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Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines 3.1 CONTRACTOR'S IN-PLANT QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS 3.1.1 QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS This entire Section 3.1, "Contractor's In-Plant Quality Assurance Requirements," beginning with Section 3.1.2, "Quality Assurance Organization," shall be effective until January 1, 1999, at which time it shall be replaced with the following: 3.1 QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS The Contractor, the Contractor's manufacturing plant and organization shall be certified to the appropriate QS-9000/ISO 9000 series of standards. 3.1.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE ORGANIZATION 3.1.2.1 ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHMENT The Contractor shall establish and maintain an effective in-plant quality assurance organization. It shall be a specifically defined organization and should be directly responsible to the Contractor's top management. 3.1.2.2 CONTROL The quality assurance organization shall exercise quality control over all phases of production from initiation of design through manufacture and preparation for delivery. The organization shall also control the quality of supplied articles. 3.1.2.3 AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY The quality assurance organization shall have the authority and responsibility for reliability, quality control, inspection planning, establishment of the quality control system, and acceptance/rejection of materials and manufactured articles in the production of the transit buses. 3.1.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONS 3.1.3.1 MINIMUM FUNCTIONS The quality assurance organization shall include the following minimum functions. 3.1.3.2 WORK INSTRUCTIONS The quality assurance organization shall verify inspection operation instructions to ascertain that the manufactured product meets all prescribed requirements. Quality Assurance Provisions 98 10/18/07
Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines 3.1.3.3 RECORDS MAINTENANCE The quality assurance organization shall maintain and use records and data essential to the effective operation of its program. These records and data shall be available for review by the Resident inspectors. Inspection and test records for this procurement shall be available for a minimum of 1 year after inspections and tests are completed. 3.1.3.4 CORRECTIVE ACTION The quality assurance organization shall detect and promptly assure correction of any conditions that may result in the production of defective transit buses. These conditions may occur in designs, purchases, manufacture, tests, or operations that culminate in defective supplies, services, facilities, technical data, or standards. 3.1.4 STANDARDS AND FACILITIES 3.1.4.1 BASIC STANDARDS AND FACILITIES The following standards and facilities shall be basic in the quality assurance process. 3.1.4.2 CONFIGURATION CONTROL The Contractor shall maintain drawings, assembly procedures, and other documentation that completely describe a qualified bus that meets all of the options and special requirements of this procurement. The quality assurance organization shall verify that each transit bus is manufactured in accordance with these controlled drawings, procedures, and documentation. 3.1.4.3 MEASURING AND TESTING FACILITIES The Contractor shall provide and maintain the necessary gauges and other measuring and testing devices for use by the quality assurance organization to verify that the buses conform to all specification requirements. These devices shall be calibrated at established periods against certified measurement standards that have known, valid relationships to national standards. 3.1.4.4 PRODUCTION TOOLING AS MEDIA OF INSPECTION When production jigs, fixtures, tooling masters, templates, patterns, and other devices are used as media of inspection, they shall be proved for accuracy at formally established intervals and adjusted, replaced, or repaired as required to maintain quality. 3.1.4.5 EQUIPMENT USE BY RESIDENT INSPECTORS The Contractor's gauges and other measuring and testing devices shall be made available for use by the resident inspectors to verify that the buses conform to all specification requirements. If necessary, the Contractor's personnel shall be made available to operate the devices and to verify their condition and accuracy. Quality Assurance Provisions 99 10/18/07
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