QA26 - SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS                                                                                                                   QA27 - FRAUD AND FALSIFICATION
QA28 - CADMIUM PLATED TOOLS SHALL NOT BE USED
QA29 - CERTIFICATION MERCURY FREE

QA33 - PRODUCT SAFETY / ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AWARENESS                                                        QA34 - DPAS RATED ORDERS

 

 

Quality Assurance Clauses 

Specific Quality Assurance Clauses are identified on your Purchase Order and are listed below in numerical order. Seller is responsible for meeting all requirements of referenced QA clauses per the Purchase Order.

Buyer objects in advance to any additional or different terms proposed by Seller in acceptance or acknowledgment of purchase order. The inclusion of such terms by the Seller will be of no significance and will not be conditions or additional terms to the purchase order.

Seller shall review all Purchase Order requirements and return a signed copy of the PO with a confirmed ship date unless otherwise directed.

Invoices must match PO for processing. Any deviations from the PO must be approved by the Buyer and a revised PO will be sent. If the Seller does not receive a revised PO from Mono Engineering Corp., the item in question will not be paid. Seller is responsible for ensuring PO coverage matches the Statement of Work at all times during the course of a project.

Outside Services include, but are not limited to, coating, plating, heat treating, and stress relieving. Suppliers of outside services will maintain component acceptance tags throughout receipt, processing, and delivery. Items purchased under these orders must be identified with the part number, job identification number, and purchase order number.

Seller must and shall not make any changes to the processes or materials specified under the purchase order. Seller shall notify Mono Engineering Corp. in writing prior to any proposed changes to supplier controlled design, parts, materials, fabrication methods, or processes, that may affect function, interchangeability or reliability of hardware delivered to Mono Engineering Corp.; or, of any changes to facility location, ownership or quality management. COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) components suppliers must notify Mono Engineering Corp. of any changes in form, fit, or function.

Seller must ensure that all items shipped under this Purchase Order are adequately packed and/or packaged to prevent damage, contamination and/or deterioration. Unless otherwise specified on the Purchase Order, Seller must use best commercial practices in packaging to prevent damage, contamination and/or deterioration to all items during transit.

All data provided to support this order is proprietary and shall not be reproduced in whole or part without the express written consent of Mono Engineering Corp.. Supplier is responsible to maintain standards such as AIT MP015, Boeing D6-51991 and others as required by Mono Engineering Corp. and customers.

Inspection report required showing documented evidence of inspection and verification of required dimensions with actual results by your quality department (inspection report should show variance of dimensions measured or results of measurements from an acceptable sampling plan). This shall be included with shipment of product. If a Seller does not submit an inspection report as required per this QA clause, Mono Engineering Corp. reserves the right to collect all costs associated with conducting an Inspection Report at AIT facilities and will back charge the Seller for these costs.

A detailed first article inspection report is required. The report may be the Seller's format and must list all drawing characteristics. The report must include evidence of conformance to all elements including material and processes. Each drawing characteristic must be complete with the tolerance in an adjoining column. The measured condition must be recorded. The report must show Mono Engineering Corp. part number, revision and purchase order number. Mono Engineering Corp. must be notified in advance when the first article inspection is scheduled and reserves the right to witness the actual inspection or to require inspection to verify the data. This first article will consist of one piece. This piece must be identified and packaged separately along with the report when shipped with the production parts.

Inspection is required with actual recorded results, for all characteristics on all parts to ensure conformance to drawing and specification requirements. A copy of this inspection record is required with the shipment of product.

If nonconformances are detected by seller, Supplier shall notify buyer of nonconforming product. Disposition and approval of nonconforming product shall be provided by Mono Engineering Corp. project manager, or QC delegate.

If nonconformances are detected by buyer, Mono Engineering Corp. shall notify Supplier and request corrective action. Identification of nonconforming material is not limited to Mono Engineering Corp. receiving inspection.

When requested supplier shall provide proof of root cause determination and corrective action for any deficiencies deemed supplier responsibility utilizing Advanced Integration Technologies Corrective Action Request Forms. Failure to respond in a timely and/or effective manner may result in future on-site review, source inspection at suppliers facility, being placed on purchase order hold status and/or disqualification. Costs associated with the identification and correction of deficient material may be charged to the Supplier.

Each special process, including, but not limited to: soldering, cleaning / etching or passivation, welding, brazing, plating / coating, heat treating, magnaforming / swaging, electro polishing, acid pickling, impregnating, bonding, glass sealing, shot peening, silkscreening, magnetic particle / penetrant or X-Ray or N-Ray inspections, when required by Mono Engineering Corp. or other process specifications shall be performed by approved suppliers only, and approved special process operators only.

Seller shall submit with each shipment a Certificate of Conformance stating that the items furnished to Mono Engineering Corp. are in conformance to the Purchase Order/Drawing requirements applicable to the items delivered. Any recognized aerospace, military and/or industry standard, when imposed by the drawing, specification or Purchase Order must be specifically stated and form a part of the certification. As a minimum, each supplier and/or sub-tier certification must contain the following information: (a) Purchase Order Number (b) Lot Number (c) Quantity Shipped (d) Part Number (e) The date of issue, and (f) Signature and title of the Seller's authorized representative.

Actual material certifications are required for all Seller provided material.

on drawing, and then list the replacement specification with current revision.

Seller shall have on file, as it applies to the Buyer PO, and retain for at least seven years all material, chemical and physical test reports and Certificates of Conformance for processes performed by themselves and their sub-tier suppliers and shall make these documents available for review by Mono Engineering Corp. upon request.

Subcontracting ANY or ALL of the work procured on this purchase order without written approval of Mono Engineering Corp. is prohibited. All approved subcontracted operations must meet all provisions of the purchase order and be certified by the subcontractor.

For subcontracted special processes, a list of approved special processors shall be maintained by the Seller and provided upon request to the Buyer. Each shipment must include a report or certification of adequate data as to where the processing was accomplished, including name and address of processing source.

Seller agrees that its facility, fabrication inspection system, methods and procedures are subject to surveillance and investigation. Mono Engineering Corp. representatives and customers reserve the right of entry to Seller’s facilities to verify the quality of work and materials at any or all production stages, as well as compliance to procedures and specifications.

Seller agrees to maintain physical/chemical test reports and/or certificates traceable to material being ordered. Records shall be maintained for a minimum of seven years. Material test reports/certifications will be furnished upon request.

Seller shall maintain a documented quality system that complies with the requirements of government and/or industry quality system standards. Specifically, Seller shall maintain a documented calibration system in accordance with ISO 17025 and/or ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 and as a minimum, a quality system compliant with the requirements of  ISO 9000 :(latest revision) and AS9100:(latest revision) Seller's quality system is subject to verification and approval at all times by Mono Engineering Corp..

Calibrate in accordance with ISO 10012-1 Mono Engineering Corp.

Purchase Order Number must appear on all certifications. Actual Calibration results and calibration certification to accompany shipment.

Seller agrees to supply material in compliance with DFARS 252.225-7014. The origin of the material shall be from a qualifying country in accordance with DFAR 225.872-1.

This purchase order may contain, and/or reference documents containing, information subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Seller shall not export, release, or disclose this information without first complying with the export license requirements of the ITAR.

Mono Engineering Corp. source inspection is required. Inspection shall be conducted at the Seller's facility and shall be requested and accomplished prior to shipment. When the items on the Purchase Order are ready for inspection, notify the Buyers purchasing representative so that coverage can be arranged. Drawings, specifications and/or other pertinent data, as required by Purchase Order, shall be made available to the Mono Engineering Corp. Quality Representative, at the time of material presentation.

Government Source Inspection is required and shall be performed at Supplier’s facility prior to shipment. 

Supplier shall provide evidence of Government Source Inspection with each shipment.

Mono Engineering Corp. will specify premium shipping services as required and note same on each purchase order if required. Unless otherwise noted standard ground services such as UPS or USPS, for domestic shipments, is authorized via purchase order.

For any drop shipments directly to an Mono Engineering Corp. customer, please contact Mono Engineering Corp. Procurement Department for specific instructions.

Failure to comply with Mono Engineering Corp. shipping instructions may result in Supplier being charged with any cost differences.

QA27-FRAUD AND FALSIFICATION

Seller shall include all provisions of the following text including this sentence in all lower-tier subcontracts under this Purchase Order. This Purchase Order is a subcontract or lower-tier subcontract under a Government prime contract. As such, activities thereunder are within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government. Any knowing and willful act to falsify, conceal, or alter a material fact, or any false, fraudulent or fictitious statement or representation in connection with the performance of work under this purchase order may be punishable in accordance with applicable Federal statutes. Seller shall include the following statement preprinted on each Certificate of Conformance initiated by the Seller and provided to the Buyer in connection with this

purchase order: “NOTE: The recording of false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or entries on
this document may be punishable as a felony under Federal Statute.”

QA28 -CADMIUM PLATED TOOLS SHALL NOT BE USED

Seller shall include the following statement preprinted on each Certificate of
Conformance initiated by the Seller and provided to the Buyer in connection with this
purchase order: CADMIUM PLATED TOOLS SHALL NOT BE USED

Seller shall include the following statement preprinted on each Certificate of
Conformance initiated by the Seller and provided to the Buyer in connection with this
purchase order: CERTIFICATION MERCURY FREE

Supplier must retain documented information (Records)for a minimum of (7) years from date of shipment. No records can be destroyed without prior approval in writing from Mono Engineering. This includes records outside of the minimum retention period. Supplier will be provided the opportunity to deliver the records to Mono Engineering or be provided authority to destroy at supplier location.

Supplier must notify Mono Engineering of changes to processes, products, or services, including changes of their external providers or location of manufacture, and obtain approval in writing.

Supplier must flow down applicable requirements including customer requirements to external providers including requirements for customer designated sources of supply and/or controlled process requirements.

Supplier must ensure that persons are aware of: − their contribution to product or service conformity; − their contribution to product safety; − the importance of ethical behavior.

QA34 - DPAS RATED ORDER

This is a rated order certified for national defense use, and you are required to follow all the provisions of the Defense Priorities and Allocations System regulation (15 CFR Part 700) - Rating is provided on the face of the Purchase Order