process shall be in place to
review, identify and submit a request for change to R & D Electronics
procurement representative. Such notification shall not constitute approval of
the proposed changed nor relieve supplier of supplier’s obligation to comply
with requirements contained in this contract.
If the proposed change is approved, the change shall be incorporated
into the purchase order by amendment.
6. The establishment of process controls and
development of control plans where key characteristics have been identified.
29. Control and Notification of Non-Conforming
Product: Upon discovery, the Supplier shall segregate and
control non-conforming material to prevent unauthorized shipments of such
material to R & D Electronics. The supplier shall immediately notify R
& D Electronics in the event of nonconforming material that can not be
reworked or replaced to purchase order requirements by the supplier. The
supplier shall hold the material until R & D renders a disposition. The
disposition shall e referenced on the Suppliers shipping document with each
applicable shipment.
30. Specifications and Standards: Military
specifications and standards reverenced shall be to the latest revision level
in effect on the date of this order, unless otherwise specified.