Entitled "An Inspection System," this quality specification pertaining to military items sets forth the objectives and essential elements of an inspection system, and was referenced in a contract ... |
Entitled "A Quality Program," these requirements are sometimes still referenced whenever the technical requirements of a contract require such things as control of work operations, in-process ... |
A Certificate of Conformance may be used in certain instances instead of source inspection at the discretion of the contracting officer. When a Certificate of Conformance is provided for in the ... |
Right about now, you may be thinking to yourself, "If I am just a subcontractor, I won't have to do all this quality stuff, will I?" Guess again. |
Some years ago, there was a really nice spec, MIL-STD-45662, that thoroughly explained the how and why of what you needed to do to establish and maintain a system of all measurement and test ... |
As we have already mentioned, packaging requirements are a big deal when you do business with the government. They need to be carefully considered and analyzed, not only in pricing out a bid, but ... |
These days, if you don't have a good, well-documented quality control program in place, you are really limiting your business. We can't emphasize its importance enough, not just in the government ... |
For 95 percent of the companies doing business with the government, things run quite smoothly, contracts are successfully completed, and any issues or problems that do arise are resolved by the ... |
Almost every federal contract contains a clause allowing the government to terminate a contract for the convenience of the government. In addition, most contracts in excess of $25,000 contain a ... |
A termination for convenience (T for C) allows the federal government to terminate all or part of a contract for its convenience. This type of termination protects the government's interests by ... |