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20 sections with “quality assurance activity”

  • FAR 46.101 Definitions.
    …ional acceptance means acceptance of supplies or services that do not conform to contract quality requirements, or are otherwise incomplete, that the contractor is required to correct or otherwise complete by a specified date. Contract qua…
  • FAR 46.103 Contracting office responsibilities.
    …for technical requirements any specifications for inspection, testing, and other contract quality requirements essential to ensure the integrity of the supplies or services (the activity responsible for technical requirements is responsible…
  • FAR 46.405 Subcontracts.
    (a) Government contract quality assurance on subcontracted supplies or services shall be performed only when required in the Government's interest. The primary purpose is to assist the contract administration office cognizant of the prime c…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …em, as well as contractor compliance with the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), affect the quality and validity of the contractor data upon which the Government must rely for its management oversight of the contractor and contract performanc…
  • DFARS 246.103 Contracting office responsibilities.
    (1) The contracting office must coordinate with the quality assurance activity before changing any quality requirement. (2) The activity responsible for technical requirements may prepare instructions covering the type and extent of Govern…
  • DFARS 253.209-1 Responsible prospective contractors.
    …system provides for timely placement of orders and for vendor follow-up and control. (C) Quality assurance capability. An assessment of the prospective contractor's capability to meet the quality assurance requirements of the proposed cont…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …rocedures. Qualification requirement means a Government requirement for testing or other quality assurance demonstration that must be completed before award of a contract. Qualified products list (QPL) means a list of products that have b…
  • FAR 14.201-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    …ments, if any. (e) Section E, Inspection and acceptance. Include inspection, acceptance, quality assurance, and reliability requirements (see part 46, Quality Assurance). (f) Section F, Deliveries or performance. Specify the requirements …
  • FAR 15.204-2 Part I—The Schedule.
    …ments, if any. (e) Section E, Inspection and acceptance. Include inspection, acceptance, quality assurance, and reliability requirements (see part 46, Quality Assurance). (f) Section F, Deliveries or performance. Specify the requirements …
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    … that it used in preparing the bid or proposal, in the same or greater scope, amount, and quality used in preparing and submitting the bid or proposal. Responding to a request for a quote does not constitute use in preparing a bid or propos…
  • DFARS 246.408-70 Subsistence.
    …tracting office may designate any Federal activity, capable of assuring wholesomeness and quality in food, to perform quality assurance for subsistence contract items. The designation may— (1) Include medical service personnel of the milit…
  • DFARS 252.209-7010 Critical Safety Items.
    …signated design control activity: (Insert additional lines as necessary) (c) Heightened quality assurance surveillance. Items designated in paragraph (b) of this clause are subject to heightened, risk-based surveillance by the designated …
  • FAR 8.406-2 Inspection and acceptance.
    …er. The ordering activity shall perform inspections and tests as specified in the order's quality assurance surveillance plan in a manner that will not unduly delay the work.
  • FAR 9.106-4 Reports.
    … of Prospective Contractor—Production; SF 1406, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Quality Assurance; SF 1407, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Financial Capability; and SF 1408, Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor—Acc…
  • FAR 9.206-3 Competition.
    …a means other than the qualification requirement is feasible for testing or demonstrating quality assurance. (b) Postsolicitation. The contracting officer shall submit to the agency activity which established the qualification requirement …
  • FAR 19.704 Subcontracting plan requirements.
    … offeror used in preparing the bid or proposal, in the same or greater scope, amount, and quality used in preparing and submitting the bid or proposal. Responding to a request for a quote does not constitute use in preparing a bid or propos…
  • FAR 41.202 Procedures.
    …ge, transportation, standby or back-up service, transmission and/or distribution service, quality assurance, system reliability, system operation and maintenance, metering, and billing. (b) In performing a market survey (see 7.101), the co…
  • FAR 46.703 Criteria for use of warranties.
    …ded liability may be partially or completely offset by reducing the Government's contract quality assurance requirements where the warranty provides adequate assurance of a satisfactory product.
  • FAR 52.209-1 Qualification Requirements.
    … Requirement, as used in this clause, means a Government requirement for testing or other quality assurance demonstration that must be completed before award. (b) One or more qualification requirements apply to the supplies or services cov…
  • DFARS 209.270-4 Procedures.
    …for qualification to the design control activity. (c) See 246.407 (S-70) and 246.504 for quality assurance requirements.

FAR (chapter 1)

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.