Attachment (B)

BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

SUPPLIER QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

(BNL-QA-101)

PO/Contract No.: 481463

1.0 PURPOSE & SCOPE

1.1 This document establishes quality assurance requirements to which Suppliers to Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) must conform when specified in the procurement documentation. 1.2 This document contains two main sections. Section 3.0 covers the general requirements that are applicable to all Suppliers. Section 4.0 contains special quality requirements that are applicable only when specifically invoked in the procurement documentation.

requirements of the PO. Supplier or Distributor must allow BSA representatives, BSA customers, and regulatory agencies right of entry into the Supplier’s facilities to determine and verify product, processes, records, personnel, material, procedures, and systems.

3.3 Change Approval

No change(s) are permitted to be made to any Buyer
requirements, (e.g. part number, model number, etc.) without the prior written approval of the Buyer.

2.0 DEFINITIONS

2.1 The term Procurement documentation means the purchase order (PO), contract, subcontract, Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ) or other written agreement with the Supplier (seller) in which the requirements of BSA are incorporated.
2.2 The term Buyer means BSA operating Brookhaven National Laboratory, acting by and through its Procurement & Property Management Division (PPM) issuing the PO/contract.

3.4 Responsibility for Subcontractors

It is the responsibility of the Supplier to impose applicable requirements from this document upon their subcontractors. Additionally, the Buyer reserves the right to disapprove, in writing, any subcontractor. For nuclear facility requirements per NQA-1, the Supplier must incorporate NQA-1 requirements in sub-tier procurement documents.

3.5 Responsibility for Conformance

The Supplier is responsible to provide items that conform to the requirements of the PO regardless of any assessments,
surveillances, inspections and/or tests by the Buyer or its representatives at either the Supplier’ or Buyer’s facility. The Buyer reserves the right to request failure analysis and corrective action for non-conforming articles or items submitted or supplied to the Buyer. The Supplier is responsible for notifying the Buyer of any recalls or alerts associated with this PO.

2.3 The term Supplier (seller) means the legal entity, which is the contracting party, with the Buyer with respect to the
procurement documentation.