Part 5346 - Quality Assurance

See MP5346.103 for Department of the Air Force requirements regarding contracting office responsibilities for the Quality Assurance Program.

See Services Contracts Quality Assurance and Contracting Officer Representatives (COR) Memorandum .

Contracting Officers shall establish procedures for determining when higher-level contract quality requirements are necessary, for determining the risk (both the likelihood and the impact) of nonconformance, and for advising the contracting officer about which higher-level standards should be applied and included in the solicitation and contract. Requiring compliance with higher-level quality standards is necessary in solicitations and contracts for complex or critical items (see FAR 46.203) or when the technical requirements of the contract require -

(1) Control of such things as design, work operations, in-process controls, testing and inspection; or

(2) Attention to such factors as organization, planning, work instructions, documentation control, and advanced metrology; or

(3) Any subcontract for complex and critical items (see FAR 46.203(b) and (c)).