This tender notice outlines the requirements for supplying springs, including specially designed ones. It emphasizes
quality assurance, inspection, and acceptance procedures. The contract includes detailed specifications,
quality system requirements, and traceability procedures. Submission of certification data (CDRLs) is required 20 days prior to delivery. Final delivery is due 186 days after receipt. Drawings are available on a restricted access website. The contract is do certified for national defense under the defense priorities and allocations system (DPAS). The requirement falls under the emergency acquisition flexibilities (EAF). The material is designated as special emphasis material
level I. All contractual documents are considered issued by the government upon deposit in the mail, transmission by facsimile, or electronic commerce methods. The government's acceptance of the contractor's proposal constitutes a bilateral agreement to issue contractual documents. The government will maintain configuration control and change authority for all modifications or changes affecting form, fit, function, or interface parameters of the equipment and its sub-assemblies. The contractor must submit an engineering change proposal (ECP) for any class I or II changes that impact the equipment covered by this contract. The certificate of compliance must show traceability to the marking applied on each individual item. The contractor must maintain adequate records of all inspections and tests. The suppliers gages, measuring and test equipment must be made available for use by the government representative when required to determine conformance with contract requirements. The government has the right to inspect at source, any supplies or services that were not manufactured performed within the contractors facility. Traceability markings must be permanently applied to the material in accordance with MIL STD 792 or to a tag affixed to the material. Material must be inspected for form, fit, and function. Lot acceptance must be based on zero defects and lot rejection based on one defect. The sample size must be in accordance with the sampling plan in the applicable military specification or standard, federal specification or standard, or drawing to which the material was manufactured. All OQE required by the contract and all data concerning material traceability OQE to traceability marking must be 100 inspected. The certification test reports must also be 100 inspected for completeness and legibility. If material is received without the required test certification papers or with incorrect missing data on the certification papers, the material will be rejected. Preservation, packaging, packing and marking must be in accordance with the contract purchase order schedule and as specified below. MIL STD **** packaging applies as found elsewhere in the schedule. Several definitions of terms that apply to CSI items are listed below. All terms may not apply to every item. The ECDS electronic contractor data submission system is at: www. ***. *. * application will require advance registration using a PKI digital certificate on a CAC. A vendor user guide is available as CSD001 in the CSD contract support document library within ECDS. Critical safety item (CSI) is defined. Critical process is defined. First article pre-production models, initial product samples, test samples are defined. First article test (FAT) is defined. Government source inspection (GSI) is defined.
Quality assurance letter of instruction (QALI) is defined. Objective
quality evidence (OQE) is defined. Surface discontinuity is defined. Traceability code is defined. Verification is defined. Nonconformance is defined. Waiver is defined. Deviation is defined. Critical waiver deviation is defined. Major waiver deviation is defined. Minor waiver deviation is defined. Engineering change (EC) is defined. Engineering change proposal (ECP) is defined. Class I ECP is def