KKK-A-1822 E
4. Quality Assurance
Provisions
4.1
RESPONSIBILITY FOR INSPECTION AND TESTS.
The contractor is responsible for the performance of all inspections and test
requirements specified herein. The supplier may use his own or any other
facilities suitable for the predelivery and acceptance inspections unless
disapproved by the purchaser. The purchaser reserves the right to perform any
of the inspections and tests set forth in the specification where such inspections
are deemed necessary to assure supplies and service conform to the specification
and contract. The contractor shall provide the purchaser's inspection
representatives with the manufacturers readily available instruments and all
such assistance as they may find necessary.
4.1.1
PURCHASER VERIFICATION.
Quality assurance operations performed by the supplier will be subject to
purchaser verification at unscheduled intervals. Verification will consist of
observation of the operations to determine that practices, methods, and
procedures of the supplier's inspection are being properly applied. Failure of
the supplier to promptly correct observed deficiencies shall be cause for
suspension of acceptance of the ambulance(s) until conformance to specification
criteria has been demonstrated.
4.2
CLASSIFICATION OF INSPECTION (FOR PURCHASER'S
ACCEPTANCE).
Purchasers should select either or both of the following methods of inspections
(to specify see 6.2-zz):
1. Source inspection (see 4.2.1).
2. Destination examination (see 4.2.2).
4.2.1
SOURCE INSPECTION.
Ambulance(s) shall be inspected upon completion by the purchaser prior to
shipment from manufacturer's factory or assembly plant and may consist of
the following:
a. Workmanship inspection (see 3.23).
b. Quality conformance inspection (see 4.2.3)
c. First production ambulance inspection (see 4.2.5).
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