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DSCR E5A: HIGHER-LEVEL CONTRACT QUALITY REQUIREMENT

E5A   52.246-11    HIGHER-LEVEL CONTRACT QUALITY    (FEB 1999)
AND                REQUIREMENT

E46F14   46-9A-9G   DSCR NOTE TO 52.246-11 HIGHER-LEVEL CONTRACT
                    QUALITY REQUIREMENT   (FEB 1999)   DSCR


    The Contractor shall comply with the applicable higher-
level contract quality requirement cited below, which is hereby 
incorporated into this contract:

          
ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q9001-2000

DSCR NOTE to 52.246-11:

    The higher-level standards referenced above shall apply 
unless the contractor indicates the proposal is based on a 
contractor's preferred quality system as identified below:

  [  ]  Other recognized industry standard(s) (but non-ISO/
ANSI/ASQC) that is equivalent to or better than applicable 
ANSI/ISO/ASQC standard indicated above.

        Specify                                     .

  [  ]  Other process control system that is equivalent to 
or better than the applicable ANSI/ISO/ASQC standard indicated 
above which has not previously been determined to be insufficient 
for the Government's purpose.  This may include previously 
recognized MIL-I-45208 or MIL-Q-9858 systems which have been 
augmented to be equivalent to ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q9001-2000.

  [  ]  An existing system modeled after 

        [  ] MIL-I-45208 or 

        [  ] MIL-Q-9858 and not previously determined insufficient 
for the Government's purpose.  THIS OPTION IS PERMITTED ONLY AS AN 
INTERIM MEASURE TO ALLOW CONTRACTORS TO TRANSITION TO ANSI/ISO/ASQC 
STANDARDS.

    Third party certification/registration is not required nor will 
it be considered a substitute for the Government's right to audit/
validate a contractor's quality system.  ISO 9001 can be accepted 
for ISO 9002 requirements, however, the reverse does not apply.

    MIL-STD-105 has been replaced by ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-2003, Sampling 
Procedure and Tables for Inspection by Attributes.

    MIL-STD-45662A has been replaced by either ISO 10012-1, Quality 
Assurance Requirements for Measuring Equipment or ANSI/NCSL Z540-1, 
General Requirements for Calibration Laboratories and Measuring 
Equipment and Test Equipment.
                                                    DSCR (APR 2007)