A-A-54327
Quality Assurance Provisions.
Responsibility for inspection. Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order, the contractor is responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements as specified herein. Except as otherwise specified in the contact or purchase order, the contractor may use his own or any facilities suitable for the performance of the inspection requirements specified herein, unless disapproved by 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 supplies and services conform to prescribed requirements.
Records. Records of examinations and tests performed by or for the contractor shall be maintained by the contractor and made available to the Government upon the Government’s request, at any time, or from time to time, during the performance of the contract and for a period of three years after delivery of the supplies to which such records relate.
Inspection. Inspection, as used herein, is defined as both examination (such as visual or auditory investigation without the use of special laboratory appliances or procedures) and testing (determination by technical means of physical and chemical properties) of the item.
Certificates of quality. Certificates of quality, supplied by the manufacturer of the materials, may be furnished in lieu of actual performance of composition testing by the contractor, provided lot identity has been maintained and can be demonstrated by the Government.
Sampling for inspection. Sampling for inspection shall be conducted in accordance with MIL-STD-105. Where feasible, the same sample shall be used for the determination of two or more inspection characteristics. The unit of product for inspection, examination, and test purposes shall be one drill of each size. Unless otherwise specified, sampling for examination shall be conducted at inspection level II, except for dimensions which shall be conducted at inspection level S-1, AQL 2.5, and sampling for tests (when applicable) shall be conducted at inspection level S-1, Acceptable number for tests shall be zero (0) for all samples.
Dimensions. Examination of the dimensions shall be made with a toolmaker’s microscope, or other instrument of equal accuracy. Manufacturer’s gages may be used if properly calibrated checking standards that are used in conjunction with the gages.
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