Certain special processes are
required to comply with this Contract/Purchase Order. Special processes shall
be performed only by sources that have been surveyed and qualified/approved, by
the Contractor and/or JPL, to perform those processes. Contractor shall provide
to JPL upon request all documentation showing evidence of special processor
qualification and/or certification to perform special manufacturing,
assembling, and test processing as required by the Contract/Purchase Order. Contractor
may elect to use only JPL approved sources.
A special process certification
shall be provided with each shipment of item(s) delivered per this Contract/Purchase
Order. Special process certifications may be in supplier format and shall
include the following:
·
JPL’s Contract/Purchase
Order number
·
Part number(s)
·
Serial and/or lot
numbers of the hardware processed (if applicable)
·
Material process
specification & revision
·
Objective evidence
demonstrating compliance with the applicable process, (i.e., temperature charts
and Hardness test results for heat treatment, destructive test results, etc.)
·
A certificate
stating the special process was performed per applicable drawing/specification
requirements.
·
Contractor ’s name
and address
When special processor is other
than Contractor, provide a certificate of compliance from the special processor
stating the special process was performed per applicable drawing/specification
requirements. Certificates must include the processor’s name, address, and be
signed and dated by a company official.
Each certificate must be signed
and dated by Contractor representative and/or Processor attesting to the
acceptance of the processes performed to the required specification(s).
The Contractor shall retain all
records associated with the selection and approval of supplier approved special
process providers. Per Contract/Purchase Order or regulatory agency
requirements, these records shall be made available to JPL and/or regulatory
agencies upon request. The Contractor shall notify JPL prior to destruction of
records relative to this contract.
Contractor shall insert the
substance of this clause, including this sentence, in all lower-tier
subcontracts for work performed under this Contract/Purchase
Order.