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DSCR E5: HIGHER LEVEL CONTRACT QUALITY REQUIREMENT

E5       52.246-11    HIGHER-LEVEL CONTRACT QUALITY REQUIREMENT                (FEB 1999)

    The Contractor shall comply with the applicable higher-level contract quality 
requirement cited below, which is hereby incorporated into this contract:

          ISO 9001 or ANSI/ASQC Q9001 when Quality Assurance Provision (QAP) 005, 006, 
159, 189, 216, or 222 is included.

          ISO 9002 or ANSI/ASQC Q9002 for any other QAPs.

DSCR NOTE to 52.246-11:

    The higher-level standards referenced above shall apply unless the contractor 
indicates the proposal is based on a contractor's preferred quality system as identified 
below:

  [  ]  Other recognized industry standard(s) (but non-ISO/ANSI/ASQC) that is equivalent 
        to or better than applicable ISO/ANSI/ASQC standard indicated above.
        Specify                                     .

  [  ]  Other process control system that is equivalent to or better than the applicable 
        ISO/ANSI/ASQC standard indicated above which has not previously been determined 
        to be insufficient for the Government's purpose.  This may include previously 
        recognized MIL-I-45208 or MIL-Q-9858 systems which have been augmented to be 
        equivalent to ISO 9002 or ISO 9001 respectively.

  [  ]  An existing system modeled after 
        [  ] MIL-I-45208 or 
        [  ] MIL-Q-9858 and not previously determined insufficient for the Government's 
             purpose.  THIS OPTION IS PERMITTED ONLY AS AN INTERIM MEASURE TO ALLOW 
             CONTRACTORS TO TRANSITION TO ISO/ANSI/ASQC STANDARDS.

    Third party certification/registration is not required nor will it be considered a 
substitute for the Government's right to audit/validate a contractor's quality system.  
ISO 9001 can be accepted for ISO 9002 requirements, however, the reverse does not apply.

    MIL-STD-105 has been replaced by ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-1993, Sampling Procedure and Tables 
for Inspection by Attributes.

    MIL-STD-45662A has been replaced by either ISO 10012-1, Quality Assurance 
Requirements for Measuring Equipment or ANSI/NCSL Z540-1, General Requirements for 
Calibration Laboratories and Measuring Equipment and Test Equipment.
                                                                        DSCR (DEC 1999)