[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR46]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 46_QUALITY ASSURANCE--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart 46.2_Contract Quality Requirements

 

46.202-4  Higher-level contract quality requirements.



    (a) Requiring compliance with higher-level quality standards is 

appropriate in solicitations and contracts for complex or critical items 

(see 46.203(b) and (c)) or when the technical requirements of the 

contract require--

    (1) Control of such things as work operations, in-process controls, 

and inspection; or

    (2) Attention to such factors as organization, planning, work 

instructions, documentation control, and advanced metrology.

    (b) When the contracting officer, in consultation with technical 

personnel, finds it is in the Government's interest to require that 

higher-level quality standards be maintained, the contracting officer 

shall use the clause prescribed at 46.311. The contracting fficer shall 

indicate in the clause which higher-level quality standards will satisfy 

the Government's requirement. Examples of higher-level quality standards 

are ISO 9001, 9002, or 9003; ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2000; ANSI/ASQC Q9001, 

Q9002, or Q9003; QS-9000; AS-9000; ANSI/ASQC E4; and ANSI/ASME NQA-1.



[63 FR 70289, Dec. 18, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 6120, Feb. 8, 2002]