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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS

1. SCOPE.

This document is applicable for the inspection of all materiel. It establishes general quality assurance provisions used in addition to the specific quality assurance provisions or verifications contained in a specification or a Quality Assurance Provision (QAP). The contractor requirements and inspection provisions contained in this document are applicable to a Technical Data Package (TDP). Quality conformance and first article inspection(s) shall consist of inspection of all contract or purchase order quality requirements in accordance with this document. A QAP is a documented inspection criteria used to assess conformance to drawing requirements; part of the TDP; and contains reference documents, classification of characteristics, sampling criteria, inspection methods, certification requirements, test methods and procedures. Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data, which may be of use in improving this document, should be addressed to the design activity.

a.When SQAP/SQ/QS is specified in any document, it is synonymous with QAP. Wherever QAP-APPX-BL is specified, it is synonymous with this document.

b.This document replaces MIL-W-63150 wherever specified in the contract or purchase order.

c.APPENDIX A of this QAP refers to MIL-STD-1916, which is only applicable to a contract or purchase order when QAP(s) requirements are specified on a drawing.

d.APPENDIX B of this QAP refers to test methods, which are only applicable to a contract or purchase order when the requirements are specified on a drawing.

e.APPENDIX C of this QAP refers to special process procedure, which is only applicable when the requirement is specified on a QAP or in the contract or purchase order.

2. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE.

In the event of a conflict between the text of this document and the references cited herein, the text of this document takes precedence. This precedence shall only be used in case of conflict between inspection requirements. The supplier shall request clarification from the procuring activity of what is required when there are conflicts, missing data (including tolerances), or other drawing or quality requirement ambiguities.

3. IN-PROCESS CONTROL.

The inspection requirements shall be applied at the earliest practical point in manufacture at which it is feasible to inspect for acceptance without risk of change in the characteristic by subsequent operations. The supplier shall establish in-process inspection at strategically located points throughout the manufacturing processes to assure continuous control of unit quality. The supplier's inspection system shall provide for inspection and approval of the first piece at each operation, and/or the finished unit, before quantity production. The supplier shall provide and maintain work gages and other measuring and testing devices necessary to accomplish inspection and to control quality during the manufacturing processes.