QC72 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PER AS9100:
Contractor shall have a quality
program that complies with the Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land
Sea Air and Space International (SAE) Aerospace Standard (AS), AS9100 “Quality
Management Systems - Aerospace Specific Requirements” (Model for Quality
Assurance in Design/Development, Production, Installation, and Servicing).
If Contractor subcontracts any
of the JPL procurements to other suppliers, Contractor shall flow down the same
requirement to its sub-tiers.
Contractor shall present
objective evidence of AS9100 compliance by providing JPL’s
Procurement Quality Assurance Group with one or more of the following:
1.
Copy of AS9100 3rd
Party Registration/Certification, subject to JPL acceptance.
2.
Copy of successful
AS9100 2nd Party Audit, subject to JPL acceptance. Note: The 2nd
Party Audit shall be from other NASA
Centers, Primes, and/or
Partners of NASA’s Joint Audit Planning Committee (JAPC).
3.
Self-declaration
of AS9100 compliance with a completed gap analysis, subject to JPL acceptance
(see AS9101A for gap analysis tool).
Contractor shall submit the
required data to JPL, attention PQA Quality Audit Coordinator, 4800 Oak Grove
Drive (MS 241-122), Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, or provide an electronic version
via e-mail to PQA@jpl.nasa.gov.